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Sep 08 2021

Service With a Smile

Rosemary Connolly is #StillServing as a member of VFW Post 755 in Springfield, Illinois, and as a therapy dog handler. Connolly served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years and was deployed to Saudi Arabia with the Airborne Warning and Control Squadron, known as AWACS, in support of ELF One operations. After her retirement from the military in 1995, s...

Sep 03 2021

VFW Joins Other VSOs to Launch 9/11 Memorial Golf Fund

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars has joined together with four other veterans service organizations to launch the 9/11 Memorial Golf Fund to help commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, and honor those who have served in the wake. The goal is to raise needed funds in support of eac...

Sep 02 2021

Applications Open for 2022 VFW, SVA Legislative Fellowship

WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are now accepting applications from student veterans who are interested in participating in the upcoming 2022 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. The fellowship, now in its eighth year, will bring select student veterans –– who...

Sep 02 2021

VFW Commemorates V-J Day

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On this day 76 years ago, a delegation from the Empire of Japan boarded the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and officially end World War II. The day would become known as Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, and it is what the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) commemora...

Aug 31 2021

'I Am the VFW Because I’m Continuing to Serve'

Denise Perry is #StillServing as a member of VFW Post 6054 in Aberdeen, Maryland. She’s also the State Quartermaster with the Department of Maryland, a VFW National Council member and a community advocate for veterans. Perry served for more than five years in the U.S. Army and Reserve. After leaving the military in 1984, she gave her time to ...

Aug 30 2021

Uniting Veterans to Serve Veterans

“I can honestly say the VFW has been my life’s greatest accomplishment, and I am proud to have a sense of purpose that has such a strong impact on my community,” said Ginger Graham who is #StillServing as a past All American Commander of VFW Post 6740 in Leesville, South Carolina. Graham was in the U.S. Army for approximately thre...

Aug 27 2021

VFW Pushes Formal Senate Investigation into Afghanistan Withdrawal

Dear Chairman Warner and Vice Chairman Rubio: On behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) and its Auxiliary, I urge you to stand up a subcommittee to investigate, review, and publish a report on the negotiations, troop drawdown, and evacuation of Americans and our allies from Afghanistan.

Aug 26 2021

VFW Expresses Condolences, Frustration Over Operations in Afghanistan

On behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, we are saddened and angered at hearing the news of the tragic loss of American and Afghan lives in the cowardly attack outside of Kabul airport today. So far, twelve U.S. service members died and fifteen were wounded standing up for one of the most fundamental principles of our military - ‘leave no o...

Aug 17 2021

'I Make the Choice to Still Serve'

Lalena Zoe Magnetta is #StillServing as a Life member of VFW Post 2245 in Grayslake, Illinois. She’s the Post Service Officer, an active member of her community and an advocate for women veterans, particularly those experiencing homelessness, in her local area north of Chicago and across the country. As a teenager, Magnetta left a traumatic s...

Aug 16 2021

A VFW Message to Veterans in the Wake of Recent Events in Afghanistan

With the recent turn of events in Afghanistan, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) wants the veterans of the war in Afghanistan to know we stand with you. Scores of VFW members know the anger, frustration, and sadness you are experiencing after hearing the troubling reports and seeing the disturbing images coming from lands where we sacrificed so mu...