I am a retired female veteran and I became a life member with DAV Black Mountain Henderson, NV, in April 2019. I asked DAV Adjutant if I could assist veterans' on their claims. I was able to be scheduled for a one-day training, then got certified for it, and then I ended up volunteering to work at the VA. At the end of the three months working there, I was told they didn't need me as I was not on their roster list. I don't know their protocols as they have to follow it and it sounded like they did not follow it correctly. So I questioned them till I was satisfied as to why their actions happened the way it did as these leaderships were with this organization for years as I didn't hear anything negative about my work that I assisted them on. I do not have a witness who I feel I can trust there will back me up when this first happened and it got worse where that person may not know later. I was told there is a meeting for me but was told it is not mandatory. At the same time, I was asking them questions about why I"m coming to this meeting and finally they told me what I was signing, then I didn't show up for their meeting as it was a trap from them. They finally mailed me priority certified of a Reprimand and threatened me as I was still a member; then it said if I continue to harass them from my questioning them that I will get an Article XVI, possibly higher level disciplining. I was mailed another Reprimand letter from them within six days after the first letter as I felt this was harassment and a threatening letter from them. I heard that in the past another female veteran was given a Reprimand due to her race and gender. read more