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Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, deputy director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity United States House of Representatives with respect to A Review of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars is proud to announce 70 veterans and service members have been awarded VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarships” this spring, totaling more than $288,000. Help A Hero Scholarships are awarded exclusively to service members and veterans to help cover the cost of tuition an...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq: CERN) have joined together to provide career-seeking veterans, service members and military spouses the opportunity to connect with current openings at Cerner at the Cerner - VFW Virtual Career Fair, February 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST). Kansas City-b...
Statement of Gerald T. Manar, Deputy Director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability and Memorial Affairs with respect to Veterans’ Dilemma: Navigating the Appeals System for Veterans Claims.
Statement of Raymond C. Kelley, director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives with respect to Building a Better VA: Assessing Ongoing Major Construction Management Problems within the Department.
January 17 marks 24 years since the official commencement of the Persian Gulf War. With this important conflict falling in time between the war in Vietnam and those of Iraq and Afghanistan, unfortunately its veterans are sometimes forgotten. But the VFW remembers, and it takes this opportunity to salute the service and sacrifice of the brave Americ...
Washington, DC — Today, four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations—AMVETS (American Veterans), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) and VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)—released a report calling on renewed focus on access to timely, high quality care, particularly for women veter...
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest war veterans’ organization is hopeful that the impending merger and realignment of several Defense Department organizations and functions will produce the necessary synergy to achieve the fullest possible accounting of missing service personnel from all wars. “There's always been strong unit...
During military training, Marine Bob Smith* fell and suffered a direct hit to the head. In that instant, he hurt his neck and lost partial vision in both eyes. “I went to see the Corpsman. He gave me some ibuprofen, and I resumed my training,” said Smith. “Then I started getting constant headaches. I mostly kept it to myself. I di...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW Publications Department announced today that it is accepting submissions for the VFW’s 2015 National Publications Contest.This year, the VFW National Publications Contest will be judged in different categories than in the past. Additionally, the categories will not be judged within sub-categories based on cir...
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