Congressmen seek to halt taxes from being improperly being withheld on combat-injured veterans' severance pay and to make back payments to those whose veterans' severance pay was taxed.

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock has announced the annual and free 10th Congressional District Military Academy Day will be held Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Loudoun County Public School Administration building located at 21000 Education Court, Ashburn VA 20148. Service representatives will make formal presentations between 10:30 a.m. and noon.

Brig. Gen. Clara Leach Adams-Ender (U.S. Army, Retired) of Lake Ridge, a “Living Legend” of American nursing and a pioneer of military equality, “Let Freedom Ring” March 4, when she visited Williamsburg’s historic First Baptist Church and rang its restored Freedom Bell, silent from the period of segregation until this year.

Congressman Gerry Connolly will partner with Prince William County Schools to host Military Service Academy Night at Freedom High School on March 10 from 7-9 p.m. for area students interested in attending one of the Service Academies.

The Air National Guard has chosen Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) for an Air Force Cyber Operations Squadron. Virginia’s bipartisan delegation has been advocating to locate the cyber facility at JBLE since December 2014.

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has announced a partnership with the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) and the Virginia State Bar (VSB) for a series of pro bono Veterans Legal Services Clinics in early March to provide estate planning services to an estimated 100 low-income veterans in the Commonwealth.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on Veterans Day 2015 that Virginia has been certified by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs as the first state in the nation to functionally end veteran homelessness.

Congressman Rob Wittman, VA-1, who represents part of the Prince William County area, invites high school and middle school students and their parents or guardians to Service Academy Day 2015 on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the University of Mary Washington, Staffoprd campus.