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Sep 20 2018

POW/MIA Recognition Day 2018

The third Friday of every September is set aside as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Let us remember those who put country before self, but have yet to return home from their wars. Let us remember their families, who continue to burn the candle of hope. And let us continue to tell the story that without the service and sacrifice of American servic...

Sep 19 2018

Veteran Service Organizations Urge Senate to Pass Blue Water Navy Legislation Now

WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Disabled American Veterans, The American Legion and Paralyzed Veterans of America today released the following letter to the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs urging the Senate to pass H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, before the 115th Congress...

Sep 19 2018

Veterans are our ‘National Treasure’

On the first Friday of the new school year last year, students lined the halls of Caroline Middle School in Milford, Va. They cheered as a group of local Vietnam veterans walked down the hall to their classroom, shook the vets’ hands and thanked them for their service. After the veterans took their seats, the students filed in and stood next ...

Sep 17 2018

VFW Wishes All Airmen a Happy 71st Birthday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. joins in celebrating the birthday of the United States Air Force, which has remained the most dominant air, space and cyber force in the world for the past 71 years. Originally organized as part of the U.S. Army in 1907, the Air Force became a separate mil...

Sep 13 2018

Following in His Father’s Footsteps

Laurence "Buckshot" Blumer is named after a World War II hero and fighter pilot, his father. Major Laurence “Scrappy” Blumer was known as the “Fastest Ace in the West” when he shot down five FW-190s in 15 minutes of aerial combat. “I loved my father very much and always wanted to follow in his footsteps,” said Bl...

Sep 12 2018

VFW Expands Benefit Offerings for Members

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce it is teaming up with UNA, the nation’s fastest-growing group purchasing organization, to expand its offering of benefits to VFW members to include discounts on hotels, office supplies and entertainment tickets. With this new offering, VFW members gain acce...

Sep 12 2018

VFW to Host Two Facebook Live Events with VA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to team up with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday, Sept. 13, and Tuesday, Sept. 18, to bring our Facebook followers an opportunity to get their questions answered on two important topics: mental health and telehealth. Join representatives from VA and the VF...

Sep 12 2018

VFW National Legislative Conference a Transformational Experience

The following students are the latest VFW-Student Veterans of America (SVA) fellows to take on that task: Jennifer Hosley, Bradley Ward, Gabriel Snashall, Edward Tjaden, Brian Walker, Ryan Rehberg, Joseph Sacco, Hannah Joyce and Francheska Salazar. Ward, who served from January – September 2014 with the 302nd MP Co. from Grand Prairie and the...

Sep 11 2018

The Independent Budget Statement: Conference Agreement on H.R. 5895

Statement of the Independent Budget Veterans Service Organizations (DAV, PVA, VFW) on the Appropriations Conference Report on H.R. 5895 The House-Senate Appropriations Committee conference agreement on H.R. 5895, which contains funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), would provide much needed increases for veterans health care and oth...

Sep 10 2018

The VFW Remembers 9/11

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tomorrow, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will pause to honor Patriot Day and remember the 2,996 lives tragically lost 17 years ago in New York City, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. Since that fateful day, our bravest have fought on multiple fronts, with thousands of our nation’s finest paying the ultima...