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November is a busy month for the VFW! Learn about these great promotions benefitting VFW programs this month: Sport Clips Launches ‘Help A Hero’ Campaign Benefitting VFW Program More than 950 Sport Clips Haircuts locations launched the company’s annual “Help A Hero” fundraising campaign to support the Veterans o...
More than 20 wounded warriors will converge on CrossFit Rubicon inVienna, Va., this Saturday for the first-ever Working Wounded Games. Hosted in conjunction CrossFit Walter Reed and volunteers from other metro area CrossFit affiliates, the Working Wounded Games will allow veterans with combat-related disabilities to compete in an open-style competi...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is proud to partner with ScreenSource-USA to recognize Veterans Days with an LED display honoring American service members. The display will be located at 23rdStreet and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., and will begin Nov. 9 at midnight and run continuously through Nov. 13. It will fea...
The United States Navy was founded 237 years ago this Saturday, Oct. 13. Throughout our history, this branch of service has played a crucial role in defending our nation and fighting for freedom around the world, having served with distinction in every single American war. When our nation has been threatened, the members of the United States ...
Each year on September 29, 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 113th year since the VFW was established. On September 29, 1899, a small group of Spani...
Marine Cpl. Ricardo Aponte was honorably discharged in 2009 after serving in Iraq. Though he looked healthy when he returned home, he, like so many others returning from the battlefield, was carrying invisible wounds with him, facing PTSD and depression. Due to his medications and the severity of his conditions, Aponte wasn’t able to maintai...
The Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City’s Charitable Foundation wanted to make a difference in the lives of its hometown veterans. So, for every new vehicle sold by participating dealers June 28-July 4, it donated to two local programs geared to assist veterans and military families through an initiative called “Driving 4th...
WASHINGTON — The president has accepted an invitation to speak before the 113th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., which begins July 21 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nev. The event is closed to the public. “We are very grateful to President Obama for choosing to address America’s ol...
VFW Post 10047 and its Ladies Auxiliary, along with VFW Ladies Auxiliary 12093, joined the non-profit organization Operation Showers of Appreciation to provide the largest military baby shower in Nevada. The baby shower was held at a hotel in Las Vegas for 115 new and expecting mothers who either have deployed partners or are active-duty service wo...
Army National Guard Sgt. Michael Krueger was well into his 40s when he opted to reenlist in the Army after spending 19 years as a civilian. He would ultimately deploy three times between 2009 and 2010–to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan–before being honorably discharged. Unfortunately, the daily grind from his training and deployments too...
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