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4/3/2026 - VFW National Convention Every year, thousands of VFW and Auxiliary delegates gather to represent the organization’s total membership of nearly 1.6 million at the weeklong convention. While there, our mission is to approve new national priorities to guide our organization as we lobby Congress on issues important to the nation’s veterans, service members and their families. Convention delegates also elect new leadership, as well as recognize prominent individuals and orga...

3/18/2009 - WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is thanking the president for withdrawing a controversial proposal that would have billed veterans with private health insurance for the care they receive for their service-connected disabilities and wounds. "President Obama said in a meeting Monday that he would listen to the veterans' community if they objected to this proposal," said Glen M. Gardner Jr., a Vietnam veteran from Round Rock,...

2/18/2026 - If you have questions about eligibility and how to pursue a federal lawsuit under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, the VFW encourages you to contact one of our entrusted law firms:

3/31/2026 - Pittsburgh, Pa., “The Steel City” was the host city for the 116th VFW National Convention held July 18-22, 2015. Approximately 10,000 members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries convened from all over the world for the five-day event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. VFW members voted on organizational by-laws, attended revitalizing and informative workshops, networked with other veterans and attended business sessions. President Barack Obama, VA Secretary Bob ...

4/3/2026 - The VFW Action Corps is our national grassroots advocacy network comprised of more than 300,000 VFW members and patriotic supporters of veterans. This group stays up-to-date on the issues facing our veterans, our military and their families, standing ready to email, write, call and visit our nation’s lawmakers to make their voices heard. The VFW Action Corps is free and open to all patriotic Americans who care about the military and veterans’ communities. Join the VFW Ac...

2/7/2017 - WASHINGTON — Today DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans), and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) released The Independent Budget Veterans Agenda for the 115th Congress. The collaborative report, now in its 30th edition, outlines legislative and policy issues for the veterans’ community and this year immediately precedes the annual funding recommendations for the programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA...

6/7/2017 - WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives has agreed to vote on H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017. If enacted the bill would reconstitute the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as a civil enforcement agency. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. says Congress must ensure the proposed Consumer Law Enforcement Agency retains the CFPB’s authority to protect our nation’s service members and veterans from predatory financial practices. “The CFPB investig...

6/26/2013 - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. filed papers last week to intervene in the ongoing class action lawsuits against Prudential Insurance Company of America concerning its handling of the life insurance benefits for service members and veterans. Prudential administers the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the 2010 suit alleges that Prudential failed to pay death benefits in a manner required by federal la...

6/1/2013 - With her husband Chris serving in Korea, Stacie Philippi returned home one day to the sound of fire alarms ringing and the smell of smoke. Issues with their home’s draining field and septic tank had caused a fire, which led to many unexpected house repairs. Insurance wouldn’t cover them, so the Philippis had to pay for everything themselves. To make matters worse, all repairs were required to be completed within six days to be in compliance with county laws. Stacie was f...

7/25/2013 - In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice on July 27, VFW pays homage to veterans of “the forgotten victory.” Now available in limited release, VFW magazine’s special 64-page booklet is a 60th-anniversary tribute on the war’s end and to GIs who made so many sacrifices in that faraway land. It brims with little-known battle accounts, fascinating facts and figures condensed nowhere else, a combat chronology like none other, casualties examined i...