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KANSAS CITY, Mo.— VFW is pleased to announce — for the second year in a row, this year’s 111th VFW National Convention will stream live onwww.vfw.orgfrom the Indianapolis Convention Center. Streaming is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. (EDT) on Monday, August 23st, during the call to order of the VFW/Ladies Auxiliary, Joint Opening Sess...
"News reports about life insurance companies profiting off our war dead struck an emotional nerve at every level," said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries. "It may be a legal industry practice, but learning that a company is earning more interest than what...
Last August, a group of America’s finest men and women were deployed to Iraq to protect this country and its freedoms.VFW Post 56 in Leavenworth, Kan., wanted to support the family members of these brave men and women during this time of separation and deployment. VFW Post 56 adopted HHC 705th MP BN last August through VFW’s Adopt-A-Un...
More and more VFW Posts are starting up their own programs to aid veterans in many different ways and VFW Post 10804 in Little River, S.C., is raising the bar for these Posts’ programs around the world. In May of 2009 Post 10804 started a program called the “Veterans Welcome Home and Resource Center.” They received their 501c3 st...
“Veterans deserve the best care in the world, and who better to care for them than another veteran,” said William Michael Mooney Jr., Iraq veteran and Medical Support Assistant at the VA Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. Mooney dedicates his life to helping veterans get better, but he can’t do it alone. “Veterans who keep in close ...
There are millions of dollars waiting to be claimed by service members and veterans who were stop lossed, and time is running out! Those eligible must submit their claim by Oct. 21, 2010. TheDoD Web sitelinks to service-specific sites, where you can get more information, or begin the RSLSP claim process. The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations A...
Last week's U.S. Supreme Court filing of a friend-of-the-court brief by 22 news media organizations in support of the First Amendment rights of the Westboro Baptist Church has outraged the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S."As despicable as their message of hatred is, at least the church has a vested interest in this fight," said VFW National Co...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW is proud to announce the launch of its new website coming this August. After careful review and analysis of the user feedback submitted in recent years, the project began with three main objectives: • to create a unique and interactive site that will better serve to educate members and nonmembers alike on VFW&...
ARLINGTON, Va. — Twenty-two media organizations have sided with a radical church against the father of a fallen Marine who is trying to sue it for picketing his son’s funeral. The media organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Wednesday with the Supreme Court in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church, which protests near servic...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of America's largest combat veterans organization is applauding the Department of Veterans Affairs for eliminating a requirement for veterans to explicitly prove that a traumatic event directly caused their post-traumatic stress. "From this point forward," wrote VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki in a statemen...
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