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5/1/2009 - VFW icon and veterans’ advocate Robley Rex died early Tuesday morning at a VA Medical Center in Kentucky at the age of 107. He passed away just four days before his 108th birthday. Rex was one of the oldest surviving WWI-era veterans, and the only surviving WWI-era veteran in Kentucky. After enlisting in the United States Army in 1919 and serving with the 28th Infantry Division in Germany as a clerk, Rex dedicated his life to helping fellow veterans. He was an advocat...

8/3/2010 - Last August, a group of America’s finest men and women were deployed to Iraq to protect this country and its freedoms. VFW Post 56 in Leavenworth, Kan., wanted to support the family members of these brave men and women during this time of separation and deployment. VFW Post 56 adopted HHC 705th MP BN last August through VFW’s Adopt-A-Unit. Adopt-A-Unit is part of the Military Assistance Program (MAP) which allows Posts to get involved at a local level to help and suppo...

8/4/2010 - "News reports about life insurance companies profiting off our war dead struck an emotional nerve at every level," said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries. "It may be a legal industry practice, but learning that a company is earning more interest than what they pay out to surviving families just reeks of corporate greed and irresponsibility." According to Bloomberg News, if ...

5/4/2009 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Past VFW National Commander Cooper T. Holt passed away at his home on Friday, May 1, 2009. He was 85. Cooper T. Holt was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1956. At 32, he was the youngest Commander-in-Chief in the history of the organization. A World War II veteran, he joined VFW Post 1289, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1945 after having been a member-at-large for a year. He served as Post Adjutant, Senior Vice Commander an...

9/7/2010 - The DoD Web site (http://www.defense.gov/stoploss) links to service-specific sites, where you can get more information, or begin the RSLSP claim process. The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act established Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP), providing $500 for each month/partial month served in stop loss status. Service members, veterans, and beneficiaries of service members whose service was involuntarily extended under Stop Loss between Sept. 11, 2001 and ...

5/21/2009 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veteran radio personality, G. Gordon Liddy, has generously opened up the airwaves of his nationally syndicated radio program this Friday in support of VFW’s Unmet Needs program. G. Gordon Liddy of Radio America Network will host the Unmet Needs Radiothon, May 22, 2009, during the live broadcast of the G. Gordon Liddy Show, airing from 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. (EST). The Unmet Needs program provides critical financial assistance needed by service member...

9/28/2010 - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced the publication of a final regulation in the Federal Register that makes it easier for Veterans to obtain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and disability compensation for certain diseases associated with service in Southwest Asia (including Iraq) or Afghanistan. “This is part of historic changes in how VA considers Gulf War Veterans’ illnesses,” said Secretary Shinseki. “By setting up scienti...

5/6/2009 - TAIPEI, Republic of China — President Ma Ying-jeou met with the Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Glen Gardner and former Commander-in-Chief Larry Rivers at the Presidential Office on the afternoon of May 5. The president extended a warm welcome to the visitors on their trip to Taiwan. President Ma noted that the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States was founded in the late 19th century and has a history dating back over 100...

9/29/2010 - Each year on September 29th VFW Day is celebrated at Posts and in communities around the world. It’s a day devoted to the organization and its dedicated members who are so deeply committed to serving those who bravely serve this nation. This year marks the 111th year since the VFW was established. On this date in 1899, a small group of Spanish-America war veterans joined together to form what would become the nation’s largest and most dedicated group of combat veteran...

5/27/2009 - I would just like to say thank you so very much to all the organizations that have supported this program with your contributions. It means so much that so many go out of their way daily to show us, the Soldiers, how much they appreciate the sacrifice that we give daily for our nation. I'm so glad to be a part of this generation to see how our country has truly changed from the Vietnam era. I can't even begin to imagine how it was for those Soldiers and how they were t...