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Mar 27 2019

VA Recommends Dropping Blue Water Navy Legal Battle

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for saying during congressional testimony yesterday that he would recommend the Justice Department not contest a recent federal court ruling that will benefit some 90,000 so-called Blue Water Navy veterans. His support to mov...

Mar 27 2019

WWII Vet Paints Fallen Heroes

Alex Yawor, who served in the Marine Corps from August 1942 to February 1950 with Headquarters Co., 3rd Bn., 25th Marines, 4th Marine Div., as a rifleman, has created 149 oil paintings since 2009. When he returned home from World War II, after having participated in battles on the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Iwo Jima, Yawor said he did not leave h...

Mar 26 2019

The President's Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request 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 Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate With Respect To “The President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the Department of V...

Mar 26 2019

$5 Million for New VFW Post

A VFW Post in Arkansas has outgrown its home in Van Buren and plans to build a new facility for its centennial in 2025. Post 1322 Quartermaster Matthew Hicks, who served in the Army from 1994 to 2004, said the project, dubbed “Vision 2025,” aims to create a Post that serves veterans and community members. The project will cost about $5 ...

Mar 26 2019

Nation’s Top Teachers Selected for VFW Award

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce the top three teachers selected in its 2019 Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award contest. Each year, the VFW names one teacher from the elementary (K-5), middle (6-8) and high school (9-12) levels to receive the Smart/Maher VFW National Ci...

Mar 25 2019

Social Media Sparks Pyramid Building in New York

When members of Post 2913 in Patchogue, N.Y., sought to build the world’s largest pyramid of toilet paper, they took to social media to spread the word. The end result was 15,000 rolls of toilet paper donated and distributed. According to Post Commander Dave Rogers, 3,000 rolls went to a battered women’s shelter, and the remaining 12,00...

Mar 22 2019

VFW’s Annual Youth Scholarship Competition Opens

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is now accepting entries for its 2019-20 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The announcement comes just two weeks after the VFW’s 2019 Legislative Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., where the top national winners were recognized. ...

Mar 21 2019

Veterans ‘Most Deserving’ of Education Rewards

A VFW scholarship program has helped one Navy veteran work toward his goal of earning a higher education. Sean Sexton, who currently is stationed at Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., is one of the most recent recipients of VFW’s "Sport Clips Help a Hero Scholarship." He learned of the scholarship through a Goo...

Mar 18 2019

Florida VFW 'Active' in Community

For one of Florida’s District commanders, reaching out to the nation’s youth and teaching honor and patriotism is of utmost importance. On Nov. 11 last year, Jose Rosa, then-Post 3282 commander, included pre-kindergarten students at Spruce Creek Elementary School in the Post’s annual Veterans Day event. “At the start of our ...

Mar 15 2019

VFW Members 'Adapt and Overcome' to Provide Disaster Relief

From Hurricane Florence in North Carolina to Hurricane Michael in Florida, the VFW offered support during hurricane relief efforts last year. ‘Started with a Social Media Post’ Before Florence made landfall in September, the Department of North Carolina designated six Posts across the state as staging areas for receiving and distributin...