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Georgetown, South Carolina, veteran Karen Collins was an Army Reservist in seminary for three years before she deployed to Iraq. Today, she is #StillServing as chaplain of VFW Post 6444 and works to expand the Post’s presence in the local community. A Life member and Post junior vice commander, since November Collins has led a gift-card drive...
Statement of Meggan Coleman, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs With Respect To Everyday Heroes: Supporting the Veteran Caregiver Community WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and member...
Navy veteran Juan Preciado, 30, resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Brenda. He served five years as an aviation ordnanceman. Preciado was stationed on the USS America based out of San Diego, California, and was later deployed to South America and Africa. During this time, he earned Sailor of the Year in 2017 and later moved to the rank of pett...
Clinton, Utah, veteran and VFW Life member Chuck Love is #StillServing through leadership positions at the Corporal Fred J. Grant Post 1481 in nearby Ogden. As the Post’s junior vice commander and honor guard captain, Love works as a liaison between families seeking military honors for loved ones at their funerals and the military organizatio...
When Henry Hooper II first sat down with VFW magazine to speak about his brief boxing career in 2022, he had no idea it would lead, in a couple of years, to an Emmy Award and later a Presidential Lifetime Achievement nomination. An acting member of VFW’s National Council of Administration at the time, Hooper had shared this little-known perio...
Iraq War veteran Sam Wybenga is #StillServing by helping veterans access affordable medical care with assistance from the VFW. Wybenga was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2022. As a Gold Legacy Life member of VFW Post 1 in Denver, Colorado, he advocates for veterans by sharing his experience navigating the medical claims and health care landscape. ...
Marine Corps veteran Allison Krezman, 25, resides in Salem, Massachusetts, with her three cats: Gomez, Fester and Lulu. As a VFW Claims Consultant, she helps veterans apply for VA disability and other benefits. “I honestly feel so grateful and fulfilled that I get to help my people,” Krezman said. “Meeting veterans from all eras t...
VFW Post 6633 members in Darby, Pennsylvania, traveled to the home of fellow Life member and World War II veteran Peter Bandy to celebrate his centennial birthday in August. Bandy, a staff sergeant who served with the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in the European Theatre during WWII, flew 35 missions as a waist gunner, six of...
WASHINGTON — I am pleased to hear the news, along with the nearly 7 million other veterans who rely on VA benefits, to include disability compensation and even the GI Bill, that veterans can have peace of mind our benefits will be delivered on time October 1. Today, the Senate passed the House-introduced emergency appropriations bill to cover...
WASHINGTON – On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) emphasizes the gravity of honoring and remembering the more than 140,000 former American prisoners of war and the more than 81,500 service members who remain missing and unaccounted for. It is the duty of every American to remember the men and women whose sac...
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