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8/5/2014 - The VFW is asking all VFW Posts to participate in the Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemorative Partner program. The Commemorative Partner Program is designed for federal, state and local communities, veterans' organizations and other nongovernmental organizations to assist a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam Veterans and their families. As a Commemorative Partner, VFW Posts are encouraged to participate in the Commemoration of the Vietnam War...
12/11/2014 - “You can’t internalize this forever. You gotta find that link with somebody or some group or something that’ll make you let it go, that’ll help you let it go.” – Don, Vietnam War veteran When Don returned home from Vietnam he brought horrific memories from the war back with him. To make matters more difficult, some of his peers looked down on his service. Don busied himself at home to avoid situations that might evoke feelings that he wanted to bury. After 9...
3/4/2014 - The national commander of the nation’s largest and oldest major combat veterans organization blames Congress for the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request that further reduces troop strengths and military compensation and benefits. “The longer the threat of sequestration continues to remain the law of the land, the more our nation’s military will continue to shrink to meet ever-declining budgets,” said William A. Thien, who leads more than 1.9 million ...
5/13/2014 - In honor of our nation’s heroes, the VFW is teaming up with Tractor Supply Company (TSC) to make this year’s Memorial Day weekend a community event across the nation! TSC, the largest farm and ranch store chain in the United States, is offering local VFW Posts the chance to host events onsite at TSC stores throughout the country to honor our fallen heroes and showcase their patriotism. Encourage your Post to join in and register for this event—“A Saturday Salute.” Th...
11/22/2013 - The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a fraud alert about a marketing scam that is targeting veterans who misdial the VA National Call Center (800-827-1000) or the GI Bill Call Center (888-442-4551) phone numbers. A marketing company created two phone numbers that differ from the real VA numbers by one digit. If a veteran misdials and calls the bogus number, the answering party will offer a gift card and try to obtain sensitive personal data, to include credit ...
3/25/2013 - The CBS reality show “Amazing Race,” began with an apology last night that read: “Parts of last Sunday’s episode, filmed in Vietnam, were insensitive to a group that is very important to us: our nation’s veterans. We want to apologize to veterans – particularly those who served in Vietnam – as well as their families and any viewers who were offended by the broadcast. All of us here have the most profound respect for the men and women who fight for our country.” Below is...
12/13/2013 - The VA ID cards issued to veterans when they enroll in the VA health care system contain their Social Security numbers embedded in the bar code. The code can be read by many bar code readers. The VA has known about this security problem for quite some time. See: https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/access/veteran_identification_card.asp The VFW has learned that the VA will begin mailing veterans new cards beginning in January or February 2014. It is not known ho...
5/21/2015 - AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL HONORS THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MILITARY WITH NEW WEEKLY PROGRAMMING BLOCK SALUTE TO SACRIFICE —AHC Partners with Nation’s Top Military-Focused Organizations Including American Legion, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Got Your Six, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Team Rubicon USO, and Veterans of Foreign Wars— —SALUTE TO SACRIFICE Airs Sunday Mornings from 9am ET to 12pm ET Starting Sunday, May 24— (Silver Spring, Md.) — American Hero...
9/25/2015 - WASHINGTON (September 25, 2015) — Oneof the greatest ongoing debates in the aftermath of last year’s allegations of patients dying on secret waiting lists is where America’s veterans should get their care. According to a new report released this week by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, America’s veterans prefer that their care be provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Entitled “Our Care,” the VFW report revealed that where veterans c...
10/21/2015 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Today, with just three weeks remaining until Veterans Day, the VFW is launching Operation Appreciation. All Americans are invited to join Operation Appreciation by thanking our nation’s service members and veterans with an act demonstrating their appreciation — an act beyond words or text, then sharing a photo or video illustrating the act and posting it to social media using the hashtags #ithankedavet, #yourturn. With the number of patriotic and ...
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