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WASHINGTON – The president’s federal spending plan for fiscal year 2020 adds 30,000 more troops and proposes a 3.1-percent military pay raise. It would also increase the Department of Veterans Affairs overall budget by 9.6 percent to $220.2 billion, which would enable the VA to implement the MISSION Act, strengthen mental health access ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce it will be a presenting sponsor for the 30th annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., making it the organization’s ninth-consecutive year of support. Known for being one of the most challenging, grueling full-marathon expedition...
Over the past few years, groups of college students across the country have made it their mission to provide military-affiliated students with the advocacy and resources needed for a successful college education and post-graduation careers. The University of Kansas (KU) Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapter, located in Lawrence, Kan., is one ex...
WASHINGTON – This morning, during testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. called for full congressional oversight over the implementation of the VA MISSION Act of 2018. The organization made clear its dissatisfaction with the Department of Veterans A...
Statement of Vincent “B. J.” Lawrence Commander-in-Chief Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Chairmen Isakson and Takano, Ranking Members Tester and Roe, members of the Senate and House ...
The VFW’s Unmet Needs program helped an Iraq War veteran who was unable to work while he was hospitalized. Keith Mitchell is an Army veteran who served with the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y. He served in Iraq in 2004, but was medically discharged in 2005 because of health problems. Due to issues with his spine, as well ...
WASHINGTON – Last night the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. proudly presented $209,000 in scholarships and awards as it named the national winners of its annual Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The winners were announced during the Parade of Winners ceremony at the 2019 VFW Legislative Conference...
One day in 2014, Evan Hafer, a former Army Green Beret and life member of the VFW Department of Texas, was instructing an advanced tactics course on a shooting range. Along with his words of wisdom, Hafer also dispensed home-made coffee for the shooters. From roasting to brewing the coffee ...
WASHINGTON — More than 500 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary are arriving in the nation’s capital this weekend to urge their respective members of Congress to continue improving the programs and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Highlighting the annual legislative conference wil...
For Reginald Sims, becoming a veterans service officer was not something he planned. But once he got started, it became his passion. Sims has been the accredited VFW service officer at the Madison County Veterans Services in Jackson, Tenn., for six years. He served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War with the 10th Special Forces Group as a canon crewmembe...
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