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5/1/2026 - Why I Volunteered for Submarine Duty Since my recent move to Washington, D.C., I have found that, more and more, I am approached in uniform due to the gold dolphins on my chest. Some are curious, many supportive, and others are confused. They seek clarification on why a woman might want to join the submarine service. To quote a majority: “What on Earth made you want to do THAT?” While I could simplify the answer to their satisfaction, the answer is more complicated and ...

1/27/2017 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a pillar in every community across the nation, especially in times of need. VFW Post 3036 in Hattiesburg, Miss., is proving that point after a tornado ripped through eight Mississippi counties last weekend, leaving more than 700 homes destroyed or severely damaged. VFW Post 3036 is working with local leadership as well as Volunteer Hattiesburg, the city’s disaster response organization, to help organ...

11/28/2017 - As we reflect on National Family Caregivers Month, it’s important to remember that elevating the veteran voice doesn’t just include veterans, it also includes caregivers, the Hidden Heroes of the military community. PatientsLikeMe, a VFW Mental Wellness Campaign partner, recently kicked off a video series asking members to share the roles they play outside of being a patient or caregiver. One story we heard was from Emery, spouse of and caregiver to an Operation Iraqi Fr...

9/10/2013 - PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2013 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Twelve years ago this month, nearly three thousand innocent men, women, and children lost their lives in attacks meant to terrorize our Nation. They had been going about their day, harming no one, when sudden violence struck. We will never undo the pain and injustice borne that terrible morning, nor will we ever forget those ...

12/5/2013 - VFW Service Officer Vera Moore saw a veteran begging for money on the street by her parents’ house. “He asked for money to help with his medicine. Then he told me about the terrible nightmares he’s been having since the war,” said Moore. “I offered to help him submit a claim for PTSD, but he wanted no part of it. I almost had to drag him into the office, but he made the claim.” Moore is all too aware that many veterans are just too proud to ask for help, but she’s det...

5/11/2010 - WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. learned yesterday that the cross-shaped veterans' memorial in the Mojave Desert was torn down Sunday night by someone or persons with no respect for the dead or the nation's laws. "This was a legal fight that a vandal just made personal to 50 million veterans, military personnel and their families," said VFW National Commander Thomas J. Tradewell, Sr. "To think anyone can rationalize the desecration of a war memorial...

1/15/2010 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is assisting in humanitarian efforts in Haiti by providing U.S. service members — with relatives currently located in Haiti — with the funds necessary to purchase airline tickets to the devastated island, so that they may locate, assist or make burial arrangements for relatives affected by the recent earthquake. Funds also may be used to help provide sustenance or other necessities to sustain life. The veterans' orga...

3/25/2009 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At a time when rest, relaxation and rehabilitation should be at the forefront of one’s concerns, Jeremiah Johnson was still trying to understand the sequence of events that had just turned his life upside down. Johnson, a sergeant serving in the U.S. Army, was on his second tour of Iraq when his career as an infantryman was cut short by wounds sustained on mounted patrol. While Johnson was standing next to his armor-reinforced humvee, a RPG hit just ...

12/15/2008 - Anyone who has worn a uniform overseas knows this is the most difficult time of year to be separated from family and friends.“It is easy to say ‘let us remember our troops’ during the Christmas season, but how many of us really understand the painful nobility of this sacrifice'” Bruce Kluger asked in USA Today last Christmas. “For those on active duty in the Middle East, the business of battle knows no holiday.” I could not have possibly said it better. But this writer ...

4/7/2008 - 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 would be horrible.” McCain was in town Monday and addressed a standing room only crowd of 300 combat veterans and veteran supporters at the World War ...