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Jun 16 2022

VFW Celebrates Victory for Veterans as ‘PACT Act’ Passes in Senate

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), members of Congress, other veterans service organizations, and veteran advocates celebrated a legislative victory as the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring Our PACT Act, passed in the U.S. Senate...

Jun 16 2022

'We Strive to Lead by Example'

Members of VFW Post 3834 in San Fernando, California, are celebrating their recent achievement of earning All-American status. They are celebrating for good reason. This is the first time in the Post’s 80-year history to have received the honor. A quick look at the Post’s community involvement makes clear the title is well deserved. &ld...

Jun 15 2022

Reviewing President Biden's Strategy to Reduce Veteran Suicide by Addressing Economic Risk Factors

Statement of Emily Devito, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To “Reviewing President Biden’s Strategy to Reduce Veteran Suicide by A...

Jun 15 2022

VFW Members Gain Access to TruHearing’s Network and Savings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce that effective July 1, its member discount benefit with Hear In America will transition to the preferred hearing aid discount vendor, TruHearing. TruHearing is a leading provider of premium hearing benefits, with one simple goal: to improve the lives of people with hea...

Jun 14 2022

A Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Joint Statement of The Co-Authors of The Independent Budget: Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans Paralyzed Veterans Of America Before The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs On A Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs Chairman Tester, Ra...

Jun 14 2022

Happy Birthday Army … and to the Standard You Bear!

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the United States Army and the flag it has carried while fighting for freedom since the American Revolutionary War. On June 14, 1775, the following entry was written into the journal of the Second Continental Congress: “Resol...

Jun 08 2022

'The VFW Supplied Real Relief'

Years ago, Air Force veteran Nicole* signed up to receive the VFW monthly e-newsletters. She hoped to learn about resources to share with other veterans. “I didn’t think that I would come to need the resources myself,” she said. But when the pandemic hit, Nicole applied for the VFW’s Unmet Needs program she had learned about...

Jun 06 2022

VFW Remembers D-Day

WASHINGTON — Today, The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) pauses to remember the more than 156,000 brave Allied troops who landed by air and by sea targeting the 50-mile stretch of Normandy’s beaches in an effort to liberate German-occupied France and bring an end to the Nazi regime. June 6, 1944, forever changed the course of history. Wit...

Jun 03 2022

'It Was A Very Special Honor'

Chosen as a VFW Buddy Poppy girl at the tender age of 4 in 1932, Betty Joan (Christian) Adamson can still recall the long train rides to Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, California. Adamson, who celebrated her 94th birthday in late February, even saved the small, pink dress she wore the day she met President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charl...

Jun 01 2022

VFW Salutes LGBTQ+ Military Service to the Nation

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) stands with our fellow Americans in recognizing and honoring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) veterans, service members and military families for Pride Month. Since 1884, every person who has ever raised their right hand to swear or affirm an oath to support the Constituti...