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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Army Sgt. Kelly Keck arrived at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., last September, a week or two after he accidentally stepped on a land mine while serving as a medic in Afghanistan. Keck, 35, lost his right leg below the knee and his left index, ring and pinky fingers in the explosion. After nearly a ye...
Newly elected VFW National Commander Thomas J. Tradewell Sr. just returned from his first assignment, a fact-finding mission to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), continuing VFW’s long standing effort to obtain a full-accounting of U.S. POW/MIA’s. He sits down with VFW's The National Defense to talk about the importance of thi...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In keeping with VFW’s long-standing effort to obtain a full-accounting of U.S. POW/MIA’s, newly elected VFW National Commander Thomas J. Tradewell Sr. is on a fact-finding mission to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). During the meeting at the ministry, Tradewell requested access to Chinese government ...
If you received a Purple Heart for being wounded in Vietnam,you could be one of 15 lucky vets to win VFW’s “Return to Vietnam” trip. This in-country tour from April 28-May 9, 2010, will visit Hanoi, Saigon, Chu Lai, Cu Chi, Hue, the DMZ, Hoi An,Marble Mountain and China Beach. Airfare, accommodations and meals are included. Don&r...
PHOENIX —President Obama addressed thousands of delegates to the 110th VFW National Convention this morning, stating "to all those who have served America—our forces, your families, our veterans—you have done your duty. You have fulfilled your responsibilities. And now a grateful nation must fulfill ours. And that is what I want t...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to speak Monday at the 110th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. The annual convention of America’s oldest major veterans’ organization starts Saturday in the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz. “It is a time-honored tradition...
A con artist continues preying on the generosity of sympathetic veterans, managing to bilk numerous VFW Posts around the country out of as much as $400 each by posing as either a veteran who has “filled out an application” to join a specific Post or as a current VFW member. The scammer has used a couple of different approaches when he ...
VFW is pleased to announce — for the first time in convention history — this year’s VFW National Convention will stream live onwww.vfw.orgfrom the Phoenix Convention Center. Live streaming is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. (MST) on August 17, during the call to order of the VFW/Ladies Auxiliary, Joint Opening Session. The live stream ...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries called this week's implementation of the new Post-9/11 GI Bill a significant milestone for military servicemembers, their families and the entire country. "The original World War II GI Bill opened higher education to the mas...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW is pleased to announce it has now provided more than three million free phone calls between deployed service members and their families back home in the United States, courtesy ofVFW Operation Uplink™"“Free Call Days”. VFW Operation Uplink™"— the premiere calling program for deployed s...
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