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Veteran Portia Bethea of Neptune, N.J. values community. She first found the value of the VFW community when she exhausted her GI Bill benefits, but still had three semesters left at St. Thomas University School of Law. “The VFW’s ‘Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship’ definitely affected my life. I didn’t have full kno...
When “retired” Major General Mike Regner was approached by the Marine Corps to continue his service as a senior mentor, he didn’t skip a beat when he responded “Absolutely!” “It just means I get to keep giving back, just like the VFW does,” he said. There are eight senior mentors who work for the Training a...
Navy Commander Ronald Seits expected to sail smoothly into retirement after 20 years of active duty and ten in the reserve. During his career, he deployed all over the world including Qatar, Iraq, and three tours in Afghanistan. After he experienced some medical issues, he was surprised by the Navy’s request that he retire within six months o...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The more than 1.6 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary congratulate the U.S. Coast Guard on its 229 years of service and bravery defending our great nation. Originally established as the Revenue Service on Aug. 4, 1790, by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, the role of today&rsqu...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are now accepting applications from student veterans who are interested in participating in the upcoming 2020 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. The fellowship, now in its sixth year, will bring up to 10 student veterans – who must ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — William J. “Doc” Schmitz, of Corning, N.Y., has been elected the new leader of the 1.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, a congressionally-chartered veterans service organization comprised of eligible veterans and military service members from all five branches of the armed forces. Sc...
In continuing an eight-year relationship between an Oregon VFW Post and Junior ROTC program, one VFW member recently accompanied her son’s JROTC group to Normandy in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Shannon Ferreira, a member of VFW Post 1324 in Oregon City, Ore., served as a chaperone to the group of 13 cadets. The cadets part...
Orlando, Fla. – Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies, is furthering its commitment to provide veterans with the resources, information and holistic guidance they need to achieve their best health as the lead sponsor of the 120th Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Convention in Orlando...
Irene Hosking was a registered nurse before World War II, but when her brother survived the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, she joined the Army. Hosking, a member of VFW Post 4005 in Corunna, Mich., said her most vivid memories from serving overseas relate to the men who lost limbs in battle. “We did not see the wounds when they first g...
For the third year in a row, a Michigan VFW Post has meshed the veteran and gaming communities in a fundraising event. Hunter Desander, commander of VFW Post 4113 in St. Johns, Mich., organized Combo Con, an event that included VFW Post 3055 (St. Louis, Mich.), VFW Post 1454 (Elma, Mich.) and VFW Post 3733 (Fowler, Mich.). The three-day event featu...
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