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WASHINGTON — More than 500 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. are arriving in the Nation’s Capital this weekend to urge their members of Congress to end sequestration, which is set to restart Oct. 1. “America is still a nation at war, and the looming restart of mandatory sequestration will have a devastating impa...
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) will bring 10 student veteran leaders to the nation’s capital to meet face-to-face with legislators, advocating on behalf of the veterans’ community for the inaugural VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. Throughout the week the Fellows will be seamlessly in...
Kansas City, Mo. - Each year for the past 16 years, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) has recognized three exceptional teachers for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism and patriotism to their students. The Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award recipients are selected from entries submitted by...
After being recently medically separated from the military, Mark Dressler, a 19-year Air Force veteran, planned to use his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to continue his education. After participating in the Department of Veteran Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program, he was accepted at Diesel Driving Academy in Shreveport, La....
VFW members around the country are preparing to take on Washington, D.C. for the VFW’s annual Legislative Conference March 1-5. Every year, the VFW takes the voices of America’s veterans directly to the nation’s elected lawmakers to remind them of the promises they made and to ensure they remain focused on the many issues that af...
Ian Sedgwick* waited two years for a VA rating. Tired of sitting in limbo, Sedgwick reached out to the VFW. During his 30 years in the military, Sedgwick had been injured …a lot. Needless to say, it caught up with him. “I suffered through sprained ankles, twisted knees, herniated discs, fractured wrists, several broken bones and sepa...
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, which will help incentivize more psychiatrists to work at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to expand VA’s successful peer support networks, and to authorize VA to collaborate with local nonprofit mental heal...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations—AMVETS (American Veterans), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) and the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)—released The Independent Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs: Budget Recommendati...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the 1.9 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliaries said Monday’s fiscal 2016 federal budget request for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense were good starting points to continue an important conversation with Congress and the American people about w...
WASHINGTON — The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released a 300-page report today that contained 15 specific recommendations regarding military pay and retirement compensation, health benefits and military quality of life programs. The following statement is from John W. Stroud, the national commander of the 1.9...
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