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Navy Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle made history in July at the Naval Air Station in Kingsville, Texas, when she became the Navy’s first known African American female tactical fighter pilot. “I’m excited to have this opportunity to work harder and fly high performance jet aircraft in the fleet,” Swegle said in a Navy statement. &l...
WASHINGTON— The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will extend the existing moratorium on evictions and foreclosures,as well as extend VA loan forbearance requests, to June 30, because of COVID-19. The current moratorium extensions for evictions and foreclosures were set to end March 31. “We will do everything in our power to help Ve...
Rebecca Luna, 35, lives in Loveland, Colorado, with her husband Guy and children Hannah and Aedan. More than a decade ago, she enlisted in the military with her family in mind. “I joined to give my kids a better life,” she said. “I was a single mother working several jobs to cover expenses. I didn’t want that for them.&rdquo...
Congratulations to VFW Post 3701 in Lakeview, Michigan, for being named the VFW's #StillServing Post of the Month for February 2021. VFW Post 3701 quickly mobilized as the pandemic reached their Lakeview, Michigan, community in spring 2020. They knew protective gear already was in short supply for hospitals, so they began to help by making face ma...
Portia Bethea, Esquire, is #StillServing. She enlisted with the New Jersey Army National Guard in 2010 and spent seven years learning all she could. She credits that time with giving her the desire and knowledge to continue serving for the rest of her life – personally and professionally. After transitioning out of the military, Bethea earned...
With more than 2 million African Americans serving in the U.S. military today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, VFW commends their service and sacrifice in protecting our country. Like many veterans whose military service paved a path to success in civilian life, African American veterans have used the experience and discipline they acquired in...
WASHINGTON – Today the Senate confirmed the appointment of Denis McDonough, making him the new Veterans Affairs Secretary. A native of Stillwater, Minnesota, Mr. McDonough graduated from Saint John's University in 1992 and Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service with an MSFS degree in 1996. McDonough has extensive ex...
“Every time I was asked what I wanted to be as a young child, I always told my family I was joining the military,” said veteran Quwanna Lininger. “That answer never changed.” Today, Lininger, 45, lives in Martinez, Georgia, and has a 16-year-old daughter, Leah. She served in the Navy for four years and was injured while depl...
A Vietnam War veteran in Washington hopes a program that he began continues for generations to come. VFW Department of Washington member Bob Rawe, who served in the Air Force, began treating veterans to a meal at his home in 2008. “My goal was to thank our military veterans – young and old – for the honorable service,” Rawe ...
A VFW Life member in New York was inspired to start a program honoring local veterans and military members during a trip with his wife in the Catskills Mountains. “We were driving through Cairo (New York) and saw banners with service members on them,” retired Army 1st Sgt. Bill Forte said. “My wife (Doris) and I pulled over to loo...
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