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VFW members around the country are preparing to take on Washington, D.C. for the VFW’s annual Legislative Conference March 1-5. Every year, the VFW takes the voices of America’s veterans directly to the nation’s elected lawmakers to remind them of the promises they made and to ensure they remain focused on the many issues that af...
Ian Sedgwick* waited two years for a VA rating. Tired of sitting in limbo, Sedgwick reached out to the VFW. During his 30 years in the military, Sedgwick had been injured …a lot. Needless to say, it caught up with him. “I suffered through sprained ankles, twisted knees, herniated discs, fractured wrists, several broken bones and sepa...
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, which will help incentivize more psychiatrists to work at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to expand VA’s successful peer support networks, and to authorize VA to collaborate with local nonprofit mental heal...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations—AMVETS (American Veterans), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) and the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)—released The Independent Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs: Budget Recommendati...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the 1.9 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries said Monday’s fiscal 2016 federal budget request for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense were good starting points to continue an important conversation with Congress and the American people about w...
WASHINGTON — The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released a 300-page report today that contained 15 specific recommendations regarding military pay and retirement compensation, health benefits and military quality of life programs. The following statement is from John W. Stroud, the national commander of the 1.9...
Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, deputy director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity United States House of Representatives with respect to A Review of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is proud to announce 70 veterans and service members have been awarded VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarships” this spring, totaling more than $288,000. Help A Hero Scholarships are awarded exclusively to service members and veterans to help cover the cost of tuition an...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq: CERN) have joined together to provide career-seeking veterans, service members and military spouses the opportunity to connect with current openings at Cerner at the Cerner - VFW Virtual Career Fair, February 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST). Kansas City-b...
Statement of Gerald T. Manar, Deputy Director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability and Memorial Affairs with respect to Veterans’ Dilemma: Navigating the Appeals System for Veterans Claims.
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