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Statement of the Independent Budget Veterans Service Organizations (DAV, PVA, VFW) on the Appropriations Conference Report on H.R. 5895 The House-Senate Appropriations Committee conference agreement on H.R. 5895, which contains funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), would provide much needed increases for veterans health care and oth...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tomorrow, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will pause to honor Patriot Day and remember the 2,996 lives tragically lost 17 years ago in New York City, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. Since that fateful day, our bravest have fought on multiple fronts, with thousands of our nation’s finest paying the ultima...
Statement of Carlos Fuentes, Director, National Legislative 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 H.R. 4312, H.R. 6409, and H.R. 6420
Since 1990, the U.S. military has burned thousands of tons of waste at bases used in the Persian Gulf War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War and other overseas sites. Veterans who were possibly exposed to toxic fumes from these open-air pits want to know if they were adversely affected. In response, VA created a Burn Pit Registry in 2014 for vetera...
This weekend, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States pays honor to America’s Greatest Generation of veterans as we mark the 73rd anniversary of V-J Day, Victory over Japan Day, when Japan formally surrendered and officially ended World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, along with the Japanese foreign minister, Mamor...
For the past five years, the VFW has partnered with Student Veterans of America (SVA), giving student veterans an opportunity to research and promote causes that are important to veterans. In March, nine students spent one week in Washington, D.C., during the VFW’s annual Legislative Conference, fulfilling an aspect of the fellowship opportun...
WASHINGTON — The 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary are saluting the life of one of their own, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain III, who died this evening after battling brain cancer. “The senator is being remembered as a maverick at the U.S. Naval Academy, as a naval aviator, as a five and a half...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a 33-page report this week that indicates nearly half of all denied military sexual assault-related claims may have been denied in error. According to the report, entitled “Denied Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Claims Related to Military Sexual Trauma,&r...
The Pentagon announced in March that troops serving in the Sahel region of Africa will now receive monthly bonus pay for being in danger of hostile fire. The monthly $225 Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) will be paid to U.S. troops in Niger, Mali and parts of northern Cameroon. The pay will be retroactive to June 7, 2017. This decision means there now are...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – More than 130 service officers from across the nation and world are attending a weeklong training conference here to continue developing the skills they need to successfully help U.S. military veterans obtain their earned benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sponsored and conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars...
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