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The VFW Communications Department has selected the winners of the 2011 VFW WebAward Competition. This year nearly 60 entries were received.Judging was based on navigation, load time, design and overall content. Entries were divided into two separate categories: VFW Departments and VFW Posts/Districts. The first-place winner in the Department cate...
The homes of service members and their families stationed at military bases across the south were not spared by last week’s deadly tornado outbreak. According to The National Weather Service, an estimated 266 tornadoes touched down across seven states, killing more than 340 people, injuring thousands and leaving hundreds unaccounted for. It i...
VFW has announced the winners of the 2011 National Publications Contest. Two non-VFW-affiliated journalism professionals—a photojournalist and a former 20-year newspaper editor—served as judges for the competition. This is designed to guarantee impartiality and objectivity in the judging. To reiterate, VFW staffers play no part in judgi...
Troops stationed overseas were able to wish their loved ones at home a happy Easter, thanks to a VFW Operation UplinkTM “Free Call Day” (FCD) sponsored by the VFW Department of Texas. Deployed military personnel took advantage of the event by visiting Internet cafes located throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait to make over 65,000 c...
Statement of Shane Barker, senior legislative associate, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity United States House of Representatives with respect to H.R. 802, H.R. 1383, H.R. 1657, and DRAFT Legislation.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. National Commander Richard L. Eubank issued the following statement on the killing of Osama bin Laden: "This is a momentous occasion, and the military and CIA are to be congratulated for their persistence, precision and performance. Osama bin Laden was responsible for killing thousands of innocent people. He was...
The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. wants Pastor Terry Jones to cancel his plans to protest the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., tomorrow. The city today denied his protest permit, but Jones said he would still lead the protest — and come armed for self-protection. Richard L. Eubank, a retired Ma...
The Huffington Post, original article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dorian-de-wind/veterans-of-foreign-wars-_b_846134.html. By: Dorian de Wind Ret. U.S. Air Force Major Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I -- of nearly 5 million Americans who served during that war -- died last month at age 110. Buckles, who served in En...
The national commander of America's largest and oldest major combat veterans' organization is calling on his membership to redouble their outreach efforts in response to yesterday's White House "Joining Forces" initiative to encourage Americans everywhere to do more to support the troops and their families.The initiative is the result of countless ...
Budget Update: As of this morning, Congress and the Administration have not reached an agreement to fund the Federal Government for the remainder of FY 2011. If no federal budget or temporary funding agreement is reached, the Federal Government will be forced to curtail nonessential services beginning tonight at 12:01 a.m., April 9. The following i...
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