Archives

Nov 21 2023

'Great Way to Connect the Community'

For their Day of Service this year, VFW Post 10519 members spearheaded a community blood drive that helped provide for 81 patients across the Milwaukee area. The Post, 11 miles southwest of Milwaukee in Greendale, Wisconsin, had been deciding on its second-annual VFW Day of Service project when members were contacted by representatives from Versiti...

Nov 20 2023

‘Support for Veterans’

While serving with the Air Force since 2019, Celeste Hernandez has split her duties between serving her country and pursuing a bachelors degree in biological sciences with a focus on pre-veterinary medicine. An upperclassman at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, Hernandez heard about the VFW’s "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship" pr...

Nov 17 2023

‘It’s Amazing to See How Grateful They Are’

A VFW Post in San Antonio is doing their part when it comes to fighting food insecurity in its community. Since July, VFW Post 8397 in San Antonio has distributed about 43,000 pounds of groceries to food-insecure families in the San Antonio area. In partnership with Humana, the Post holds a food distribution drive for needy families on the second S...

Nov 15 2023

Purchases Support Veterans

Every time you purchase from the VFW Store, you support veterans, military service members and their families. With that in mind, VFW continuously adds new merchandise to its inventory. VFW will kick off its 125th anniversary celebration at its national convention next summer in Louisville, Kentucky. Be among the first to get VFW’s “Est...

Nov 15 2023

‘We Try to Be There for All of Them’

Long before becoming commander of the first VFW Post established on an active-duty U.S. military installation last year, Willie Keller had seen the possibilities with a credulous eye. Joined by other founding members of Post 12209 on Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) near Killeen, Texas, Keller set out to serve as an example of how a VFW Post on an...

Nov 13 2023

‘Scholarship Taught Me to Never Give Up’

Jackson Lee, 43, lives in Calabasas, California, and is in his seventh year of service with the Air Force and Air National Guard. Lee had several reasons for enlisting, including to provide for his 19-year-old son, Joel. “I joined in hopes of participating in humanitarian missions, as well as defending this country,” he said. “Sec...

Nov 10 2023

Celebrating Those Who Have Worn the Nation’s Uniform

WASHINGTON — For the members the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), as well as the millions of others who have worn the cloth of our military, all veterans share a common bond. At one time in their lives, they raised their right hand and solemnly swore an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” No matter i...

Nov 09 2023

Happy Birthday, Marines!

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the United States Marine Corps, who, from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, have fought our country’s battles in the air, the land and sea for the past 248 years. On Nov. 10, 1775, the Continental Congress reso...

Nov 09 2023

Veterans Day News: New Survey Finds Top Challenges Facing Veterans in the Transition to Civilian Life

GEORGETOWN, Texas – It takes seven months for veterans to feel they’ve adapted to civilian life after active duty, new research suggests. A new survey of 1,000 U.S. military veterans revealed there are an average of three different major challenges on this journey. Finding a job topped the list, with a third (33%) of respondents calling...

Nov 08 2023

Pending Legislation

Statement of Quandrea Patterson, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars to the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Luttrel...