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5/28/2024 - Women veterans’ military service and strength have provided invaluable contributions to America's history. The perspectives and experiences of America’s women veterans are vital to the VFW as we continue to work to serve ALL veterans. In honor of their service, the VFW is proud to share their personal narratives depicting their service experience, their reasons for joining the military, the impact it has made on their lives and what they consider to be their greatest suc...

5/28/2024 - Membership entitles you to retail establishments and other various offers and special discounts for VFW members.

12/7/2023 - Membership in the VFW has grown for the first time in 27 years! We are thankful for your efforts and membership in the organization where No One Does More For Veterans. Watch a special message straight from VFW National Commander B.J. Lawrence.

7/17/2009 - Reprinted with permission. Checkpoint July/August 2009 — When Staff Sgt. Laura Eng returns from Iraq, she plans to join her father and grandfather—as a VFW member. In an e-mail to her family, Laura wrote: “Tell Grandpa he has to stay strong and healthy so when I come home, he can take me to join the VFW.” Laura’s grandfather, Gordon J. Jones, served in the Japanese occupation after WWII and the Korean War. A VFW life member, he is a past national aide-de-camp, District ...

5/28/2024 - Who We Are The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a nonprofit veterans service organization comprised of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, guard and reserve forces. We trace our roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service. Many arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care ...

5/28/2024 - There are two ways to receive VFW magazine. 1. All VFW members receive VFW magazine at no cost as part of their membership. 2. Non-members can subscribe for $15 per year. Become a Member The VFW welcomes all who meet our eligibility criteria. It is through service to this country that our membership has earned their elite status. If you have received a campaign medal for overseas service; have served 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days in Korea; or have ever r...

5/28/2024 - Address all communications for publication to: The Editor VFW magazine 406 W. 34th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Unsolicited manuscripts and photographs must be accompanied by return postage and no responsibility is assumed for safe handling. Poetry submissions are not accepted. VFW magazine is available in microfilm from University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Payment of membership dues includes $1.75 for a year's subscription to VFW magazine...

12/7/2023 - VFW magazine is the official publication of the Veterans of Foreign Wars with a circulation of 1.3 million. VFW magazine has been the voice of the overseas war veteran for more than a century. In November 1904, the first issue of the magazine's predecessor publication appeared for members of a fledgling organization called the American Veterans of Foreign Service. Though only a handful of Americans were aware of it even back then, the nation was engaged in a war with ...

1/4/2024 - Combat Tested Gaming has brought veterans together from around the world, and together we can do more FOR VETERANS. The VFW understand the unique bond you share with other veterans of overseas conflicts because we, too, have been there. Since 1899, the VFW has been the nation’s leading veterans service organization in the fight to better the lives of all those who’ve worn the uniform of the United States military. No matter which conflict called you to service, we invit...

7/15/2024 - Every year, thousands of VFW and Auxiliary delegates gather to represent the organization’s more than 1.4 million combined membership at the weeklong VFW National Convention. While there, our mission is to approve new national priorities to guide our organization as we lobby Congress on issues important to the nation’s veterans, service members and their families. Convention delegates also elect new leadership, as well as recognize prominent individuals and organizations...