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Depression is classified as a mood disorder. It may be described as feelings of sadness, loss, or anger that interfere with a person’s everyday activities. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 18% of adults in the U.S. have some form of depression. People experience depression in different ways. It...
The largest and oldest combat veterans’ organization now has a new way to communicate with its members and other veteran advocates. VFW Washington Office Communications and Public Affairs Director Robert Couture is the host of #StillServing: The VFW Podcast. He said listeners of #StillServing can expect to hear about current information on im...
Members of a Nebraska VFW Post last year received a $1,000 #StillServing community support grant from VFW National Headquarters. Instead of using it for the Post, the members thought it was best suited for a few local nonprofit organizations. VFW Post 10725 in Gretna, Nebraska, located about 20 miles southwest of Omaha, donated $1,000 to three nonp...
Charles Schmid, 44, enlisted in the Marine Corps on September 12, 2001. “I was watching TV in my college dorm room when the towers were struck on 9/11,” he recalled. “Immediately, I knew it was my duty to serve. I was a senior in college, but I gave that all up.” Within months, he was training at Parris Island. Schmid served...
Active duty Staff Sergeant Samuel Butler, 24, joined the Air Force in 2015. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he and wife Carol are stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Butler enlisted just as his grandfather, father and uncle did before him. Based on their experiences, he knew it would be a worthwhile decision. “It was clear t...
When VFW Commander-in-Chief Matthew “Fritz” Mihelcic visited the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in Reno, Nevada, on Jan. 7, he was treated to a tour of the facility. Along the way, he viewed a permanent exhibit honoring women veterans. “Through Our Eyes: The Women Veterans’ Experience” aims to increase awareness a...
In finding a way to help the less fortunate in and around their community of Monticello, Minnesota, VFW Post 8731 members donated $1,000 to the local food bank in December. The Monticello Food Shelf, a community pantry for residents with limited financial resources, received the $1,000 donation following a unanimous decision by Post members in Nove...
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Jan. 17, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary will join the millions of Americans in honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer who would ultimately lay down his life for the cause of civil rights. “It is so important for all of us to remember Dr. King,” said VFW N...
Members of Otway Burns Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and VFW Post 9960 joined forces to bring their community in Swansboro, North Carolina, a revamped means of disposing U.S. flags last November. Materialized into a disposable box for U.S. flags worth $1,794, the inspiration came from DAR chapter member Caitlin Phelps-Bo...
Prasad Reddy can easily recall the first encounter he had with VFW. After his naturalization ceremony in 1980, in which he became a U.S. citizen, the first people who welcomed him to his new country were VFW Auxiliary members. Reddy, a native of southern India, said that the Auxiliary members congratulated him, as well as gave him a small U.S. flag...
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