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This Page contains both the Site Index and the descriptive Guide to
the Site.
The Site Index is first and the Guide to the Site follows second:
SITE INDEX
The purpose of the Site Index is to list items that are contained on a Page,
or to list a Page which is not listed on the Navigation Bar which appears at the top of every Page. The Site Index does
not merely re-list the Navigation Bar titles of Pages. By clicking on the Site Index link, you will go to the appropriate
Page, but you will still have to find the item you are looking for on that Page by scrolling, or, instead, by simply clicking
on "Edit" on your Toolbar, then "Find On This Page," and then typing in the keywords or phrases you are looking for, which
will then appear highlighted as you scroll.
At the bottom of every Page, also, is a mini-search engine into which you can
type any word or phrase and pull up the Page or Pages on which those words appear, along with where they appear on that Page.
Likewise, you can also install the easy-to-install Microsoft Internet
Windows 7 toolbar containing a classic search engine menu for free (Instructions on how to use the Microsoft classic search
engine menu are contained at the bottom of each of our Pages), and then, for any Page, find on that Page (highlighted) any
word or phrase you type in. Since Bill Gates provides this latter service for free to everyone in the whole wide world,
it is financially irresponsible, in our opinion, for charities to be spending a substantial amount of their donors' money
for professional website designers to re-design their websites to provide "easier" navigation, but if your opinion is different,
you have every right, and it is your patriotic duty, to say so, even though we will respectfully disagree with you. Let
us make no mistake about it, ease of navigation is important, especially if you're in the Navy.
You probably have the Microsoft Internet Windows 7 Toolbar already. Click
on Tools, then Classic Menu, then the word or phrase you are looking for in the upper right hand corner of the Toolbar, then
"Find on This Page."
About NavyVets:
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Who We Are |
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National Officers and Board of Directors |
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Purpose |
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Accomplishments |
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Our Constitution |
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Current Public Resolutions |
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Strategic Plan |
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Privacy Policy |
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Annual Report
Current IRS Form 990:
National Association
Group 4301 State Chapters
(Group 4301 is the IRS designated identification for those
State Chapters of the United States Navy Veterans Association accepting tax deductible contributions which elect to file
a Group Return under the Internal Revenue Code. All of our State Chapters have the right to elect inclusion in the
Group 4301 Return, or non-inclusion, in any given year. Therefore, the individual State Chapters inluded in the Group 4301
Return may change from year to year. No IRS Group 990 Return itemizes financial data for the individual subordinates included.
The list of US Navy Veterans Association State Chapters included in any given IRS Group Form 990 is included at the
end of the Form.)
State Chapters Electing Outside the Group 4301 990 for the Current
Year:
Arkansas Chapter
Connecticut Chapter
California Chapter
Georgia Chapter
Kansas Chapter
Michigan Chapter
Minnesota Chapter
New Hampshire Chapter
New Mexico Chapter
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Rhode Island Chapter
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VA Claims and Appeals (Guide) |
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Delaware Guide to Veterans Preference |
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Benefits Updates |
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Standard Form 180, Request Pertaining to Military Records |
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Constitutional
Amendment Form - The deadline has passed |
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Convention
Resolution Form - The deadline has passed |
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Membership Forms
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USNVA Chapter Transmittal Form |
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Chapter Election Report |
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Membership Application |
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Membership Application for
Applicants Having Financial Hardship |
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Membership Materials Request Form |
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Change Of Information Form |
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Membership Survival Guide |
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Membership Transfer Form
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State Chapter Commander's Motion Form |
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Government Relations |
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Legislative Action Center |
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USNVA Legislative Coordinator |
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Membership Application |
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Membership Brochure |
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Find Your Local Chapter |
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Membership Benefits |
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Veteran Locator |
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Military Moms Committee | y, veterans association, site guide, page
This Page also contains both a descriptive Guide to the
Pages of the Site and, at the bottom of this Page, featured Pages and articles the Editors recommend for special viewing.
GUIDE TO THE SITE
The Site is broken down into a Homepage and six parts:
A general introduction to the Association, its officers and directors, and some of its
featured purposes and policies. The Homepage is NOT intended as a site index page, or a site description page. It is a melange
page, as we Americans are a melange people: one from many. We bring together on the Homepage many introductory ideas about
the Association, all presented in one place as a dramatic and up front view into who we are and what we do. If you don't like
that, or find that confusing, tough. Our membership, in one form or another, has voted to approve our site design. If you
don't like that design, or any portion of that design, we have the following advice, seriously: become a dues paying member
of the Association; run for the Executive Board; get elected; and then you can tell the Association how to construct its website
to your satisfaction. Until then, we'll go with what our members are saying, and with what a majority of the commenting public
is saying about our website design.
Part I: The United States Navy Veterans Association, the organization and its programs -
This Part contains 11 Pages:
In addition to stating the purposes and major
activities of the Association is an easy to understand format, the Mission Statement Page also contains a lengthy article
by the Association's Chairman stating his personal opinion as to distinctions between the Association and some other
major recognized and mainstream veterans' organizations.
THE BOTTOM OF THE MISSION STATEMENT PAGE EXPLAINS
THAT THE ASSOCIATION DOES NOT ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, AND WHY THIS IS SO. THIS SECTION ON ELECTIONEERING ACTIVITIES
IS "MUST READING" FOR ANYONE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT THE ASSOCIATION ENGAGES IN WHAT THE IRS CURRENTLY CALLS PROSCRIBED
"POLITICAL ACTIVITIES,", EVEN THOUGH THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROHIBITIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ARE GENERALLY HELD
TO BE APPLICABLE TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS, AND NOT TO 501(C)(19) ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE ASSOCIATION.
