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WASHINGTON, PRNewswire-USNewswire — Planning to send a care package to a U.S. military servicemember serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the U.S. Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is furious with the Berkeley, Calif., City Council, calling their actions “outrageous and idiotic” following their recent vote to give the boot to a U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station. “The resolution is a direct insult to not only the Marines ...
WASHINGTON — The nationalcommander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling the president’s budget proposal for the Department of Veterans Affairs a good start, and is now asking Congress to improve upon the funding and policy package. He is also urging Congress to make sure that the VA receives its funding before the gove...
WASHINGTON — America's oldest major veterans' organization has selected Texas Rep. Chet Edwards (D-17th) to receive its 2008 Congressional Award for his outstanding service to veterans, service members and their families. The congressman, who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, will be p...
On January 21, the 2.3 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliaries will join Americans across the nation to celebrate and honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King taught that courage, hope, dignity, truth and service have no boundaries. He understood and greatly valued the spirit that unites men and women fro...
DETROIT — On Dec. 11, 2007 the UAW presented a donation of $15,000 to the VFW to support Operation Uplink, a program which provides free phone cards to members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed overseas so they can stay in touch with their families during their terms of military service. “We're proud to provide assistance to military ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The national commander of the nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is furious at theNew York Timesfor not fact-checking the Jan. 13 article that portrays servicemembers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as mentally unstable and more likely to commit violent crimes than nonveterans. “Th...
WASHINGTON — America's largest organization of combat veterans is praising the president and Congress for providing the largest budget increase ever for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Today's request by President Bush adds $3.7 billion to the VA's fiscal 2008 budget, which now totals $6.6 billion more in discretionary funding than last y...
WASHINGTON — An administration spokesperson announced today that the $3.7 billion dollars in emergency funding will be released when President Bush returns from his Middle East trip later this week. The VFW, who earlier had encouraged its 2.3 million VFW and Auxiliary members to write to President Bush and congressional representatives, want...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —There is an urban legend circulating on the Internet and on blogs that is telling veterans they must enroll, or re-enroll, for VA benefits by Jan. 17. If the veteran does not enroll by then, then veterans will lose all benefits. THIS IS NOT TRUE: THERE IS NO JAN.17 DEADLINE This rumor has been circulating for years with di...
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