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Nov 14 2018

The Great War's Great Women

One of the requisite World War I recruitment posters showed a beautiful and composed nurse bending over a young soldier gazing up at her in gratitude and admiration. Such art was, of course, a fantasy, and by war’s end it was an affront to truth. Thousands of U.S. nurses served admirably during the Great War of 1914-18, but there was nothing ...

Nov 09 2018

VFW National Commander Visits Troops at Fort Irwin

VFW Commander-in-Chief B.J. Lawrence visited with Army units during predeployment training at the nation’s largest Army training center. Fort Irwin’s National Training Center (NTC) is the only U.S. military training facility that supports brigade-level, live-fire exercises ranging from small arms to aircraft-launched bombs. Lawrence met...

Nov 09 2018

A Veterans Day Message from the VFW

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Veterans Day, Nov. 11, has extra meaning for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and all of our nation’s veterans because 100 years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Great War – the war to end all wars – finally ended. Even 100 years later, we reflect on the generati...

Nov 08 2018

VFW Wishes Marine Corps a Happy 243rd Birthday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This Saturday marks the 243rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Experts at improvising, adapting and overcoming, the men and women who become Marines share a special spirit and connection as part of the “Few and the Proud.” Seeped in rich traditions and hallmark valor, the Marines have fought in every ...

Nov 06 2018

VFW Announces New Brand Identity

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., America’s largest and oldest major combat veterans organization, is pleased to announce it has deployed a new look. The new VFW logo and visual language embraces the organization’s storied 119 years of service to America’s veterans, service members and their famili...

Nov 05 2018

The VFW Helps Injured Veteran Receive 100% VA Rating

Charles Honaker of Vancouver, Wash., joined the United States Army when a recruiter visited his college campus. He served for “20 years, one month and one day” in the I-18 Airborne Military Police Company at Fort Bragg, N.C., and as an Army recruiter. “The values instilled by the Army have led me to leadership opportunities and li...

Nov 01 2018

VFW National Commander to Visit Army’s National Training Center

WASHINGTON — The national commander of America’s largest and oldest major combat veterans’ organization will be visiting the nation’s largest Army training facility in California next week. B.J. Lawrence, national commander of the 1.6 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary, will be vis...

Nov 01 2018

VFW Scholarship Helps Veteran Continue His Studies at Military College

Juan Campana was born in Ecuador and immigrated to the United States at a young age. Entering the United States Marine Corps after September 11, 2001, he spent four years as a Combat Engineer. He served two tours in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. Once Campana retired from the military, he continued to ...

Oct 31 2018

Opioids Offer ‘No Advantage’ and Are Addictive

Minneapolis VA researchers found that opioid pain medication might not be the powerful “wonder drug” many people believe it to be. Published in March by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a study by the group of researchers did not support the use of opioids for chronic back, hip or knee pain relief. The study, feat...

Oct 30 2018

Navy Vet Has ‘Passion’ to Serve

Navy veteran Melissa Fahlgren’s ultimate goal in life is to start an arts and crafts consignment shop in her hometown of San Antonio. To get there, she plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in business administration then a master’s degree in marketing. For help along the way, Fahlgren applied for VFW’s Sport Clips Help a Hero S...