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Jan 21 2019

‘Just Good Works’

VFW Post 1467 in Old Lyme, Conn., has the motto: “No bar, no building; just Good Works!” According to past Post commander Ed Shyloski, when the Post was chartered in 1993, its members met in the Old Lyme Senior Center and agreed there was no reason for a Post home or bar. Instead, they decided to put their efforts and funds into serving...

Jan 17 2019

An ‘Xtreme’ Entrepreneur

Bob Parsons says he owes everything he has to the Marine Corps. Parsons, who served as a rifleman with Delta Co., 1st Bn., 26th Marines, attached to 1st Marine Div., in Quang Nam Province in 1969, said as a high school senior, he was failing most subjects. Then a couple friends invited him along when they spoke to a Marine Corps recruiter. “T...

Jan 17 2019

Veterans Service Organizations Issue The Independent Budget Policy Agenda for 116th Congress

WASHINGTON — Today, DAV, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States released The Independent Budget Veterans Agenda for the 116th Congress which contains policy recommendations to ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs remains fully-funded and capable of carrying out its mission to serve veterans a...

Jan 17 2019

Action Alert: Pay Our Coast Guard!

VFW Action Alert: Pay Our Coast Guard! The federal government has been in a partial shutdown for more than three weeks because Congress and the administration cannot reach an agreement on border protection. The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense have full-year appropriations and are not directly impacted by the shutdown. Howev...

Jan 16 2019

Action Alert: Tell Congress to Pass Blue Water Navy Legislation Now!

The VFW is urging its members and supporters to tell Congress to pass Blue Water Navy legislation now! This past year, Congress failed to pass H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which would finally restore VA benefits to some 90,000 veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Veterans who served in the offshore waters of Vietnam, during the ...

Jan 15 2019

Painting Away the Trauma

In the aftermath of experiencing war, some VFW members have returned to their previous passion — art — to manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and bring hope to others. VFW Life member Pete Damon is one of them. He was in Iraq for only a few weeks when everything changed. On Oct. 21, 2003, Damon, who served with the Arm...

Jan 11 2019

'What We Do Changes Lives'

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of VFW’s National Veterans Service (NVS) Department. That is a century of working on behalf of the nation’s veterans to ensure they are granted the benefits they have earned. It’s not an easy mission, as the NVS staff at VFW’s Washington Office will attest, but one that g...

Jan 10 2019

VFW Announces Spring Scholarship Recipients

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program has surpassed awarding $5.7 million in scholarships to nearly 1,300 military and student veterans. The latest award of more than $768,000 will now help ensure 172 student veterans can continue their hi...

Jan 08 2019

VFW: America Needs to Protect Our Protectors

WASHINGTON — The federal government has been in a partial shutdown for nearing three weeks because Congress and the administration cannot reach an agreement over how much to spend on border protection. “Our government’s first responsibility is to secure the nation and protect her citizens,” said B.J. Lawrence, the national c...

Jan 08 2019

VFW and SVA Announce 2019 Student Veteran Fellowship Class

WASHINGTON – Ten Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. members and Student Veterans of America leaders have been selected for the 2019 VFW-SVA Fellowship program. The announcement was made Saturday at SVA’s 11th National Conference in Orlando, Fla. The 10 fellows will now join more than 500 VFW members of when they converge on Capitol Hi...