Welcome to the 5th District American Legion website

Aviation Post 511 Steak fry for July 30th has been cancelled.

Our next steak fry will be October 29, 2008.

We hope to see you there!

Oratorical Contest

Arthur Carlson, a junior at Minneapolis Southwest High School, was the 5th District representative for the Department contest. Arthur placed fourth at Department. Here is 5th District President Mary Younkin, Southwest Principal Dr. Bill Smith, A. J. Carlson, 5th District Commander Wayne Hegland and NEC Virgil Persing.

If you know a wounded service member, post his or her photo and their brief story at

http://www.carepages.com/yellow-ribbons.

The posting is free, easy to do, takes only minutes to complete and it appears immediately
on a "Yellow Ribbon" tribute page honoring them.

My HealtheVet

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My HealtheVet is a Web-based system that empowers veterans with information and tools so that they can improve their health to the maximum extent possible. Participating veterans are given copies of key portions of their electronic health records. This record is stored in a secure and private environment called an eVAult. The eVAult will be personalized with appropriate links to useful explanatory material to help veterans understand what is in their record, and what they can do to improve their health condition. Veterans can also add structured medical information in the "self-entered" section of their eVAult.

The veteran "owns" his/her personal health record and has complete control over who can view or update it. The veteran can give an individual full access to view and make changes. The veteran can also give limited access to an individual to only view certain subjects. These individuals are called delegates and grantees.

In-Person Authentication

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In-Person Authentication (IPA) is a process used to verify a My HealtheVet (MHV) user's identity. Registered MHV users who are VA patients that have completed the IPA process will be able to view the names of their VA prescriptions. (without IPA you only see the prescription number)

Before In Person Authentication can occur, several requirements must be met:
-The user must be registered as a VA patient in their MHV account
-The user must view the MHV Orientation Video
-The user must download, read and sign the VA Form, 10-5345a-MHV
-The user must present a form of government issued photo identification to a qualified VA staff member at their VA facility to be physically proofed

VA medical facilities currently use a manual process to allow VA patients access to paper copies of their medical records. Completing the In-Person Authentication process is the first step in providing on-line access to copies of key portions of VA medical records. Initially, once IPA has been completed, medication names will be available. In the future, other portions of your VA electronic medical record will become accessible on-line through your MHV account as part of your Personal Health Record. Notices will be posted to our website as each portion of the medical record becomes available on-line.

new Post 1 website

2008 District agenda

Post meeting schedule

If you can read this, Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English, Thank a Veteran.