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Sep 28 2021

Supporting Veterans One Photograph at a Time

“I want to actively participate in propelling more conversations about what we can all do to provide more support for our veterans,” stated Teri Darnell who is #StillServing as a VFW Life member at Large in Cumming, Georgia. Darnell served in the U.S. Air Force for six years in the 1980’s and was stationed at Tempelhof Air Base in West Berlin during the Cold War before the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Seeing reminders of the horrors enacted by the Nazi regime gave Darnel...

Sep 27 2021

Four-Legged Friends Help a Veteran Keep Serving

Keith "Doc" Dawson is #StillServing by helping veterans find the support they need after leaving the military. He’s also working in the intensive care unit of a hospital while going back to nursing school. Through everything he does, Dawson is grateful for the four-legged friends who helped him through his own struggles and allow him to continue a life of service. Dawson spent more than 25 years in the military, mostly in the U.S. Army after several years each in both th...

Sep 22 2021

Veteran Suicide Prevention: Innovative Research and Expanded Public Health Efforts

Statement of Tammy Barlet, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House Of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect to “Veteran Suicide Prevention: Innovative Research and Expanded Public Health Efforts” Washington, D.C. Chairman Takano, Ranking Member Bost, and members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United...

Sep 22 2021

'We Have Greatly Valued Our Long-Term Relationship'

After more than 20 years of fundraising, VFW Post 2113 members and its Auxiliary in De Pere, Wisconsin, found themselves in search of a meaningful way to use the earnings. Through diligent talks that lasted more than a year, Post members decided to place the $15,750 they raised into a scholarship fund tailored for local veterans hoping to extend their education at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC). Building on their long-forged relationship with active-duty so...

Sep 21 2021

Pending Legislation

Statement of Emily DeVito, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Moore, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and it...