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VFW Post 184 Senior Vice Commander Richard De La Hoya and his wife Yvonne wanted to do something special for their niece’s husband Adrian before he deployed to Afghanistan with his National Guard unit, the 578th Engineer Battalion. The De La Hoyas started planning a send-off party for him, but they soon discovered that other Guardsmen’s...
America’s military is the strongest and most powerful on Earth because it takes care of the people who take care of the mission, but the nation’s largest combat veterans organization believes that two principal proposals in yesterday’s fiscal year 2013 budget request for the Department of Defense are going to be “deal breake...
2011 was a hugely successful year for VFW National Military Services and its programs, which continued to extend support and assistance to service members and their families. VFW Operation Uplink™ hosted 24 “Free Call Days” for troops stationed overseas for the second consecutive year. Over 1.3 million connectionswere made by se...
The VFW is excited to announce a new partnership with the USO, providing VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members with additional volunteer and service opportunities in their local communities. This partnership brings together two organizations that share common missions and rich histories supporting our troops and military families. VFW members have a pro...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Headquarters is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 2011 Army Reserve’s Best Warrior Competition Awards Dinner June 24. VFW will award various winners of the competition prizes, including iPads, Xbox Kinects, iPods, handycams and gift cards to Best Buy and Wal-Mart. The Army ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The VFW National Headquarters is pleased to announce it has now disbursed more than $100,000 in financialaid to military families victimized by the hundreds of deadly twisters that have swept across the nation so far this year. VFW state departments spread word of theVFW Unmet Needsprogram in storm-stricken areas throughout ...
By Bob Kerr Providence Journal It’s like the tent, the Providence tent, the one where the Marines from the 6th Motor Transit Battalion would gather when they weren’t out driving along the treacherous roads of Iraq. “We just want to get everybody back in the tent,” said Tim Galuza. Galuza and his friend Garry Crum once went 4...
The VFW National Headquarters is proud to announce it has reached $4,022,760 in emergency financial grants disbursed to U.S. service members and their families through the VFW Unmet Needs program. Officially launched June 6, 2004, Unmet Needs has become one of VFW’s most acclaimed programs among service members and their families, offering a ...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is unique because all of our members have served overseas in a combat zone. Our nation is in debt to all of those who served, and we understand that returning home and reintegrating into society can cause stress in many aspects of life. Because of this, VFW is participating in a campaign with the U.S. Department o...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —VFW is pleased to announce it is thepresenting sponsor of the 22ndAnnualBataan Memorial Death Marchto be held at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, March 27, 2011. The March was created to honor the American service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II. These soldiers endured horrendous conditi...
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