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3/31/2026 - June/July USS Harry S. Truman: Facing Off Against ISIS 'Sending ISIS to Hell': American Volunteers Wage a Lonely War Preserving the Legacy of the Vietnam War Ambushed at Srok Dong May An Enduring Memorial Tradition: Waterloo, N.Y. Celebrates 150 Years of Memorial Day Project Ensures Final Dignity for Veterans: The Missing in America Project Behind the Ink: Visual Expressions of Memories Hockey Proves Therapeutic for Veterans April Snowball Express Gives Comfort to Gold...

10/17/2017 - Bryan Meyer glances up from the pile of folders on his handmade, wooden desk at the Veterans Community Project (VCP) headquarters at 89th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Mo. It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday, and there’s already a line of people at the door waiting to see him. If someone had told him a year prior that he would find himself in his current position, he never would have believed it. Meyer, 34, chief legal officer at VCP and a former Marine Corp helicopter...

1/17/2012 - The Carroll Dragon Band at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas paid tribute to our troops with their 2011 competition show, “To Honor Those Who Serve and Protect.” The show was set to military‐themed music and allowed the band an avenue to show their support for U.S. service members. Wanting to do more than simply honor the troops though, the band researched ways they could directly impact those who are fighting for our freedoms overseas. “We considered a number ...

7/6/2009 - By Jaime Netzer, editorial associate, VFW Magazine Some of VFW’s earliest ties to the community involved youth-oriented endeavors. From the first Boy Scout troop partnership in 1915 to the creation of a national youth program in 1937, VFW has long been committed to addressing the welfare of America’s youth. At the inception of the national youth program, Victor E. Devereaux, director of the Americanism Department (now under Programs), called it “the most important mis...

3/18/2008 - WASHINGTON — To support veterans and their families during major emergencies, especially natural disasters, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun to deploy mobile pharmacies that will provide vital medicine when patients are unable to fill their prescriptions. VA will also open up the facilities to help communities during major disasters and other emergencies. “The mobile pharmacies give VA the ability to provide critical medications to veterans when disaste...

8/18/2008 - ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain opened his address before VFW’s Joint Opening Session today by reminding attendees that all Americans must “speak as one” and praise the men and women fighting the Iraq War. “Though a victory is finally in sight,” said the VFW life member of Post 7401 in Chandler, Ariz., it “could still be squandered by hasty withdrawal and arbitrary timelines.” He continued: “The surge has succeeded,” referring to the...

10/28/2008 - CAMP BARBER, Helmand Province, Afghanistan — There was blood in the water. It was a grim addition to the Iraqi sewage canal usually littered with dead sheep and festering fish. That’s where the Marines of Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division found their comrade after the attack. Just seconds before, Cpl. Garrett S. Jones was patrolling the streets of Iraq with his team when he was suddenly hurled 15 feet into the air by an enemy booby trap....

8/9/2016 - Robin Lore Lee from Huntsville, Ala., was a Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps for 17 years. Five combat deployments took her to Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and more. “My grandfather, Robert E. Lee, was a drill instructor at Paris Island,” said Lee. “He inspired me to serve my country.” But war has taken its toll on Lee’s health. “I have cancer, severe PTSD, migraines, torn ligaments in my shoulder and lower back and a degenerative disc in my spine,...

9/19/2019 - Statement of Carlos Fuentes, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Preventing Harm to Veterans: Examining VA’s Overpayments and Debt Collection Practices” WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Pappas, Ranking Member Bergman and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the men and...

3/20/2024 - Statement of Michael S. Figlioli, Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Lost in Translation: How VA’s Disability Claims and Appeals Letters Should be Simplified” Washington, D.C. Chairman Luttrell, Ranking member Pappas, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of...