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When it comes to supporting veterans and service members who face difficult challenges, we’re all in this together. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) urges everyone to stay alert for signs of crisis in veterans and service members and be prepared to help them access the support they have earned. It Matters: Because one small act c...
Mike, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He spent years keeping his combat-related emotions locked up—and depression, anger, and stress kept building in him. A hunting trip with fellow Veterans spent talking about combat experiences finally prompted him to reach out for help. Throu...
The VFW is hosting its first-ever Facebook town hall meeting to discuss VA education benefits, how the VFW is fighting for education on Capitol Hill and the VFW’s new scholarship program for veterans. The town hall will take place Jan. 16, at 3:00 p.m. (CST). Representatives from the VFW’s “1 Student Veteran” program will...
This year promises to be a momentous one for America’s veterans and its warriors. Issues affecting those in and out of uniform will be on the front burner on Capitol Hill. Two events in 2014 will no doubt put veterans and the armed forces in the national limelight: congressional elections and withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanist...
The VFW Publications Department announced today that it is accepting submissions for VFW’s 2014 National Publications Contest. All publications will be categorized by the membership size of the Department, District or Post they represent. For the contest, Departments will be defined as: large (21,500 or more members), medium ...
The VFW sends its warmest season’s greetings to all of our nation’s veterans, service members and their families. As we gather with friends and family over the coming weeks, we remember that it is the sacrifice of our nation’s veterans that keep our traditions alive and well. We celebrate the cherished characteristics of the seaso...
WASHINGTON – This week the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. announced its 2014 Legislative Priority Goals for the second session of the 113th Congress. Each year the VFW outlines its priority goals to maintain and improve quality of life and benefit programs for service members, veterans and their families. The 2014 priority goals are ba...
Background: Congress passed a budget deal that includes a provision that penalizes working age military retirees younger than 62 by cutting a full one percent from future cost of living adjustments (COLA). VFW calculates that a Gunnery Sergeant or Sergeant First Class (E-7) with 20 years of service would lose more than $80,000 in income by age 62....
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will continue its fight to remove a proposal in the federal budget deal that unfairly attacks military retirees. The two-year budget deal was passed by the House last week and by the Senate this afternoon. The package is now on its way to the president for his signature. “The VFW has never be...
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns has ordered that the 43-foot cross atop Mount Soledad in southern California be removed within the next 90 days. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States strongly disagrees with the ruling, and aside from supporting an appeal, is now suggesting a possible solution that is more inclusive of all beliefs. The V...
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