The Homeport and Contributions Pages also contain further explications of the Association's positions on the subject of political activities.
While the Homeport Page contains a history of the Association, it also contains begining entries for the Association's War on Terror, National
Security Affairs and Veterans Issues Newstands, as well as some technical information about the Site itself.
The Homeport Page also contains further explications of the Association's positions on the subject of political activities.
This Page contains major detailed descriptions
of what many refer to as "true" veterans' service assistance programs and activities of the Association.
The Contributions Pages also contains further explications of the Association's
positions on the subject of political activities.
This is the Page to start out with if you're
looking for "verifications" that the Association does what it says it does. Don't forget to follow the links to the other
Pages cited on the Compliments Page.
Certain of the Association's
State Chapters have contributed access links
for their state's veterans' benefits under their headings on this Page.
This Page
is for those members of the public who seek to ascertain the "legitimacy" of the Association or a particular fundraising campaign
the Association may be doing in their state at any particular point in time, and who are having diificulty finding that information
on one of a number of other pages on which the same information can be found, e.g., the Annual Report Page, the Contributions Page, the State Chapters Page, and the Awards and Compliments Page. This Page lists with links all the federal agencies, state agencies and local agencies which are charged
by law with either regulating, registering, maintaining information on, or which can recommend either the Association or so-called
"legitimate" charities operating in their state or jurisdiction. If checking that is your wont, this Page directs you to the
governmental agency which is "the horse's mouth" in your jurisdiction. This Page is designed to obviate the condition which
afflicts many Americans, when they want to "check out" a charity, of instead contacting any "Tom, Dick, or Harry" in their
neighborhood, such as their postal carrier, their local Navy recruiter, or their brother the police officer. However, if the
latter is your desire, this is a free country, and you are free to do anything legal you please, as is the Association, including
contacting individuals about a matter concerning your education who are not charged by law with knowing anything whatsoever
about that matter. The Association is a national charity with approximately 1,000 members on average per state, and does not
maintain local contact, nor is it required to maintain local contact, nor can it maintain local contact, with every police
officer, postal carrier or Navy recruiter in the United States.
Part II: The United States Navy -
This Part contains six Pages:
Part III: Tributes to American Patriotism and the Cause of America -
The support of patriotism and the cause of
the United States in the world are explicit purposes of the United States Navy Veterans Association.
This Part contains five Pages:
Part IV: U.S. Navy Veterans Association Newstands -
This Part contains five Pages:
The Veterans Issues
Newstand also contains, after its chronological entries on the news, an important reference guide on obtaining your G.I. Bill
benefits, as well as some historical tributes to the American veteran.
Part V: Links -
This Part contains one Page:
While this Page contains
many links of interest, the Obtaining your Benefits Section on the Page contains access links to all the information
you will ever need to know about your federal veterans' benefits, as well as online applications for those benefits (as well
as lost records and awards for yourself or your relatives.) It also contains Locator Services for lost friends and shipmates.
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FEATURE ATTRACTIONS
These are featured pieces the Association's Combined Editorial Staffs recommend:
Start at our Homeport for an Overview of the role of the United States Navy Veterans Association in the history of the United
States Navy, and then go to our Mission Statement for an Introduction to the Association's Goals and Activities.
Don't miss our NewsBlog where you can leave your own breaking news stories.
For locating lost shipmates or obtaining lost records or awards, check out the appropriate links
on our Links of Interest Page.
Other links are also contained on this Page, including links to almost every conceivable federal
agency you would want information from.
One link on this Page we'd like to feature, for Navy moms concerned about their physical safety,
or their children's physical safety, while travelling, is our new (as of 2005)Travel Advisories Page.
We also have other relevant links at the bottom of many other Pages.
Access and read the entirety of the 9/11 Commission Report, free, and view our Newstand's analysis
of the Report and its Recommendations, in our War on Terror Newstand's updated 8/5/2004 story.
Don't forget to check out our showcase news analysis piece 'Sandstorm,' FOR THE CURRENT ANALYSIS
OF WHEN CRUDE OIL IN THE WORLD WILL RUN OUT (Never mind Social Security), which our National Security Affairs Newstand ran
prior to anybody in the mainstream featuring this story, as the very first entry to the Newstand, at the bottom of the Homeport Page.
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Site Index and Guide to the Site ************************* 
(1) Pages About the Association: ***************************************************************** ***************** Mission Statement: Who We Are and What We Do ************************ ***************** Homeport: A History of the United States Navy Veterans Association *************** *********** Veterans Outreach Programs **************************************** ****************** Current Advocacy and Achievements: Legislation and U.S. Government Policy ****** ************* Convention, Membership and Contributions Information/Do Not Call List **************** ******* Navy Eagle Circle ************** ************************* Navy Community Foundation Fund Awards, Endorsements and Compliments ************************************************ State and Overseas Chapters/Contribution Processing Centers ******************************* Membership Application *************************************************************** Governmental Disclosures ************************************************ * Annual Report 
(2) Pages About the U.S. Navy: ***************************************************************** **************** History of the United States Navy *************** ************************* News of the Navy U.S. Navy Enlisted Personnel and Officers' Insignia ***************************************** A Brief History of the United States Naval Academy ***************** United States Navy Seabees United States Navy Seals ********************* *********************** Virtual Navy Wall 
