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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program has surpassed awarding $5.7 million in scholarships to nearly 1,300 military and student veterans. The latest award of more than $768,000 will now help ensure 172 student veterans can continue their hi...
WASHINGTON — The federal government has been in a partial shutdown for nearing three weeks because Congress and the administration cannot reach an agreement over how much to spend on border protection. “Our government’s first responsibility is to secure the nation and protect her citizens,” said B.J. Lawrence, the national c...
WASHINGTON – Ten Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. members and Student Veterans of America leaders have been selected for the 2019 VFW-SVA Fellowship program. The announcement was made Saturday at SVA’s 11th National Conference in Orlando, Fla. The 10 fellows will now join more than 500 VFW members of when they converge on Capitol Hi...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of America’s largest and oldest major war veterans’ organization is calling an article published yesterday in the New York Times off-base and biased against pre-9/11 veterans’ service organizations. ‘‘The article, entitled ‘Veterans Groups Compete With Each Other, and Str...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is now accepting submissions for its 2019 National Publications Contest. VFW publications published up to four times annually, or five or more times annually, will be judged in four categories.* The categories are: Department-level publications: Newspaper/Newsletter ...
With every passing year, more and more of Americans’ lives are lived online. Why drive to the bank or the DMV when you can deposit checks with your cell phone and renew your driver’s license from home? Adults socialize with friends, pay bills and file their taxes online. High school seniors average a whopping six hours a day online,1 te...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As 2018 draws to a close, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. extends its warmest season’s greetings and happy holidays to all of our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families and advocates. “Over the coming weeks as we spend time with friends, family and those closest to us to celebrate ...
WASHINGTON — The objection by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, by unanimous consent today on the Senate floor has effectively doomed any chance of the bill being passed in the 115th Congress. Lee now joins Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), who objected last week due to the bill’s overa...
Statement of Kayda Keleher, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Tracking Transformation: VA MISSION Act Implementation” WASHINGT...
Veteran James E. Jones, Jr. of San Diego, Calif., is a remarkable person surrounded by the love and support of his family and friends. He has spent 26 years of his life in service to his country, and is set to retire from the Navy in a few months. Growing up in a small community in Alabama, Jones knew he wanted to leave but was too intimidated by t...
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