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For the sixth consecutive year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation has joined together with participating Burger King® Franchisee Owned Restaurants across the United States to raise funds throughout the month of November for the VFW Unmet Needs program. Burger King® customers are encouraged to give $1 or more toward Unmet Needs w...
VetJobs is pleased to announce the final event in a series of virtual Career Fairs for 2012, co-hosted with PSI. The Virtual Career Fair will take place Nov. 1-15, with early registration for veterans. This Job Fair is open to the United States Military family. This includes officer and enlisted, active duty, transitioning military, reservists, vet...
BACKGROUND:The Budget Control Act of 2011 raised the federal debt ceiling on an agreement to offset the increase with a corresponding decrease in discretionary spending over a 10-year period. A bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction was created to identify what federal accounts to reduce. As an added incentive, an automatic 10 perce...
WASHINGTON —The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. returned last week from a trip to Europe to meet with Russian officials regarding their renewed support of America'sPOW/MIA mission, and to meet with U.S. troops stationed in Italy to discuss how VFW can better serve them and their families. In Moscow, John E. Hami...
Beginning todaymore than 950 Sport Clips Haircuts locations will launch the company’s annual “Help A Hero” fundraising campaign to support theVeterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) Operation Uplink™in their communities across the country. Sport Clips’ goal is to raise $500,000 in its sixth year of donating to Operation ...
The United States Navy was founded 237 years ago this Saturday, Oct. 13. Throughout our history, this branch of service has played a crucial role in defending our nation and fighting for freedom around the world, having served with distinction in every single American war. When our nation has been threatened, the members of the United States ...
ATLANTA— The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, announced a new initiative today aimed at arming U.S. service men and women with the knowledge and resources they need to successfully transition into the civilian workforce. The new program, dubbed Mission: Transition, is a concentrated effort by The Home Depot to a...
WASHINGTON — Absentee Voting Week is a reminder that it’s still possible for eligible U.S. voters overseas to register and to vote, the acting director of the department’s Federal Voting Assistance Program said today. “It’s not too late to vote,” Pamela S. Mitchell told reporters during a telephone news conferenc...
Each year on September 29, VFW Day is celebrated at Posts and in communities around the world. It’s a day devoted to the organization and its dedicated members who are so deeply committed to serving those who bravely serve this nation. This year marks the 113th year since the VFW was established. On September 29, 1899, a small group of Spani...
VFW has supported the education of our country’s most promising and talented students with impressive scholarships for more than 60 years. We’re excited to announce that now is the time to submit an audio-essay for VFW’s Voice of Democracy scholarship competition, open to students in grades 9-12. This year’s theme: “I...
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