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Oct 22 2018

VFW Urges Congress to Hold Oversight Hearings on Forever GI Bill

WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on both the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs to hold oversight hearings on the recent delayed payments of Department of Veterans Affairs educational benefits. VFW is also urging the Senate to pass the SIT-REP Act of 2018, which would ensure that student vet...

Oct 22 2018

‘Veterans’ Needs at Heart’

While unemployed and in the middle of finding new living arrangements, Army veteran Wanda Griffin turned to VFW’s Unmet Needs program. She came across the program while researching options for assistance and applied for the grant in March. Since receiving the $1,303.65 grant, Griffin has become more financially secure. She also now has the me...

Oct 19 2018

Air Force Veteran Continues to Serve Her Country Through the VFW

Amber Putnam, 59, of Parrish, Fla., has lived her life in service of others. Helping others was instilled in her at a young age. In her role as a VFW Assistant Department Service Officer, Putnam works tirelessly to help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. “I feel like I’m making a difference in veterans’ lives by helping t...

Oct 18 2018

Wounded Warrior Project Renews VFW Service Officer Grant

WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce that Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has renewed a service officer grant in the amount of $443,145 that will continue to help more transitioning military to receive their earned Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The grant will be used to support the VFW&rsquo...

Oct 17 2018

Michigan VFW Posts Video Game Event Attracts Hundreds

Repetitive keyboard clicks and sudden, synchronized shouts of awe echo through a Michigan VFW Post as video gamers wage war against one another while others, some dressed as characters from gamer culture, gather around a large display monitor to watch the action unfold — all in an effort to raise money for veterans. More than 250 people conve...

Oct 16 2018

New Chief Vows to ‘Make it Happen’

VFW’s newest commander-in-chief is a man who wants to get things done, sooner rather than later. His experiences as an artilleryman in Korea and an undercover police officer in New Mexico, as well as his rapid rise through VFW’s ranks, underscore his leadership philosophy. “I believe in more action and less talk,” Lawrence s...

Oct 15 2018

Help a Veteran Go Back to School When You Get a Haircut at Sport Clips

GEORGETOWN, Texas – Sport Clips Haircuts’ annual “Help A Hero” scholarship campaign starts today, and you can be a part of the mission to help service members and veterans take the next step toward civilian careers through education. Today through Veterans Day, November 11, you can “Help A Hero” when you get a ...

Oct 15 2018

Control Diabetes While Controlling Costs

Controlling the “ABCs of diabetes” -- A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol levels -- is difficult enough, but when you add that second C — costly medications — it’s easy to see how one’s levels can spiral out of control quickly. According to the American Diabetes Association, for the 30 million people living with ...

Oct 12 2018

Happy Birthday Navy!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saying ‘thank you’ to the men and women of the United States Navy as they celebrate their impressive 243-year history tomorrow, Oct. 13, 2018. The U.S. Naval Forces have served in every war, proving time and again to be the world’s most formidable force on the h...

Oct 11 2018

Searching for Sunday

Bob Martin recalls vivid details of the day he found Roberta Sunday 48 years ago this month. It was a typical, hot and humid August day in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province. A sergeant with C Troop, 3rd Sqdn., 17th Air Cav, Martin was leading a platoon to search an enemy bunker complex that had just been pummeled with U.S. bombs. “It was our...