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WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are seeking student veteran candidates to participate in their 2018 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. The fellowship, now in its fourth year, will bring up to 10 selected student veterans to Washington to meet face-to-face with their congressiona...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce VFW Life member and retired Army Col. Raymond Denisewich as its VFW Accredited Service Representative of the Year 2017. The colonel is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who served 36 years in uniform before being appointed as VFW Rhode Island’s Department Ser...
Statement of Patrick D. Murray, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 WASHINGTON D.C. Chairman Roe, Ranking Member Walz, and di...
Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Subcommittees on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and Oversight & Investigations Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Examining VA’s ...
WASHINGTON —The signing of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008 was the culmination of a decade’s worth of effort by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to fight for a new military education benefit. Now that historic bill is becoming even greater, thanks entirely to strong congressional support and the intense advocacy of the VF...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce Sacramento Mountain VFW Post 11999 in Cloudcroft, N.M., has been selected to receive the prestigious Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award in honor of its “Warriors in Transition Event” project. The VFW’s Fred C. Hall awar...
Statement of Carlos Fuentes, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate With Respect To “Pending Health Care Legislation” WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Isakson, Ranking Member Tester and members of the Committee, on behalf of...
Paul Pirlot, state director of the VFW Detroit Service Office in Michigan, knew the best way to honor extraordinary WWII veteran Adelore Palmiter after his passing was by making sure his widow, Wilma Palmiter, was well cared for in the years following. “Mr. Palmiter was a patient at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System when we first got in touc...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Make sure to have your electronic devices ready as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States begins streaming live from its 118th VFW National Convention in New Orleans starting July 23. More than 10,000 VFW and VFW Auxiliary members are expected to attend the weeklong convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention C...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On July 4, our nation’s day of independence, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. reminds everyone that the America we know today was born from great leaders – brave men and women who despite the dangers, took a stand and said “No more!” Risking th...
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