by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Archive
Retired Col. W. G. ‘Bill’ Willis was inducted into the Indiana Military Veterans Hall of Fame at the former Fort Ben Harrison on November 5, 2021. At right is retired Army Chaplain, Col. Sherman Reed, Army Reserve Ambassador Emeritus, who nominated Willis. Bill was...
by admin | Apr 17, 2022 | Archive
As I am getting ready to write this, I’m having my morning coffee and enjoying the view of my yard in Pittsburgh; it’s kind of a rare day here this spring – we actually have some sunshine! Over the last few days, buds and leaves on the trees have started to...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Archive
ROA needs your help to support S. 2089, “Burial Equity for Guard and Reserves Act of 2021.” It is a bipartisan bill that will ensure grants provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for State veterans’ cemeteries do not restrict States from authorizing the...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Archive
Soon after I picked up my right hand and began serving as an Army Chaplain, I started to learn about and have a relationship with Chaplain George Fox, Chaplain Alexander Goode, Chaplain Clark Poling and Chaplain John Washington – the Four Chaplains.
I, and...
by admin | Jan 1, 2022 | Archive
ROA hailed the decision Wednesday of the United States Supreme Court to hear the case of retired Army Reserve Capt. Le Roy Torres, disabled, ROA believes, by emissions from burn pits during his 2007-2008 tour of duty in Iraq. The Court will consider whether Torres...
by admin | Jan 1, 2022 | Archive
President Biden signed a bipartisan bill that creates a program to recruit military medical personnel who have less than a year in their service commitment to work in federal health care jobs. When military treatment facilities began to downsize, ROA approached the...
