FW: VA Secretary Robert McDonald to Meet With First-Ever All Female Honor Flight Participants

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:19:25 -0700
Subject: Fwd: VA Secretary Robert McDonald to Meet With First-Ever All Female Honor Flight Participants
From: grumpiebob@gmail.com
To: rserge1@outlook.com

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From: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs <veteransaffairs@public.govdelivery.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:57 AM
Subject: VA Secretary Robert McDonald to Meet With First-Ever All Female Honor Flight Participants
To: grumpiebob@gmail.com

Veterans AFFAIRS VA News Release VA Secretary Robert McDonald to Meet With First-Ever All Female Honor Flight Participants 09/21/2015 12:52 PM EDT  VA Secretary Robert McDonald to Meet With First-Ever All Female Honor Flight Participants What: VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald will speak to more than 140 Veterans who are in Washington D.C. as part of the first-ever all female Honor Flight. Honor Flights transport our nation's Veterans to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect at the memorials built to honor their service. The flight arriving on September 22 is comprised of 70 female World War II Veterans and 70 post-9/11 era female Veterans.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs will provide remarks during a  short ceremony at the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery to honor these Veterans. When: Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 12:40 p.m.– 2:30 p.m., pre-set for cameras at 12:15 p.m. Honor Flight participants are expected to arrive between 12:40-1 p.m., with speaking program with VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald and Rory Brosius, Deputy Director of  Joining Forces to follow from 1 p.m.–2:10 p.m. Honor Flight participants will tour the memorial from 2:10 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.    Where: Women in Military Service Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA  RSVP to VAPublicAffairs@va.gov. Media with questions about the event at the Women in Military Service Memorial, should contact Gina Jackson at 202-461-5087 or gina.jackson2@va.gov. ### Keep updated & let us know how we're doing. You have received this message because you are subscribed to Veterans Affairs. Access your Subscriber Preferences to make changes to your subscription or Unsubscribe. Get this as a forward? Sign Up to receive updates from Veterans Affairs. Having questions or problems? Please visit subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com for assistance. If you are in crisis and need immediate help, please call 1-800-273-8255 and (PRESS 1) or visit http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/. Please remember the only secure way to ask personal questions is at https://iris.custhelp.com. Explore VA benefits at explore.va.gov Sent to grumpiebob@gmail.com on behalf of US Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW · Washington, DC 20420

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