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On Oct. 23, 1983, U.S. troops were awakened at 0622 when a suicide bombing took place at the barracks housing U.S. peacekeeping forces. The site of the truck bombing was at Lebanon’s Beirut International Airport, where 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers were killed. The U.S. — along with the United Kingdom, France and Italy &mda...
VFW Post 2894 in Chesapeake, Virginia, received the prestigious 2023 Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award at the 124th National Convention in July in Phoenix. The award, which recognizes the VFW Post that conducts the most exceptional community service project of the year, was accepted by Post 2894 Service Officer Jim Irelan...
Hordes of VFW members flocked to an open area filled with wooden cornhole boards and grain-filled bags during the 124th VFW National Convention in July in Phoenix. From veteran fathers and sons to veteran mothers and daughters or simply comrades gathering for the first time in months or years, the VFW CornholeTournament Series proved a success at i...
If you attended the 124th VFW National Convention in Phoenix this year, you probably noticed a group of volunteers lined up at tables with bowls of seeds in front of them. They were a part of the Uniting to Combat Hunger seed-packing event that will provide about 30 tons of vegetables for families suffering from food insecurity. Those seeds will be...
Statement of Ryan Gallucci, Executive Director Washington Office Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Armed Services With Respect To “Military to Civilian Transition: Ensuring Success After Service” Washington, D.C. Chairmen Tester and Reed...
As part of its 10th anniversary of the VFW's "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship" program, Sport Clips is aiming to raise $1.7 million by Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The amount will mean that the program will reach a milestone of $13 million in a decade. As VFW’s official haircutter, Sport Clips has already raised $12.3 million for veterans and m...
Reports given by VA and medical publications earlier this year claim most veterans approve of the services they receive from VA, including the department’s health care. In April, the Journal of General Internal Medicine and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons published a report titled Veterans Health Administration (VA) vs. Non-VA...
A VFW Post in the Buckeye State donated $1,000 to their high school’s music program. VFW Post 3360 in Defiance, Ohio, presented a check to the band’s assistant director Erin Blackwood during a ceremony at the Post in September. VFW Post 3360 member Stacy Hilton, an Army veteran who served in Bosnia and Croatia, said that the Post alread...
Standing as the pillars that both uphold thriving or uplift struggling communities, VFW Posts have carried this mission for more than 11 decades. From building local playgrounds and memorials, to organizing military support events for active-duty troops and cushioning natural disasters with incessant relief efforts, VFW members at the grassroots le...
For their VFW Day of Service in May 2023, VFW Post 1533 members in San Antonio split their time into two volunteer sessions at the San Antonio Food Bank. A cohort of 18 Post members spent more than three hours apiece on May 16 and May 19, respectively, working out of the San Antonio Food Bank’s warehouse sorting and packing food for those suf...
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