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Sep 12 2024

‘I Love My Fellow Veterans’

Las Vegas, Nevada, veteran Alan Deogracias is #StillServing his community. His companion, Sansa, a therapy dog, serves alongside him. Together, they visit the local VA hospital once a week as a therapy dog team. Deogracias also serves coffee each week at the VA Northwest Clinic. Outside of his VA volunteer work, Deogracias is the community service ...

Sep 10 2024

Always Remember

WASHINGTON — Where were you on 9/11? It’s a question so many of us have repeated over the past two decades. It’s a way we relate to one another as we reflect on the day of one of the most horrific attacks on the American people in U.S. history – Sept. 11, 2001. For the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), we join the rest of the ...

Sep 09 2024

VFW Action Alert: Take Action to Avoid Lapse in VA Benefits

Recently, VA announced a budget shortfall that may delay the timely delivery of benefits to people nationwide. Veterans, family members, and caregivers have earned VA benefits through service and we are frustrated to hear certain VA benefits may not be adequately funded through the end of the fiscal year. This is not a problem caused by Congress, h...

Sep 09 2024

VFW Readies for Annual September Legislative Conference

WASHINGTON — Today, together with national leadership and staff, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Legislative Committee members from across the country arrive in the nation’s capital to share the VFW’s legislative priorities with their respective lawmakers. Based in Crystal City, Virginia, the conference will take place from Sept. 9...

Sep 09 2024

Longer Exposure to Burn Pits Leads to Higher Risk of Respiratory Ailments

A study published in April found that prolonged deployments to bases with burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan put veterans at a higher risk for respiratory ailments. Published by JAMA Network Open in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the study relied on declassified deployment data from the records of 459,381 veterans currently receivi...

Sep 06 2024

'They Made Me Feel at Home'

This month, VFW magazine continues its “Destination Post Series.” The series will feature 125 VFW Posts located in sought-after tourist destinations. Featured VFW Posts are those that make a real difference in the communities in which the Posts are located. This month’s article takes VFW magazine to San Diego, Calif. San Diego is ...

Aug 30 2024

VFW Remembers the End of the Afghanistan War

WASHINGTON — It has been three years since the United States finally left Afghanistan in a calamitous and deadly withdrawal of our troops after almost two decades of war. Whether it is the footage of Afghan civilians clinging to the side of a C-17 Globemaster III and falling to their deaths or photos of the aftermath of the deadly attack at A...

Aug 27 2024

‘We Can Be Better Than Our Mistakes’

Last October, the Platte River VFW Post 12226 was instituted in Sterling, Colo. What sets this Post apart from other newly established Posts is that it is located inside the Sterling Correctional Facility. The Post hopes to serve as an example for other prisons across the country, which could create a boon for VFW membership. “We are the pilo...

Aug 26 2024

'Many Thanks for Their Service'

VFW Post 8469 members in Fairfax, Va., honored four public servants for their outstanding achievements through the organization’s national Public Servant Awards on March 4. As part of the national VFW program, which encourages Posts across the country each year to nominate local law enforcement and first responders, Post 8469 members presente...

Aug 23 2024

Student Veterans Seek Mental Health Care More Often

In a report released in February, the Government Accounting Agency (GAO) said that student veterans who are receiving mental health care at VA facilities increased more rapidly than the overall veteran population. However, the GAO claims more work needs to be done to bring VA services to more veterans. VA provides mental health care to veterans for...