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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After a 26-year absence, up to 10,000 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary are set to roll into New Orleans this weekend to elect new leadership and to approve resolutions that will guide the national organization’s advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and its veteran and military...
“The thoughts and best wishes of the 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary go out to Sen. John McCain, a VFW Life member of VFW Post 7401 in Chandler, Ariz. As he faces yet another battle, he and his family need to know they do not go it alone. The senator is a fighter that the most evil torture could not b...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce the selection of the top three winners of its 2016-2017 Scout of the Year scholarship competition. Enacted in 2001, the Scout of the Year competition was designed to reward eligible members of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Venturing Crew or Sea Scouts who have ris...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are seeking student veteran candidates to participate in their 2018 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. The fellowship, now in its fourth year, will bring up to 10 selected student veterans to Washington to meet face-to-face with their congressiona...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce VFW Life member and retired Army Col. Raymond Denisewich as its VFW Accredited Service Representative of the Year 2017. The colonel is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who served 36 years in uniform before being appointed as VFW Rhode Island’s Department Ser...
Statement of Patrick D. Murray, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 WASHINGTON D.C. Chairman Roe, Ranking Member Walz, and di...
Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Subcommittees on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and Oversight & Investigations Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Examining VA’s ...
WASHINGTON —The signing of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008 was the culmination of a decade’s worth of effort by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to fight for a new military education benefit. Now that historic bill is becoming even greater, thanks entirely to strong congressional support and the intense advocacy of the VF...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce Sacramento Mountain VFW Post 11999 in Cloudcroft, N.M., has been selected to receive the prestigious Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award in honor of its “Warriors in Transition Event” project. The VFW’s Fred C. Hall awar...
Statement of Carlos Fuentes, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate With Respect To “Pending Health Care Legislation” WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Isakson, Ranking Member Tester and members of the Committee, on behalf of...
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