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KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Today, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald visited the VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City where he met with VFW officials to discuss a host of important veterans’ issues to include the state of the VA health care system, the claims backlog and veterans employment. The meeting with VFW officia...
U.S. Army veteran Chad Gibbs always knew he wanted to make serving in the military his career. During a 2006 deployment to Iraq, an IED blast changed those plans, and his life, forever. Suffering severe trauma to his left arm and leg, Chad braved over two years of surgeries and rehabilitation before being medically retired in February 2009. No long...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Today, with just three weeks remaining until Veterans Day, the VFW is launching Operation Appreciation. All Americans are invited to join Operation Appreciation by thanking our nation’s service members and veterans with an act demonstrating their appreciation — an act beyond words or text, then sharing a phot...
Contact: George David Drucker 818-203-5845 George@crenshawcomm.com HIRING AMERICA TV SHOW HITS RECORD NUMBER OF STATIONS IN SYNDICATION: NEARLY 200 ACROSS THE NATION CARRY THE WEEKLY PROGRAM HELPING VETERANS FIND WORK Series Is Produced With the Support of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States New York—Oct. 20th, 2015&mdas...
“When it comes to helping veterans, you have to ask the right questions,” said VFW Service Officer Paul Pirlot. “Often they’re eligible for more than they know.” Dave Chapman*, an elderly Korean War veteran, walked into the VFW service office upset with his medical coverage. The VA was charging him co-pays for prescrip...
GEORGETOWN, Texas– You can “Help A Hero” take their next career step when you get a haircut at one of the more than 1,400 Sport Clips Haircuts locations across the U.S. now through Veterans Day, November 11. Sport Clips in local communities across the country will share the overall goal of raising $750,000 for the company’s ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is pleased to announce it will host a virtual career fair open exclusively to service members and veterans on October 21, 2015. The career fair will run from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. CDT and feature available opportunities within Black & Veatch, Cerner, Garmin and Overl...
“Where I’m from, not many people believe they can achieve things, but, between me and you, we can do anything we put our minds to,” said William Hill, 24, of Minden, Louisiana. Hill was just a year shy of graduating with a nursing degree from Southern Arkansas University when his unit deployed to Afghanistan. There he spent his da...
With flu season right around the corner, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Walgreens are making it easier than ever for veterans to protect themselves against the influenza virus. Veterans who are currently enrolled in the VA Health Care System can visit their local Walgreens or Duane Reade location to receive a free flu shot. To tak...
WASHINGTON — One article says the two Green Berets who helped a young Afghan boy being sexually abused by a local police commander should receive medals; another calls them vigilantes. What worries the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is how the conflicting messaging is being interpreted by an Army that&...
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