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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The winners of the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary-sponsored Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay competitions were announced yesterday during the 2015 VFW Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Celebrating its 68th year, the Voice of Democracy program helps encourage a better understanding and appreciation for our great...
WASHINGTON— The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will deliver to Congress this week its initial report on the implementation of the new Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Choice Program. The report is based on a survey of more than 2,500 VFW members over the first three months of the Veterans Choice Program, which VA launched on Nov...
WASHINGTON — More than 500 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. are arriving in the Nation’s Capital this weekend to urge their members of Congress to end sequestration, which is set to restart Oct. 1. “America is still a nation at war, and the looming restart of mandatory sequestration will have a devastating impa...
WASHINGTON – On Sunday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) will bring 10 student veteran leaders to the nation’s capital to meet face-to-face with legislators, advocating on behalf of the veterans’ community for the inaugural VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. Throughout the week the Fellows will be seamlessly in...
Kansas City, Mo. - Each year for the past 16 years, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) has recognized three exceptional teachers for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism and patriotism to their students. The Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award recipients are selected from entries submitted by...
After being recently medically separated from the military, Mark Dressler, a 19-year Air Force veteran, planned to use his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to continue his education. After participating in the Department of Veteran Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program, he was accepted at Diesel Driving Academy in Shreveport, La....
VFW members around the country are preparing to take on Washington, D.C. for the VFW’s annual Legislative Conference March 1-5. Every year, the VFW takes the voices of America’s veterans directly to the nation’s elected lawmakers to remind them of the promises they made and to ensure they remain focused on the many issues that af...
Ian Sedgwick* waited two years for a VA rating. Tired of sitting in limbo, Sedgwick reached out to the VFW. During his 30 years in the military, Sedgwick had been injured …a lot. Needless to say, it caught up with him. “I suffered through sprained ankles, twisted knees, herniated discs, fractured wrists, several broken bones and sepa...
WASHINGTON — The Senate today passed H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, which will help incentivize more psychiatrists to work at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, to expand VA’s successful peer support networks, and to authorize VA to collaborate with local nonprofit mental heal...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations—AMVETS (American Veterans), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) and the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)—released The Independent Budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs: Budget Recommendati...
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