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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to protest military funerals, deciding it’s demonstrations are protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. "The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. thanks the Supreme Court for considering the case, but is greatly disappointed with the resu...
U.S. troops stationed overseas were able to give their sweethearts back home a special gift this Valentine’s Day—a phone call, free-of-charge. The VFW Department of Minnesota and KSTP-TV 5 Eyewitness News sponsored this VFW Operation UplinkTM “Free Call Day.” Troops and hospitalized veterans in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait c...
Now VFW Departments, Districts and Posts have an opportunity to show off their creative talent in the 2011 VFW WebAward Competition. ·Websites will be evaluated based on easy navigation, quick load time, overall content and creative design. ·Judging will be done by the VFW Communications Department in two categories: “Department...
Original article If you’re a veteran, and a smooth-talking salesman comes to your home claiming to be from the Department of Veterans Affairs hawking funeral arrangements, watch out, authorities say. That’s the word from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, which is warning area residents about a potential scam involving the...
Twenty years ago today, on February 24, 1991, after 6 weeks of intensive bombing against Iraq and its army,the massive ground war in Kuwait, lasting only 100 hours, began. By the end, the Iraq army had been defeated; thousands of its troops had either surrendered or weretaken as prisoners. After 4 days, Kuwait was liberated from its Iraqi neighbor....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is appalled over the recent treatment of a combat-wounded student veteran by Columbia University students during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on the campus, calling their actions “banal and juvenile” following their recent...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars is proud to announce the Department winners of the 2010-2011 Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition. This year's theme is "Does My Generation Have a Role in America's Future?" The following students are competing for a chance to win up to $30,000 in college scholarships and other incentives. Clickheretocheck out the...
A little known but potentially decisive story developing in Afghanistan is the "surge of Afghans," that is, how Afghan men and women have swelled the ranks of the Afghan National Security Forces to levels more than double the U.S. surge. Since Dec. 1, 2009, when President Barack Obama announced the surge of 30,000 U.S. troops, more than 79,000 Afgh...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second year in a row, VFW will stream live video from the 2011 VFW LegislativeConference in Washington D.C., March 5-9, onwww.vfw.org. Streaming will begin with the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen Parade of Winners at 6:00 p.m. (EST) on March 6. We’ll pick it back up with the Conference’s Op...
Members at VFW Post 49 in Mobile, Ala., know it’s important to recognize and honor all military units—large and small. They’re concerned that small detachment units don’t always receive the same recognition as their larger counterparts. Members decided the best way to address this concern was to officially adopt the 946th Forward Surgical Team th...
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