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USA TODAYBy Richard L. EubankWhile in uniform, VFW members have fought in every war and conflict to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. They, better than most, know that most Americans have inherited the luxury of freedom while not having accomplished anything to earn it.USA TODAY's VIEW: Does First Amendment protect protests at military...
For National Guard SFC Brian Renfro, deploying to Afghanistan had at least one certainty. His civilian job as a teacher would be waiting for him when he returned home. Or so he thought. In fact that turned out to be anything but certain. Brian's school anticipated his absence for one full school year, so they hired a replacement teacher on a one...
Each year on September 29th 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 111th year since the VFW was established. On this date in 1899, a small group of Span...
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced the publication of a final regulation in theFederal Registerthat makes it easier for Veterans to obtain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and disability compensation for certain diseases associated with service in Southwest Asia (including Iraq) or Afghanistan. “This...
PLANO, Texas, PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Liberty Institute is filing a motion today in district court to intervene in the Mojave Desert War Memorial lawsuit on behalf of the VFW Department of California and VFW Post 385. The veterans have a vested interest in the case since the 76-year-old Memorial and the land where it once stood is theirs. Th...
Statement of James D. Wear, assistant director, National Veterans 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 Update of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
This past Labor Day, 54,088 connections were made from deployed military personnel to the United States during a 24-hour VFW Operation Uplink™ “Free Call Day” (FCD). At least once a month, Operation Uplink hosts a Free Call Day for service members serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and hospitalized veterans, giving them the opp...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is strongly against the "Burn a Koran Day" that has been proposed by Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., to occur this Saturday on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack. VFW National CommanderRichard L. Eubank, a retired Marine and Vietn...
The DoD Web site (http://www.defense.gov/stoploss) links to service-specific sites, where you can get more information, or begin the RSLSP claim process. The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act established Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP), providing $500 for each month/partial month served in stop loss status. Service members, vetera...
WASHINGTON —The nation's largest organization of combat veterans is taking strong issue with a comment made by the Republican co-chairman of a presidential commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, who suggested that benefits provided to disabled military veterans are partly responsible for the nation's financial crisis. On Tuesday, fo...
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