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WASHINGTON – Tonight the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) proudly presented more than $173,000 in scholarships and awards as it named the national winners of its 2023-2024 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. This year’s national winners were announced at the 2024 VFW Washington Conference in Washingt...
For several years, Candy Kuck has co-chaired the Veterans Stand Down in Fairbanks, Alaska. A Life member of VFW Post 10029 Auxiliary in North Pole, about 20 minutes from Fairbanks, Kuck had the idea to host an event specifically for female vets. March 9 will mark the second annual women veterans’ expo sponsored by VFW Post 10029 and its Auxil...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to celebrate Women’s History Month throughout the month of March, recognizing and celebrating the countless contributions of our nation’s women service members, veterans and the many others who have aided in the defense of our country. With women being integral to every face...
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary will assemble in the nation’s capital next week for the annual VFW Washington Conference, held from March 3 - 7. National leadership, as well as delegates from across the U.S. and abroad, will conduct the business of the organization and meet with m...
Statement of Michael Figlioli, Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “Sacred Mission: Honoring America’s Veterans and their Families at VA Cemeteries” Washington D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member...
Ben Tiseo joined more than 90 members of the Second Indianhead Division Association who convened on Sept. 23 at the Embassy Suites Hilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to celebrate the association’s 100th anniversary. Tiseo, a 77-year-old a native of Italy, had attended several of the organization’s birthdays since joining in 1999, but...
Sean Dreer served in the Navy for 27 years, from 1987 to 2015. He now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he is a member of The Turtle Post 3846 in Churubusco. Dreer is #StillServing his community by volunteering at a few local organizations, including Parkview Home Health & Hospice Fort Wayne, Alliance of Therapy Dogs Cheyenne WY, and his loca...
A new VFW Post located in Puerto Princesa City in the Philippines province of Palawan bears the name of Glenn Weddell McDole, a WWII veteran, now deceased, who experienced what some would consider a living hell as a prisoner of war after the fall of Corregidor in 1942. The Glenn W. McDole VFW Post 12224 was instituted on Oct. 22, with VFW Commander...
D.W. “Bill” Miles served in the Army for 28 years and is now a member of Grant-Reeves VFW Post 7720. The Des Moines, Iowa, native currently lives in Clarksville, Georgia. Miles is #StillServing his veteran community by representing the VFW in a variety of leadership positions at the Post, District and Department levels. As the Post serv...
Mike Rogers joined the Army in 1968 right as he was about to be drafted for Vietnam. He first served from 1968-72 where he attended Infantry Officer Candidate School and airborne school. He then deployed to Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader in the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He served a second time from 1983-93 as a special forces soldier with assignme...
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