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Tomorrow during a live press conference, the World War One Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, in partnership with The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, will announce the first 50 awardees to be designated WWI Centennial Memorials as part of the matching grants program 100 Cities/100 Memorials. The 100...
Efforts from a Rhode Island VFW Post have provided Afghanistan War veteran Tim Underwood with an all-terrain wheelchair, improving his quality of life. Underwood, who served in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 with the 3rd Sqdn., 61st Cav, 4th BCT, 4th Inf. Div., was wounded in April 2010. He was shot three times (once in the throat/jaw, once in the s...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey continues in Texas and Louisiana, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. stands ready to help affected service members, veterans and their families. While the full extent of Hurricane Harvey’s level of destruction is still being evaluated, the VFW knows from its pas...
Drawing has been a part of Mike Rodriguez’s life since childhood, but a wound that ended his military career also put his illustrator tendencies on hold. Rodriguez, who served in Iraq from June to November 2004, with Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 8th Marines, as a rifleman, was wounded on Thanksgiving Day 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. He was shot, losing ner...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce VFW Life member and retired Army Col. Raymond Denisewich as its VFW Accredited Service Representative of the Year 2017. The colonel is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who served 36 years in uniform before being appointed as VFW Rhode Island’s Department Ser...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce Sacramento Mountain VFW Post 11999 in Cloudcroft, N.M., has been selected to receive the prestigious Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award in honor of its “Warriors in Transition Event” project. The VFW’s Fred C. Hall awar...
Over the centuries millions of Irish people left these shores. Many went on to become leading business, political and community leaders. One such emigrant is Louth native, Brian Duffy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) – the United States oldest veterans organisation. Taking time out of his busy schedule, we spoke to Br...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Associate Director National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with respect to S. 75, S. 111, S. 410, S. 473, S. 758, S. 798, S. 844, S. 882, S. 1192, S. 1209, S. 1218, S. 1277, and GI Bill discussion draft. ...
Retired Master Sergeant Jim Carver, 53, of Powhatan, Va., describes the initial process of separating from the military as “hectic.” A disabled veteran who served over 21 years on active duty, Carver “had the basics taken care of” with his initial VA claim. However, when he heard about the VFW’s National Veterans Servi...
Statement of Kayda Keleher, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect to “Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA’s Efforts to Promote Wellness and Healing” WASHINGTON, D.C. ...
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