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5/11/2011 - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is unique because all of our members have served overseas in a combat zone. Our nation is in debt to all of those who served, and we understand that returning home and reintegrating into society can cause stress in many aspects of life. Because of this, VFW is participating in a campaign with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to increase awareness of the Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255 and Press 1). The campaign revolves aro...
8/28/2008 - WASHINGTON — The new national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saying "thank you" to the American airline industry for allowing military personnel traveling on orders to now check a third piece of luggage without paying an additional fee. "I am extremely grateful to the airlines for agreeing with the VFW that dropping the fee was the right decision to make for our troops," said Glen Gardner, a Vietnam veteran from Round Rock, Texas, just north of...
8/13/2008 - WASHINGTON — The national commander of the nation's oldest major veterans' organization is applauding an American Airlines decision to waive baggage fees for up to three pieces of checked luggage for military personnel traveling under official orders. George J. Lisicki, who leads the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries, called American's decision today the "right thing to do for our troops." All major U.S. carriers currently waiv...
10/22/2025 - 121st VFW National Convention Thousands of VFW and Auxiliary delegates were expected to gather to represent the organization’s total membership of more than 1.5 million at the weeklong event. But when the coronavirus forced us to cancel the VFW National Convention in its current, we weren't going to just sit on the sidelines. Earlier this year, the VFW launched the #StillServing campaign to bring more awareness to the many ways veterans continue to serve beyond the m...
11/1/2017 - When Stacy Pearsall entered the Air Force in 1998, she didn’t know the adventures before her. A photographer with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron based in Charleston, S.C., Pearsall would travel to 41 countries before she was medically retired in 2010 from wounds sustained while serving her second tour in Iraq in 2007. A member of VFW Post 10256 in Goose Creek, S.C., Pearsall said serving in the military was important to her. Her dad was in the Navy, and both of her grand...
9/27/2017 - On September 27th, the United States World War One Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced the first 50 official “WWI Centennial Memorials” from 100 Cites/100 Memorials program. Although the 100 Cities / 100 Memorials program submission period lasted a full year, from July 2016 to July 2017, since the April 6 centennial of the U.S. declaration of war and the subsequent national awakening about World War I, the interest and focus on loca...
1/31/2017 - January 31, 2017 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Trump: As leaders of The Independent Budget (IB) veterans service organizations (Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars), and on behalf of our combined 2.6 million members, we write to respectfully request your support to contemplate the broader effect of the exec...
11/29/2017 - WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is releasing the results of a TRICARE survey that focused on the changes to the military health care program as mandated by the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The 33-question survey also focused on the awareness and perceptions around the controversial cost-sharing changes in the Defense Department’s Interim Final Rule, which was publically released Sept. 28. “The VFW survey confirmed su...
3/3/2017 - WASHINGTON — The three Independent Budget co-authors are recommending an 8.3-percent increase in veterans medical care funding. In their fiscal year 2018 budget recommendation report for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) co-authors also include recommendations for advance appropriations for medical care for FY 2019. The Administration has yet to r...
12/13/2013 - 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, but at a huge financial cost to working-age military retirees younger than 62. If the Senate approves and the president signs, the ...
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