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This year promises to be a momentous one for America’s veterans and its warriors. Issues affecting those in and out of uniform will be on the front burner on Capitol Hill. Two events in 2014 will no doubt put veterans and the armed forces in the national limelight: congressional elections and withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanist...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States will continue its fight to remove a proposal in the federal budget deal that unfairly attacks military retirees. The two-year budget deal was passed by the House last week and by the Senate this afternoon. The package is now on its way to the president for his signature. “The VFW has never be...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is now taking its fight to remove an anti-veteran proposal from a federal budget deal to the Senate. This is necessary because the House of Representatives, by a vote of 332-94 on Thursday, passed a two-year budget deal to fund the government and temporarily end the sequester, ...
Almost 2 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries are being urged to immediately contact their members of Congress to reject a proposal that would severely penalize working age military retirees. The proposal, introduced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and his counterpa...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is pleased to announce it is a recipient of a $100,000 Google Global Impact Award to improve veterans’ higher education. Through the support of Google, the VFW will join the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), Student Veterans of America (SVA) and the Posse Foundation in a cros...
Kansas City, Mo. – Yesterday, the National Football League’s (NFL) Troy Polamalu and hundreds of American citizens nationwide joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to celebrate “The VFW Mane Event,” a challenge to bring awareness to VFW programs and services that work to alleviate veterans’ struggles. Supporters of...
Each Nov. 11, Americans celebrate our veterans by honoring them for their brave service to our nation. These courageous men and women who have donned the uniform did not do it for the praise or the accolades. They did it because they answered the call to duty, and they selflessly and heroically served our nation. There is no doubt that they...
This Veterans Day, two radio-thons will work to honor veterans while accepting pledges and donations to benefit the VFW. Be sure to tune in and support the VFW! The Big D and Bubba Show, a nationally syndicated country music morning/entertainment program, will host a 4-hour radio-thon on Monday, Nov. 11. The program is syndicated by Premiere Rad...
WASHINGTON — Dozens of wounded warriors will once again converge on CrossFit Rubicon in Vienna, Va., this Saturday for the second annual Working Wounded Games. Hosted in conjunction with CrossFit Walter Reed and volunteers from other metro area CrossFit affiliates, the Working Wounded Games brings together veterans with combat-related disabil...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States again called for an end to the government shutdown this morning alongside other veteran and military service organizations at a press conference at the National World War II Memorial. It was the first time the veteran and military service organization community had united with one voice to demand that...
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