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Mar 22 2019

VFW’s Annual Youth Scholarship Competition Opens

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is now accepting entries for its 2019-20 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The announcement comes just two weeks after the VFW’s 2019 Legislative Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., where the top national winners were recognized. ...

Mar 21 2019

Veterans ‘Most Deserving’ of Education Rewards

A VFW scholarship program has helped one Navy veteran work toward his goal of earning a higher education. Sean Sexton, who currently is stationed at Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., is one of the most recent recipients of VFW’s Sport Clips Help a Hero Scholarship. He learned of the scholarship through a Googl...

Mar 18 2019

Florida VFW 'Active' in Community

For one of Florida’s District commanders, reaching out to the nation’s youth and teaching honor and patriotism is of utmost importance. On Nov. 11 last year, Jose Rosa, then-Post 3282 commander, included pre-kindergarten students at Spruce Creek Elementary School in the Post’s annual Veterans Day event. “At the start of our ...

Mar 15 2019

VFW Members 'Adapt and Overcome' to Provide Disaster Relief

From Hurricane Florence in North Carolina to Hurricane Michael in Florida, the VFW offered support during hurricane relief efforts last year. ‘Started with a Social Media Post’ Before Florence made landfall in September, the Department of North Carolina designated six Posts across the state as staging areas for receiving and distributin...

Mar 12 2019

President Releases FY 2020 Budget Request

WASHINGTON – The president’s federal spending plan for fiscal year 2020 adds 30,000 more troops and proposes a 3.1-percent military pay raise. It would also increase the Department of Veterans Affairs overall budget by 9.6 percent to $220.2 billion, which would enable the VA to implement the MISSION Act, strengthen mental health access ...

Mar 11 2019

VFW Remains Bataan Memorial Death March Sponsor

KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce it will be a presenting sponsor for the 30th annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., making it the organization’s ninth-consecutive year of support. Known for being one of the most challenging, grueling full-marathon expedition...

Mar 07 2019

Student Veterans Helping Student Veterans

Over the past few years, groups of college students across the country have made it their mission to provide military-affiliated students with the advocacy and resources needed for a successful college education and post-graduation careers. The University of Kansas (KU) Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapter, located in Lawrence, Kan., is one ex...

Mar 06 2019

VFW Concerned With VA MISSION Act Implementation

WASHINGTON – This morning, during testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. called for full congressional oversight over the implementation of the VA MISSION Act of 2018. The organization made clear its dissatisfaction with the Department of Veterans A...

Mar 06 2019

Congressional Statement of VFW National Commander B.J. Lawrence

Statement of Vincent “B. J.” Lawrence Commander-in-Chief Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. Chairmen Isakson and Takano, Ranking Members Tester and Roe, members of the Senate and House ...

Mar 06 2019

‘It Meant a Lot’

The VFW’s Unmet Needs program helped an Iraq War veteran who was unable to work while he was hospitalized. Keith Mitchell is an Army veteran who served with the 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y. He served in Iraq in 2004, but was medically discharged in 2005 because of health problems. Due to issues with his spine, as well ...