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[Carteret] Mayor Dan Reiman will be joined by the Borough Council, residents, and military veterans on October 27th for a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, formally unveiling “The Commander George Lisicki Veterans Apartments,” Carteret’s first veterans’ apartment building. The project has been dedicated in honor of past National Vete...
VFW National Military Services Update WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — VFW Post 6605 Commander Ben Damron knows it’s crucial to keep morale high for troops protecting our freedoms overseas. To help accomplish this, Post 6605 adopted the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW) through the VFW Military Assistance Program’s (MAP) Adopt-a-Unit. The 116th AC...
Taylor, Michigan VFW Post 4422 was the September winner of The Home Depot Foundation’s “Aprons in Action” program!The Post received a $25,000 gift card from The Home Depot to renovate the exterior of their facility. The building is over 60 years old, and renovations will include landscaping, painting, and installing a war memorial...
VFW Post 3396 member SFC David Sousa wanted to do something special for POW/MIA Recognition Day on Sept. 16. He decided to organize a 5K and 10K run in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he is stationed, as a way to remember and honor his fellow comrades who suffered as POWs or who never returned home. The 422 Expeditionary Signal Battalion and VFW Post ...
Only twenty-seven days remain for students, grades 6-12 to enter for their chance to win their share of the $3.2 million in college scholarships and savings bonds awarded through the 2011 VFW Voice of Democracy and VFW Patriot’s Pen essay contests. VFW’s annual scholarship contests were enacted to foster patriotism among America’...
Michelle Brandon attends college while her husband pursues his military career. Their monthly finances are in order, but when his car needed unexpected repairs while he was deployed Michelle needed some assistance. She reached out to the VFW through www.VFW.org’s “Contact Us” page. “My grandmother was involved in the VFW whe...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the nation's oldest and largest major combat veterans' organization is sounding the alarm over President Obama's deficit reduction plan because some proposals are clearly designed to balance the budget on the backs of current and future military service members, retirees and their families. "The propos...
At the 112th VFW National Convention held in San Antonio, Texas, VFW National Military Services (NMS) decided to offer up a friendly competition between VFW and Ladies Auxiliary attendees. NMS thought a fun way for attendees to support the troops would be through a contest called the NMS Services Challenge. Veterans from each branch of service and ...
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on America, the new national commander of the nation's largest and oldest major combat veterans' organization is calling on all Americans to renew their commitment to country and to all those serving in uniform and in emergency services, as well as their families. "Ten years have pass...
VFW National Military Services Update The Elko Archery Club in Elko, Nev., recently donated $500 to VFW’s National Military Services (NMS). The club is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering, expanding and perpetuating the practice of field archery, as well as the use of bow and arrow to hunt wild game. Each year the club holds an Indo...
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