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WASHINGTON — On behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary, we are deeply saddened by the news that three American service members were killed in action and five others seriously wounded during the ongoing Operation Epic Fury. These brave men and women answered our nation’s call without hesitation, serving in harm&rs...
WASHINGTON — Last night, the United States and its Israeli ally began combat operations against Iran in an operation dubbed Epic Fury. As war once again comes to the Middle East, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) asks all Americans to keep our brave service members overseas in their thoughts and prayers. At this very hour, they are carrying ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This Women’s History Month, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins a grateful nation in honoring and recognizing the generations of American women veterans who have protected our nation and helped build the strongest and most capable military that we have today. Women have been an integral part of our nation’s...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) commends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for officially rescindingits interim final rule that would have changed how disability ratings are evaluated, a policy the VFW warned could unfairly reduce benefits for disabled veterans. Since VA opened the rule for public comment, more than 20,0...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce it has again been named a beneficiary of Harley-Davidson’s Let’s Ride Challenge® Ride for Heroes, continuing a powerful partnership dedicated to honoring and supporting America’s veterans, service members and first responders for the second year i...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) annual Washington Conference begins Sunday, Mar. 1, in Washington, D.C., and will continue through Thursday, Mar. 5. Several hundred VFW and Auxiliary members are anticipated to arrive in the nation’s capital, traveling from around the world to conduct organizational business and pa...
Despite retiring from the Navy in 2021, Steven Michaels remains dedicated to helping others. A life member of VFW Post 2135 in Peoria, Arizona, Michaels continues to serve his community and fellow veterans through volunteer work that spans from honoring local Eagle Scouts to helping allies who once served alongside U.S. forces overseas. “I&rs...
Jane Smith* served for four years in the military. She began attending college while she was still enlisted to get her degree quicker and is now enrolled at California State University, Northridge. Smith’s life changed after she discovered the VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” during a Google search for scholarship...
This summer, beginning on Thursday, June 25, VFW Post 6418 in St. Albans, West Virginia, will be partaking in an opportunity that Post members and officers have been excited about for a long time: Hosting the mobile Vietnam War memorial “The Moving Wall.” With a “strong desire through his past experiences,” Post Commander Ge...
For more than a decade, Wayne Moore drove to work on Route 28 every day unaware he was driving right past Rose Hill Cemetery, a historic Black cemetery tucked away in an industrial part of Manassas, Virginia. But the worst part, he says now, was that the cemetery had fallen into disrepair, and the veterans laid to rest there were all but forgotten....
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