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The VFW will host its second Facebook town hall meeting April 24 at 2 p.m. (CDT) to discuss the VA claims process and veterans’ benefits, as well as how VFW Service Officers can assist with filing claims – a service VFW offers to veterans free of charge. Similar to the VFW’s recent Twitter chats, subject matter experts will ans...
Throughout the history of our great nation, veterans have made the commitment to protect our country, serving and sacrificing for what matters most. What they and their families give up can have an impact that lasts long past their time of service. Whether veterans have recently returned home or completed their service years ago, their exper...
Statement of Raymond C. Kelley, director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, for the record, Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel United States House of Representatives with respect to Beneficiary and Advocacy Overview of FY15 President’s Budget.
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. met with President Obama in the Oval Office this afternoon and expressed the VFW’s sympathy and support to the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting victims and their families. "The president shares our concern that more has to be done to help prevent similar tragedies...
“Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their loved ones and the entire Fort Hood family after yet another senseless and tragic shooting,” said William A. Thien, the national commander of the 1.9 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries. “We may never know why this soldier did what...
The nation’s largest and oldest major combat organization is supportive of a Pentagon announcement to realign the organizations charged with locating and identifying tens of thousands of American troops who have yet to return home from their wars. “What’s most important about this initiative is that the Full Accounting Mission con...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) is now accepting entries for the 2014-2015 VFW Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarship competitions. The announcement comes just three weeks after students from across the globe took home their share of the more than $3 million in scholarships and awards from last year’s competitio...
Each year for the past 15 years, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) has recognized three exceptional teachers for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism and patriotism to their students. The Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award recipients are selected from entries submitted by local VFW Posts in the...
After five years in the Army, America Luna transitioned into the life of a student veteran. During her years in the service, she was deployed twice and learned how to be an effective leader, a skill that proved to serve her well in her post-military endeavors. Her leadership abilities helped her become the vice president of her university’s s...
Watch the full testimony here. During today’s testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committees, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) expressed the organization’s deep concern over America’s disregard for veterans. “What concerns the VFW and patriots eve...
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