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“The VFW is family and we take care of each other. This is why I’m proud to say 'I am the VFW,’” said Paula Jansen who is #StillServing as District 1 Commander, Department of California, and Post Commander at VFW Post 5867 in Lakeside. “I am the VFW because I care. My family has served in every branch of the military o...
Just in time for UV Safety Month this July, the VFW’s exclusive eye care provider Eyemart Express is working to raise awareness about the importance of protecting your eyes and the ways you can reduce exposure to UV light. Prolonged exposure to UV light increases the risk of developing eye diseases such as cataracts, pterygium (also known as ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” – The Declaration of Independence, 1776 It was an enormous gamble for the 56 men to take. Signing their name to such a docum...
Darin Combs, Supreme Commander of the Cooties, is on a quest to grow membership in VFW’s venerable ancillary organization. He encourages VFW members who are interested in becoming a Cootie to contact the suborganization’s Headquarters or a local Pup Tent, the Cooties’ version of a Post. “Last year, we started with 9,368 memb...
For four years, Persian Gulf War vet Jason Wenton couldn’t sleep in the same room with his wife, Georgette, in their home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He was confined to a wheelchair which wouldn’t fit through their bedroom door or into their master bath. That all changed last summer when Jim Rose with the Rose Family Charitable Trust ...
Two Iraq War veterans and spouses, Carlos and Jennifer Gonzalez, received much-needed assistance in paying their electric bill as well as $500 in gift cards to Walmart through the VFW’s Unmet Needs program after they were honorably discharged from the Army. “Getting help … helped us get back on track,” Jennifer said. Both C...
Statement of Tammy Barlet, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “Pending Legislation” WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the Senate Committee on ...
When Tiffany Deen gave birth to her son, Jude, on April 25, 2020, after an emergency C-section, she wasn’t allowed to hold him. Having been born without an esophagus, Jude was whisked away to a hospital two hours away. Deen’s husband, Juan, was deployed with the Navy at the time. For nine months, Tiffany lived out of a hotel in Macon, G...
During an independent review of military sexual assault in 2014, RAND Corporation reported that troops who said they had been sexually assaulted during their service were twice as likely as those who hadn’t to transition into civilian life prematurely. The report published in February is titled Effects of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment ...
At 21, Lisa Carrington Firmin was the sole female officer in a squadron of fighter pilots in New Mexico. In the best of circumstances, this would be considered challenging. Add in extreme harassment, gender discrimination, sexism and misogyny, as well as racial and ethnic discrimination, and she says that is an accurate description of the first hal...
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