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Aug 24 2018

More US Troops in Africa to Receive Imminent Danger Pay

The Pentagon announced in March that troops serving in the Sahel region of Africa will now receive monthly bonus pay for being in danger of hostile fire. The monthly $225 Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) will be paid to U.S. troops in Niger, Mali and parts of northern Cameroon. The pay will be retroactive to June 7, 2017. This decision means there now are...

Aug 15 2018

Training The Best Service Officers To Be Even Better

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – More than 130 service officers from across the nation and world are attending a weeklong training conference here to continue developing the skills they need to successfully help U.S. military veterans obtain their earned benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sponsored and conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Aug 14 2018

Earning American Citizenship the Hard Way

From the Revolutionary War to today’s military conflicts overseas, immigrants and noncitizens have been serving honorably in America’s military. Many foreigners who come to the U.S. work for years to receive citizenship. But, this country has always placed noncitizens who serve in the U.S. military in a special category — oftentim...

Aug 09 2018

Continuing the Call to Serve

“This is the best and hardest job I have ever had. The rewards are in seeing the change in our veterans after they receive their awards.” Wendy Griffin of Salt Lake City, Utah spends her days passionately advocating for veteran’s rights. In her role as a VFW Department Service Officer, she assists veterans and their families in fi...

Aug 07 2018

VFW Awards Nearly $790,000 in College Tuition for Veterans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is pleased to announce 172 student veterans have been chosen as 2018 fall semester recipients of the VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship.” Together, these student veterans will receive nearly $790,000 in college scholarships. For more than a decade, the VFW&r...

Aug 07 2018

‘This is a Family Organization’

VFW officers in the “Great Lakes State” are demonstrating that young members with families can be active in all levels of the organization. Phil and Lynn Patterson, who were married more than 10 years ago, are leading the Department of Michigan this year — Phil as commander and Lynn as quartermaster/adjutant. Phil said he believes...

Aug 03 2018

Happy 228th Birthday, Coast Guard!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars congratulates the U.S. Coast Guard on its 228th birthday! Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton created the Coast Guards predecessor, the Revenue Service, on Aug. 4, 1790, to collect customs duties at various seaports across the country. The cutter Massachusetts was commissioned at Newburyport, ...

Aug 01 2018

Pending Legislation

Statement of Gerald T. Manar, Blue Water Navy Veteran, Former Director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Before the United States Senate, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, With Respect To “Pending Legislation”

Aug 01 2018

Scholarship Recipient Pursues Career in Cybersecurity

“Thank you for thinking about people like me who need that extra hand to make their dreams a reality,” said VFW's “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship" recipient Brian Blakey. Blakey, a specialist in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard for 8 years was deployed to Kuwait where he worked as a cavalry scout, a position the Army desc...

Jul 30 2018

VA, Labor Department Officials Speak at VFW National Convention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Depart of Labor outlined their priorities to VFW members at the annual VFW National Convention last week. Dr. Paul Lawrence, VA’s under secretary for benefits, said the agency is focusing on the Forever GI Bill, the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program (RAMP), a...