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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW is pleased to announce it has teamed up with country artist Ricky Lee to benefit soldiers through itsMilitary Assistance Program (MAP). Lee will donate five dollars from eachpurchase through the VFW Storeof his newest album,Freedom, directly to MAP. Lee’s,Freedomfeatures patriotic songs like, “American H...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saluting President Obama for launching a new national campaign to support and strengthen the quality of life programs provided to military families in the areas of psychological health and wellbeing, children's education and development, military spouse career and educational opportunities, and increasing...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—As of Jan.16th VFW Operation Uplink™ “Free Call Day” (FCD) surpassed5 million connections madefrom deployed military personnel to their loved ones.Operation Uplinkinitially provided calling cards to deployed and hospitalized troops, but on Mother's Day 2006, due to the growing popularity of the program and t...
VFW National Military Services Update 35 members of VFW Post 3154 and its Ladies Auxiliary in Sonora, Calif., made the trek to Pickle Meadows in the Sierra Mountains, site of the Marine Corps’ Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), to serve the Marines a steak dinner. MWTC is the major source of training for Marines going to Afghanistan....
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is condemning the senseless shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and others attending a public event outside a Tucson supermarket on Saturday."This really hits home because the VFW is also a member of the Capitol Hill community," said its national commander Richard L. Eubank."Ms. Giffords is a valu...
Thefollowing column first appeared in the January 2011 issue of VFW magazine. Often in history, one war tends to overshadow another. To a certain extent, this has been the case with the Persian Gulf War. Sandwiched between Vietnam and the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, vets of 1991 are sometimes forgotten. On the war’s 20th anniversary it is only app...
As clean-up and recovery efforts continue in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., after an EF-3 tornado tore through the area on New Year’s Eve, the VFW has come to the aid of service members and military families with $57,500 in emergency financial aid. According to The National Weather Service survey teams, the Fort suffered the worst damage in the regio...
“People often ask me what the POW/MIA flag means,” said Lindsey Botkin, Commander of Post 10342 in Huachuca City, Ariz. “It’s sad how many people close their minds to the price these POW/MIA’s and their families paid, and continue to pay, in the name of freedom.”As a Vietnam veteran and personal friend to a former POW, Botkin found this unacceptab...
As a new decade begins, VFW is more determined than ever to fight for key veterans’ issues.“We’ve set some fierce objectives in this year’s Priority Goals, and we’re determined to see it through for our veterans,” explained Raymond Kelley, VFW Legislative Director. “But we need a lot of support to get the job done.”Kelley is calling on all VFW me...
The VFW Publications Department announced today that it is accepting submissions for VFW’s 2011 National Publications Contest. All publications will be categorized by the membership size of the Department, District or Post they represent. For the contest, Departments will be defined as: large (24,000 or more members), medium (10,000...
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