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With every passing year, more and more of Americans’ lives are lived online. Why drive to the bank or the DMV when you can deposit checks with your cell phone and renew your driver’s license from home? Adults socialize with friends, pay bills and file their taxes online. High school seniors average a whopping six hours a day online,1 te...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As 2018 draws to a close, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. extends its warmest season’s greetings and happy holidays to all of our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families and advocates. “Over the coming weeks as we spend time with friends, family and those closest to us to celebrate ...
WASHINGTON — The objection by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, by unanimous consent today on the Senate floor has effectively doomed any chance of the bill being passed in the 115th Congress. Lee now joins Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), who objected last week due to the bill’s overa...
Statement of Kayda Keleher, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Tracking Transformation: VA MISSION Act Implementation” WASHINGT...
Veteran James E. Jones, Jr. of San Diego, Calif., is a remarkable person surrounded by the love and support of his family and friends. He has spent 26 years of his life in service to his country, and is set to retire from the Navy in a few months. Growing up in a small community in Alabama, Jones knew he wanted to leave but was too intimidated by t...
VFW Post 2195 will host its second “Operation North Pole” event on Dec. 15 in thedining room of Market Street in Allen. Children will speak to Mrs. Claus, who will be setup across town, through a ham radio. Post member Jim Brevard, a Vietnam War veteran who served from 1964-65 with theAir Force’s 619th Tactical Control Squadron, s...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This week as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. reflects on the seventh anniversary of the end of the Iraq War, we salute and honor the service of America’s more than 1.5 million Iraq War veterans and the nearly 4,500 service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice. The front lines of Iraq brought with it a neve...
Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “Is VA Ready for Full Implementation of Appeals Reform?” WASHINGTON, DC Chairman Roe, Ranking Member Walz, and m...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is denouncing Sen. Mike Enzi’s obstruction of H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018. The senator’s reason? We can’t afford to take care of our veterans. “If we can afford to send veterans to war, it’s unacceptable that we can&rsqu...
Trisha Leslie, who served in Operation Enduring Freedom from 2010-2013, took on the role in April for VFW Post 4556 in Pocahontas, Ark. And to her, the accolade symbolizes change. “Not only am I the first Afghanistan War veteran elected, but I am also the first female combat veteran and the youngest elected commander for our Post,” Lesl...
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