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A battle-worn Marine of 30 years, Sgt. Maj. Lance Nutt cannot tell the story without tearing up. He and members of his Sheep Dog Impact Assistance team, a group of war veterans and retired police, fire and emergency response officers, were helping clean up the devastation of a tornado that ripped through Wynne, Arkansas, in March. The EF3 twister w...
A VFW Post in New Jersey will show why it is called the Garden State. VFW Post 7925 Commander Brian Gallagher announced in July that the Post and community are coming together to build a “green space” for Fairfield residents to enjoy. The garden is named Schlapfer Gardens in honor of Warren Schlapfer, a late World War II veteran and VFW...
Since 2019, VFW Post 2667 and its Auxiliary members have donated canned food and peanut butter and jelly to the One Roof Ecumenical Alliance Outreach in their hometown of Newnan, Ga., as well as Bridging the Gap, the Salvation Army and The I-58 Mission. According to Janet Alford, secretary/historian of Post 2667 Auxiliary, members are encouraged to...
Blain Bertrand enlisted in 1989 out of a desire to serve his country. He spent four years in the Army and was stationed in Nuremberg, Germany. Three decades later, the Texas native is #StillServing as the commander of VFW Post 3885 in Erlangen, Germany. Even before becoming their official leader, Bertrand offered guidance to Post members. “Be...
A section of Highway 115 (mile markers 15-27) in Colorado’s Fremont County is now known as Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW Warriors Memorial Highway thanks to the efforts of VFW’s Department of Colorado and its VFW Warriors Motorcycle Organization. According to VFW Warriors Terry Mullins, the work on the highway naming began in 2022 with a...
Families in the Tar Heel State gathered on June 3 in the state’s High Country for an event aimed to entertain families of the area. The inaugural Family Fun Day event, hosted by Boone, N.C.’s VFW Post 7031, the Wounded Warrior Project and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, featured live music, arts and crafts, and other children’s act...
Watching his aging World War II veteran father neglect his cane because it made him appear “vulnerable” in public, VFW Life member Tom Ashmore set off on a journey that led him to Cane-Fu. With an extensive martial arts background dating back to formal training in judo at 14 years old, Ashmore, 78, contacted Grand Master Mark Shuey, a U...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce SSG Jonathan Dozier Memorial Post 2894 in Chesapeake, Virginia, has been selected to receive the 2023 VFW Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award, a prestigious award that recognizes VFW Posts for notable and exceptional community service projects....
Members of VFW Post 10380 Green Township, Ohio, held their ninth annual “Cars and Courage” car show on April 29 to raise funds for their veterans’ programs. The car show, a blend of more than 85 vintage and exotic cars lined across the parking lot of the Diamond Oaks Career Campus in Cincinnati, Ohio, helped the Post raise more th...
VFW has made great strides this year in membership. At press time, the organization was on track to hit 102 percent in membership. VFW’s Membership Department offers congratulations to everyone helping to make this possible. To keep this trend going, VFW Membership Associate Director of Post Development and Revitalization CoreyHunt urges Post...
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