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Raquel Riley Thomas was motivated to enlist by her family’s legacy of service. “My grandmother and her brother served, as did my mother and her sister. I felt a deep sense of duty to continue the tradition of service to my country,” she said. Thomas spent nine years in the Army, and today, she is a member of VFW Post 10822. Her pa...
WASHINGTON – With 2023 drawing to a close, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) extends a heartfelt season’s greetings and its warmest wishes for a peaceful holiday season to all of our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families and advocates. While we enjoy togetherness and celebrate this festive time of year, let us ke...
WASHINGTON –On Dec. 20, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the fourth birthday of the newest branch of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force. Established on Dec. 20, 2019, when the National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, the United States Space Force (USSF) became a se...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce VFW Director of Member Services David Prohaska, was awarded the Patriot Award today by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) department during a special presentation at VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce that it has been awarded aWounded Warrior Project® grant that will continue to aid the VFW’s efforts to assist and ensure transitioning military receive their earned disability compensation benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since its first award to ...
Veteran Andres Reyes Sr., 53, lives in Vallejo, California, and has a wife, Mary Grace-Morgan Reyes, and four children, Andres Jr., Alexander, Tatyana and Dominique. He enlisted in the Navy to continue a family legacy. “I’m a fifth-generation service member. My family has served through every war or conflict, including World War I, Worl...
Before joining the VFW Auxiliary in 2018, Jan Bazdorf had never been to a VFW Post. “My next-door neighbor used to go with her friend to VFW Post 9578, and I was invited to go with them one evening,” Jan said. “And since I had nothing to do, I said, ‘Sure!’” While visiting Post 9578 in Alpine, California, Jan sai...
WASHINGTON — On Dec. 15, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins a grateful nation in remembering the end of the Iraq War, taking time to honor the service and sacrifice of the veterans of the conflict, and paying tribute to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight against terror. On Dec. 15, 12 years ago, then-General Lloyd J....
Since the VFW’s inception nearly 125 years ago, its members’ pursuance to help communities ravaged by natural disasters remains undeterred. Under the VFW mantle, veterans from across the country annually carry out missions to combat the harsh aftermathof floods, wildfires, typhoons or hurricanes ravaging communities. Most recently, in e...
The hold on military promotions was endangering our national security and that of our allies, further jeopardizing the sustainability of our all-volunteer force, and negatively impacting the lives of countless service members and families.
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