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Jan 11 2019

'What We Do Changes Lives'

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of VFW’s National Veterans Service (NVS) Department. That is a century of working on behalf of the nation’s veterans to ensure they are granted the benefits they have earned. It’s not an easy mission, as the NVS staff at VFW’s Washington Office will attest, but one that g...

Jan 10 2019

VFW Announces Spring Scholarship Recipients

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce its “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program has surpassed awarding $5.7 million in scholarships to nearly 1,300 military and student veterans. The latest award of more than $768,000 will now help ensure 172 student veterans can continue their hi...

Jan 08 2019

VFW: America Needs to Protect Our Protectors

WASHINGTON — The federal government has been in a partial shutdown for nearing three weeks because Congress and the administration cannot reach an agreement over how much to spend on border protection. “Our government’s first responsibility is to secure the nation and protect her citizens,” said B.J. Lawrence, the national c...

Jan 08 2019

VFW and SVA Announce 2019 Student Veteran Fellowship Class

WASHINGTON – Ten Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. members and Student Veterans of America leaders have been selected for the 2019 VFW-SVA Fellowship program. The announcement was made Saturday at SVA’s 11th National Conference in Orlando, Fla. The 10 fellows will now join more than 500 VFW members of when they converge on Capitol Hi...

Jan 05 2019

VFW Calls New York Times Article Off-Base

WASHINGTON — The national commander of America’s largest and oldest major war veterans’ organization is calling an article published yesterday in the New York Times off-base and biased against pre-9/11 veterans’ service organizations. ‘‘The article, entitled ‘Veterans Groups Compete With Each Other, and Str...

Jan 03 2019

VFW Announces Annual Publications Contest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is now accepting submissions for its 2019 National Publications Contest. VFW publications published up to four times annually, or five or more times annually, will be judged in four categories.* The categories are: Department-level publications: Newspaper/Newsletter ...

Dec 26 2018

Is the Cyberworld Safer Than the 3-D World?

With every passing year, more and more of Americans’ lives are lived online. Why drive to the bank or the DMV when you can deposit checks with your cell phone and renew your driver’s license from home? Adults socialize with friends, pay bills and file their taxes online. High school seniors average a whopping six hours a day online,1 te...

Dec 21 2018

VFW Wishes You a Joyous Holiday Season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As 2018 draws to a close, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. extends its warmest season’s greetings and happy holidays to all of our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families and advocates. “Over the coming weeks as we spend time with friends, family and those closest to us to celebrate ...

Dec 19 2018

Utah Senator Stops Blue Water Navy Bill

WASHINGTON — The objection by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, by unanimous consent today on the Senate floor has effectively doomed any chance of the bill being passed in the 115th Congress. Lee now joins Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), who objected last week due to the bill’s overa...

Dec 19 2018

Tracking Transformation: VA MISSION Act Implementation

Statement of Kayda Keleher, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record Joint Hearing Committees on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate and United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Tracking Transformation: VA MISSION Act Implementation” WASHINGT...