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WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is pleased to announce the VFW Service Officer Accreditation Training Scholarship for accredited service officers and claims representatives looking to attend the VFW’s fall training conference in Annapolis, Maryland, this September. “The VFW leads the way in veterans service,”...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce that 172 service members and veterans were selected to receive a VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” for the upcoming fall 2022 semester. The student veterans will receive nearly $800,000 in post-secondary scholarships. See the full list of 20...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The VFW is pleased to announce its #StillServing campaign has been named the winner of the Gold Stevie® Award in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year - Non-Profit/Charity category in the 19th Annual International Business Awards® (IBAs). The International Business Awards are a premier business awards progra...
Members of VFW Post 4938 in Edmond, Oklahoma, are always available to help fellow veterans — and anyone else in need — no matter the task at hand. “Our dedicated veterans continue to support a variety of VFW programs and their local community,” said Junior Vice Commander Bradly Blume. For the inaugural VFW National Day of Se...
WASHINGTON –The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are now accepting applications from student veterans interested in participating in the upcoming 2023 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. Now in its ninth year, the fellowship will bring select student veterans –who must be VFW members– to Was...
WASHINGTON — After years of persistent advocacy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Tim Borland, families of loved ones affected by toxic exposures and other veteran service organizations, stood together behind President Joseph Biden at the White House as the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensi...
Have you ever left a concert or sporting event with a high-pitched ringing in your ears? This is called tinnitus. Virtually everyone will experience some tinnitus from time to time throughout their life. Although it is usually the result of being around loud noises, that’s not always the case, and not everyone experiences tinnitus the same wa...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It is with great sorrow that the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) announces the passing of past VFW Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. “Tommy” Tradewell. Tradewell was elected commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Aug. 20, 2009, at the 110th VFW National Convention, held in Phoenix, Arizona. He served in...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the United States Coast Guard, which has saved countless lives and protected U.S. interests at ports, inland waterways, along coastlines and in international waters for the past 232 years. On Aug. 4, 1790, President Washington signed ...
“Today’s passage of the PACT Act is a landmark victory for veterans of all ages, of all conflicts and their families. Too many of our veterans have suffered over the years from effects of toxic exposure, with no medical care, no recompense, and no support to their loved ones. They fought with everything they had to prove their illness w...
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