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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A picture may paint a thousand words, but a smile might reveal even more. In the case of Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Streussnig, his happy grin probably doesn’t scratch the surface of the sights, sounds and smells he soaked in on a sun-washed afternoon. “Any chance to be around NASCAR means a lot,” said Streussn...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans fully agrees with President Bush that much progress has occurred in Iraq over the past 15 months, and after two days of testimony by America's top general and diplomat in Iraq, he believes lawmakers in Congress are also starting to realize that, too. B...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a speech given this morning to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sen. John McCain (R. Ariz.) chided political leaders who are calling for an early withdraw from Iraq the “height of irresponsibility and a failure of leadership.” Leaving, he said, might be the easier course of action, but the “consequences wo...
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — After 15 months in Iraq, Fort Bragg soldier Sgt. 1st Class Damon (Shaun) Woolever is packing his bags again, but this time it will be for fun. Shaun is the grand-prize winner of a 3-day Memorial Weekend NASCAR race at Lowe’s Speedway in Charlotte N.C., courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Camping Worl...
On his first day in office, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (S. 22) to update a 20-year-old peacetime GI Bill with 21st century realities. Yet now, 15 months later, only half the Senate and one-fourth of the House have endorsed the legislation, despite strong bipartisan support of fellow GI Bill be...
WASHINGTON— The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States has pledged up to $1 million to help build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center, a visitors and education facility being built on the National Mall, announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. VFW is the first veterans’ organi...
One Illinois Post has stepped up to provide much-needed funds to help hospitalized veterans in its home state, as well as soldiers in Iraq.In August 2007, Post 3854 in Skokie, Ill., donated $100,000 to DMS Pharmaceuticals Group, sponsors of the Fisher House of Illinois at the Hines VA Medical Center (VAMC) near Chicago.“The Fisher House project ca...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars encourages all Americans to join the nation in a moment of national reflection April 9 in remembrance of the 5th anniversary of Iraqi Liberation Day and the fall of Baghdad. At 5 p.m. EDS--as the sun sets across Arlington National Cemetery--Americans are urged to honk their car horns to celebra...
An approved family plan was not working out for an active-duty soldier deployed in Iraq and father of two very young children. Feeling helpless all the way in Iraq, he sought answers. He contacted his family to help, but because of conditions out of their control, no one was able to take care of the children. A friend of the family had heard about ...
WASHINGTON — To support veterans and their families during major emergencies, especially natural disasters, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun to deploy mobile pharmacies that will provide vital medicine when patients are unable to fill their prescriptions. VA will also open up the facilities to help communities during major di...
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