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Feb 24 2020

VFW Supports Burn Pit Legislation

VFW-supported legislation that could recognize veterans who were exposed to burn pits during the Global War on Terrorism was introduced Nov. 22 to the Senate. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) introduced The Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2019 (S. 2950). If made into law, it would recognize that vetera...

Feb 21 2020

President Trump Signs POW/MIA Flag Act into Law

VFW officials were present at the White House during the Oval Office signing of the National POW/MIA Flag Act by President Donald Trump. The new law (P.L. 116-67) requires that POW/MIA flags be displayed below the U.S. flag at federal sites around the country. These locations include: White House. Capitol building. World War II Memoria...

Feb 21 2020

Veterans Helping Veterans on Reality TV Show

Randy Engness took eight days of vacation at the end of September to help a family he had never met. As commander of VFW Post 2204 in Rice Lake, Wis., Engness learned at the Wojcik family in Strum, Wis., about an hour away. They were going to be featured on the Lifetime Network’s Military Makeover with Montel. During a typical season, the tel...

Feb 20 2020

Veterans Organizations Issue Update Report on VA MISSION Act Implementation

Washington, D.C. — Today, The Independent Budget (IB) co-authors — the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), and the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) — have issued “The Independent Budget Veterans Agenda for the 116th Congress: Critical Issue Update.” This follow-up to the group’s 2...

Feb 20 2020

VFW Recognizes Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr.

Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) recognizes the distinguished career of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (ret.) Julius W. Becton, Jr. Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr. Becton joined the 93rd Infantry Division in the Pacific at the conclusion of World War II and was separated from the U.S. Army in 1946. ...

Feb 17 2020

A Real Opportunity to Help Make History

Park University’s Chief Advancement Officer Nathan Marticke says the school’s dedication to veterans runs deeply. “It’s in the DNA of our university,” Marticke said. It’s evident in the number of service members who earn degrees from the private, non-profit university located in Parkville, Mo., about 15 miles nor...

Feb 14 2020

Frogmen Were the First on Iwo Jima

By the time they had targeted Iwo Jima in their island-hopping campaign toward Tokyo, Navy leaders had decided that “frogmen” would lead the way in amphibious landings. These volunteer sailors were specially trained and possessed “physical strength, endurance, swimming ability, courage, coolness and good judgment.” They bega...

Feb 13 2020

Racking Up Success

U.S. Army Sgt. Jared Zabaldo was serving as a military journalist in 2004 in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Propelled by patriotism, he had enlisted a few days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Three years later, he found himself in the middle of another terrorist attack, one of the worst enemy mortar assaults to hit the Green Zone that yea...

Feb 13 2020

VFW Recognizes Pfc. Milton L. Olive III

Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) recognizes Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Pfc. Milton L. Olive III. Olive joined the Army in his birth city of Chicago, Ill., in 1964 and by 1965 was serving in Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam. Pfc. M...

Feb 12 2020

Service Dogs Provide Comfort to Veterans

Eddie Gunter remembers the day he first met Star in 2013. The pair locked eyes and, according to Gunter, it was love at first sight. He told the volunteer working the rehab rescue pet adoption area in front of Petco in Hot Springs, Ark.: “That’s my dog.” Gunter, a former Army medic and 1991 Persian Gulf War vet, was on his second ...