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WASHINGTON — More servicemembers may now qualify for Traumatic Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (TSGLI), because of newly expanded benefits resulting from a recent review by The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The review was to determine whether additional injuries/losses should be covered, whether the program was operating ef...
SAN DIEGO (NNS) — During a visit to Southern California military installations Nov. 5, the head of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) visited Naval Base San Diego (NBSD). Glen Gardner, elected as the commander-in-chief of the 1.6 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars in August, toured the Navy's largest surface forces installation on the w...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — VFW Foundation is highlighted in today’sUSA Today“Sharing in the USA” special section. Approximately 70 charities were chosen nationally and selected based on fundraising and administrative efficiency. The VFW Foundation is one of two charities listed in the Missouri section. The foundation’s missio...
LANDSTUHL, Germany — The national commander of the nation’s largest organization of combat veterans on Tuesday met with wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, who were recovering from last week’s battle on a remote outpost in Afghanistan’ Kunar Province, near the border with Pakistan, discounting some media s...
WASHINGTON — About 30 aging veterans from New York's Long Island visited their World War II Memorial in the Nation's Capitol on June 28, thanks mostly to the ongoing fundraising efforts of VFW Post 7009 in Southampton, and to a vision born four years ago by an Air Force retiree who wanted to make a difference. The Long Island program falls u...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last known surviving veteran of World War I was recently recognizedby the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Frank W. Buckles, 107, was awarded the VFW Commander-in-Chief Gold Medal for his “extraordinary achievements and as a cherished representative of all World War I veterans.” “Frank B...
WASHINGTON— The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States has pledged up to $1 million to help build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center, a visitors and education facility being built on the National Mall, announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. VFW is the first veterans’ organi...
WASHINGTON, PRNewswire-USNewswire — Planning to send a care package to a U.S. military servicemember serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the U.S. Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first...
DETROIT — On Dec. 11, 2007 the UAW presented a donation of $15,000 to the VFW to support Operation Uplink, a program which provides free phone cards to members of the U.S. Armed Forces stationed overseas so they can stay in touch with their families during their terms of military service. “We're proud to provide assistance to military ...
Merry Christmas from Kirkuk, Iraq!We hope you are having a great holiday season! On behalf of Bravo Company, 2-22 Infantry “Triple Duece” (from the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, NY), I would like to thank you so much for sending over $1,000.00 worth of Operation Uplink phone cards to 150 soldiers and for your dedicated support and let y...
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