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WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), together with Student Veterans of America (SVA), is pleased to announce its selection of six student veterans to complete the 2025/2026 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship. Now in its 12th year, student veteran fellows gain experience advocating for a solution to a pressing veterans’ issue by ...
To the Editors of The Washington Post, Your recent article, “How some veterans exploit $193 billion VA program, due to lax controls” (October 2025), is not just a disservice to veterans — it is a dangerously misleading piece that feeds into damaging stereotypes and ignores both the moral and legal foundations of the Department of ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) announced today a new agreement with Torch Drinks LLC, the nation’s leading hemp-derived THC beverage company based in Florida, to help advance programs serving veterans, service members and their families. Torch beverages offer a smoke-free, alcohol-free, plant-based alternative &md...
GEORGETOWN, Texas – Sport Clips Haircuts launched its 2025 “Help A Hero” scholarship campaign today in partnership with the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW). The campaign runs through Nov. 15 and aims to raise $1.35 million to fund the nation’s largest scholarship initiative of its kind for military vetera...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the fall semester underway, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) is once again leading the charge to ensure all veterans receive the full educational benefits they have earned — especially in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Rudisill v. McDonough. Last year, the Supreme Co...
VFW magazine is concluding its 125th Destination Post series in this issue. The series began in April 2024 with Posts in Maryland. Since then, Posts from Washington state to Rhode Island and areas in between have been featured. This final story takes VFW magazine readers to the “Heart of America,” where two Missouri River town VFW Posts...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) proudly commemorates VFW Day, marking 126 years of unwavering service to America’s veterans, service members, their families and communities. Established on Sept. 29, 1899, the VFW has stood as the nation’s most established major war veterans’ service organization,...
With more than one million disability claims filed since the spring, the VA is on pace to process 2.5 million of them by year’s end. This surpasses VA’s 2024 output by half a million, according to a VA press release. The VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), which handles the Department’s disability compensation claim...
Carol Whitmore of Iowa made VFW history in August when she was elected as the first female VFW Commander-in-Chief. Incidentally, she also is the first Iowan to hold the top position. A member of VFW Post 9127 in Des Moines, Iowa, Whitmore hopes her gender takes a backseat to the pressing needs of the nation’s veterans — needs VFW priori...
In June, VFW Post 2197 in Topsham, Maine, hosted a food drive for the Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program– a Maine food bank that has been helping those in need since 1983. This was just one of the six events the Post held for the VFW 125th Anniversary Post Community Program. Posts were eligible for the title of “VFW 125th Anniversary P...
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