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WASHINGTON — Four new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an expert panel that advises VA on issues and programs affecting women veterans. "I am pleased to welcome the newest members of this committee to the important job of serving America's women veterans," sa...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced immediate actions to quickly identify and pay surviving spouses who are eligible to receive a one-time compensation or pension payment for the month of the veteran’s death. “This benefit payment is long overdue to many of our beneficiaries,” said Secretary...
Anyone who has worn a uniform overseas knows this is the most difficult time of year to be separated from family and friends.“It is easy to say ‘let us remember our troops’ during the Christmas season, but how many of us really understand the painful nobility of this sacrifice'” Bruce Kluger asked in USA Today last Christmas. “For those on active ...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on Congress to stop appropriating federal funding for the Veterans Business Development Corporation, which is better known as The Veterans Corporation, or TVC. Congress created TVC in 1999 to provide military veterans with the resources and guidance necessary to start small bus...
HARRISBURG, Pa. —Ted Majewski was waiting in line to purchase what he described as a "fist full of phone cards" for his son, Jeff, who is currently serving in the Marine Corps. As he pulled out his wallet, he thought not only about his son, but also of all the brave servicemembers serving our country. Wondering what he could do to support th...
WASHINGTON — The nation's oldest major veterans' organization is urging its 2.2 million members to contact Congress and urge them to help America's businesses stay in business. "The image that is the United States of America is one of strength, compassion and ...
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Nein , a member of VFW Post 1170 in Middletown, Ky., didn’t have to come back here. He served in Iraq twice before and was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions as a squad leader under fire. If anyone could have gotten a pass, it was Nein. But he wouldn’t take it. Army...
WASHINGTON — More servicemembers may now qualify for Traumatic Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (TSGLI), because of newly expanded benefits resulting from a recent review by The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The review was to determine whether additional injuries/losses should be covered, whether the program was operating ef...
Robert F. Dorr’s December 1 commentary, “VFW, Legion must modernize in order to thrive” is interesting reading but regrettably focuses on archaic stereotypes that are simply re-hashing many of his embedded misunderstandings of what veterans service organizations really accomplish.The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. was founded in 1899 by Spa...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed his gratitude to the nation’s service members and their families in his annual Thanksgiving Day message. Video Here is the text of the secretary’s message: “In this season of hope, I want to say how uplifting it has been to get to know so many soldiers, sailors, airm...
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