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A VFW Post in San Diego accepted help from its community when it needed a new refrigerator after the Post’s had broken. When the original stopped, volunteers at the Post were in the process of cooking hundreds of meals for displaced flood victims. During an interview with CBS 8 in April, volunteers told the news station that the Post’s ...
The third annual VFW Day of Service kicks off on the first Saturday of May, May 4. That date marks the start of veteran-led community service projects to take place throughout the month. The Day of Service T-shirt, available at the VFW Store, gives your team a uniform look and helps highlight the inspiring ways veterans continue to serve in communi...
On March 18, VFW Post 637 Operations Manager and VFW Auxiliary Department of Virginia Guard Cara Buckley led a ceremony paying tribute to 12 fallen female war heroes at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, which has more than 12,000 names on its wall. The ceremony hosted several dignitaries, which included VFW Department of Virginia Commander Gar...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Grand Ole Opry is scheduled to salute the U.S. Military with a return of the red carpet parade and what has become a highlight of the year, the special Salute the Troops Opry performance Tuesday, May 21. Among the artists scheduled to perform are Opry member Craig Morgan, who serves as an Army Reserve Warrant Officer an...
Veterans with PTSD who recall the trauma that caused it often process those memories as present experiences, according to a study published last November. The study found that the human brain processes PTSD differently than other memories. The scientific journal Nature Neuroscience published a study titled Neural patterns differentiate traumatic fr...
WASHINGTON – More than three decades later, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) continues to pay tribute to the nearly 700,000 military men and women who served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, commonly referred to as the Persian Gulf War. April 11 marks the 33rd anniversary of the cease fire signed between the coalition and the Iraqi ...
Statement of Christopher Macinkowicz, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairman Luttrell...
Over the past five years, a VFW District in Virginia has made it its mission to support a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a haven for veterans with PTSD and their families. Virginia’s District 11, based in the heart of the commonwealth, has donated a total of $215,000 to the Boulder Crest Foundation, a nonprofit organization tha...
More than a year after the Bataan Death March’s last remaining World War II survivor passed away, the city he called home for more than 56 years renamed its municipal airport after him. Led by VFW Post 6271 in Benson, Arizona, more than 300 attendees gathered outside of the newly named Benson Municipal Airport/Paul Kerchum Field to honor the ...
When VFW Post 3343 Commander Brian Moore sat down to calculate how much his Post and its Auxiliary had donated in 2023, the figure sent him back to the calculator. Between January and December of last year, the Post in Clyde, Ohio, donated $158,799 out of its charitable checking account to several organizations, schools, local government and progra...
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