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9/9/2014 - This week, we honor Patriot Day and the 2,977 Americans who tragically lost their lives 13 years ago. Since that fateful day, we have fought in two wars. Thousands of our nation’s finest have paid the ultimate price defending our freedom, and thousands more have returned home bearing the physical and mental scars of battle. The 9/11 attacks were meant to weaken America and dampen her spirit. Instead, Americans united and proved that not only will we not be d...

11/10/2014 - Our great country produces a lot of things. But the standout, the strongest, most resilient, honorable, dedicated, committed and true American product will always be the American veteran. Veterans exist to protect our way of life and on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, we join with the hundreds of thousands of patriotic Americans across the nation in paying tribute to America’s most selfless citizens. On Veterans Day we honor those who are dedicated to something bigger than themse...

12/17/2014 - Jason Newcomb wasn’t even 40 years old when a damaged heart valve nearly killed him. “I took my wife Stacy out to dinner. The next thing I know I’m waking up in a hospital bed two weeks later,” said Jason Newcomb, Retired Air Force Technical Sergeant. Newcomb had suffered an aortic dissection. As he described it, his heart valve “peeled apart like a lemon,” requiring him to undergo a ten-hour emergency surgery to have the faulty heart valve replaced. He spent two weeks i...

12/22/2014 - Comrades and sisters, service members, veterans and military families, I extend my warmest wishes to you and yours this Christmas. This time of year offers us the opportunity to share in the spirit of peace, love and happiness. It offers the opportunity to gather with loved ones and friends to celebrate togetherness, and the joy of the holiday. This is undoubtedly, the most wonderful time of the year. As we go about our celebrations this Christmas, we must give thoug...

5/26/2014 - This letter is in response to the open letter you made available for distribution late Friday, May, 23, 2014. First and foremost Senator, I will afford you the same amount of respect you demonstrated for the Veterans of Foreign Wars by the monumental cheap-shot and posturing you’ve engaged in by enlisting in an absolutely disgusting ambush style of politics. Without the courtesy or benefit of conversation or dialogue with me or the VFW Adjutant General regarding your d...

1/9/2014 - This year promises to be a momentous one for America’s veterans and its warriors. Issues affecting those in and out of uniform will be on the front burner on Capitol Hill. Two events in 2014 will no doubt put veterans and the armed forces in the national limelight: congressional elections and withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The ending of a war is always a watershed in history, and this one should be no exception. Achieving such a milestone will at...

7/30/2014 - Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs launched #VetQ, a new initiative that will provide quick and credible information and vast resources to any veteran, service member or family member seeking answers on a wide array of service-related questions. The VFW was the first veterans service organization to join VA as an official partner to its latest veterans service endeavor and will play an active role in helping to fulfill #VetQ’s mission. Anyone with a question perta...

6/15/2013 - For a deployed father, there’s nothing quite like hearing his child’s voice, especially on Father’s Day. Thanks to a VFW Operation UplinkTM“Free Call Day,” sponsored by Sport Clips, thousands of deployed dads had the opportunity to talk to their children and loved ones on Father’s Day. The Free Call Day allowed overseas military personnel to call home free-of-charge and personally give and receive Father’s Day wishes. Free Call Days are available to troops and hospitaliz...

11/8/2013 - Each Nov. 11, Americans celebrate our veterans by honoring them for their brave service to our nation. These courageous men and women who have donned the uniform did not do it for the praise or the accolades. They did it because they answered the call to duty, and they selflessly and heroically served our nation. There is no doubt that they are truly America’s finest. The America that we all know is a product of their service and dedication. For generations, ...

9/8/2015 - This Friday, in honor of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance the VFW pauses to remember the 2,977 Americans who tragically lost their lives 14 years ago, and to offer our gratitude to America’s Newest Greatest Generation. Intended to weaken America and dampen her spirit, the attacks on 9/11 instead serve to unite citizens and prove to the world that not only will we overcome, but that we will emerge stronger than ever.In what has truly become ...