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Martin J. Barrett, 74, lives in Henderson, Nevada. He has six children: Brion, Jennifer, Melinda, Rebbeca, Jessica and Andrea. Barrett was handpicked by his local draft board in June 1970 and began serving. He served in the Army for 19 months, including nine months in Vietnam. Barrett began helping veterans with their disability claims in 2015 as t...
WASHINGTON — As Americans gather this Thanksgiving, we are reminded once more of the sobering sacrifices that we ask our brave men and women in uniform to make. Today, two members of the West Virginia National Guard were on patrol in Washington, D.C., when they were shot in what authorities are calling a “targeted shooting.” The s...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This Thanksgiving, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) extends our deepest well wishes to our members, their families and the entire military and veteran community. This holiday offers us a sacred opportunity to pause and reflect not just on the food we share, but on the profound freedoms and abundant blessings we enjoy as A...
Dominick Kuczynski, 33, and his wife, Alexandra, live in Prescott, Arizona, with their three dogs, Kenobi, Kasia and Kingsley. Before settling in the Southwest, Kuczynski served in the Army for 14 years. “I decided to join because I believed in helping and protecting others that needed assistance,” he said. Kuczynski has that same menta...
Volunteers at the 126th VFW National Convention in Columbus, Ohio — the birthplace of the VFW — participated inthe seventh-annual Uniting to Combat Hunger (UTCH) seed-sorting event, which aims to help families affected by food insecurity. The event, hosted by VFW in partnership with Humana on Aug. 9, welcomed waves of volunteers through...
Air Force veteran Marie Reid has her eyes set on one goal: To help neutralize hackers and other digital threats through her work in cybersecurity. During her time in the Air Force, Reid developed vital skills one would need when handling important information – skills that would translate effectively into the world of cybersecurity. Between 1...
ROCKIN’ FOR HEROES delivered everything its name promised. Nearly 900 people filled the grounds of Indian Rocks Beach VFW Post 10094 in Largo, Florida, to celebrate Veterans Day weekend in grand style, honoring military service and paying special tribute to the 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. What unfolded on Sunday, Nov....
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce it has set a new milestone for its National Veterans Service (NVS) program by recouping $16.2 billion in total compensatory awards for the more than 608,000 veterans it represents. “Nothing makes me prouder than the work VFW Accredited Claims Representatives do day in and da...
Growing up as a “voracious” reader, Wayne “Larry” Dandridge recognizes how powerful writing can be. Honest journalists, as he puts it, “...are one of the best and perhaps the most important checks on those most powerful in society.” Dandridge, a member of VFW Post 7383 in Cary, North Carolina, has written more th...
On Sept. 26, retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Ralph Moore received a Quilt of Valor at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Oahu Island, Hawaii. After writing a story on Quilts of Valor in Fort Worth, Texas, Moore’s daughter, Denise Honeycutt, nominated her father for the recognition. An Air Force veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam w...
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