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1/4/2010 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW Publications Department announced today that it is accepting submissions for VFW’s 2010 National Publications Contest. All publications will be categorized by the membership size of the Department, District or Post they represent. For the contest, Departments will be defined as: •large (25,000 or more members), •medium (11,000-24,999) and •small (10,999 or fewer). Districts will be defined as: •large (4,000 or more), •medium (2,500-3,999) and...

1/24/2011 - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is saluting President Obama for launching a new national campaign to support and strengthen the quality of life programs provided to military families in the areas of psychological health and wellbeing, children's education and development, military spouse career and educational opportunities, and increasing child care availability and quality at military installations everywhere. The president's initiative is unprecedented, in t...

11/7/2012 - November is a busy month for the VFW! Learn about these great promotions benefitting VFW programs this month: Sport Clips Launches ‘Help A Hero’ Campaign Benefitting VFW Program More than 950 Sport Clips Haircuts locations launched the company’s annual “Help A Hero” fundraising campaign to support the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) Operation Uplink™ in their communities across the country. Sport Clips’ goal is to raise $500,000 in its sixth year of donating to ...

1/11/2010 - VFW Radio goes to the source to learn what the DVA is doing to overcome a claims backlog that is currently delaying benefits payments to hundreds of thousands of military veterans. To listen to what the 60 Minutes didn’t reveal about VA’s efforts go to: www.thenationaldefense.com.

11/27/2012 - WASHINGTON — This afternoon President Obama signed into law the cost-of-living allowance adjustment bill for disabled veterans and surviving spouses, offering increased compensation for nearly 4 million disabled veterans and their family members. The bill, H.R. 4114, increases compensation for veterans' beneficiaries at the same percentage as increased compensation for Social Security and military retiree pay. The 1.7-percent increase is tied to the consumer pr...

11/9/2012 - November 10, 2012 marks the 237th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The USMC’s legacy of defending this nation in every armed conflict since 1775 bestows upon them a rich tradition and a sense of honor that is felt at the core of every American who has worn the uniform of a U.S. Marine. Though war and conflict have evolved drastically over the past 237 years, the USMC has remained unwavering in its commitment to successfully complete any mission with which the...

11/5/2012 - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is proud to partner with ScreenSource-USA to recognize Veterans Days with an LED display honoring American service members. The display will be located at 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., and will begin Nov. 9 at midnight and run continuously through Nov. 13. It will feature rotating photos of service members killed in action from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. A total of 15,000...

1/25/2011 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The VFW is pleased to announce it has teamed up with country artist Ricky Lee to benefit soldiers through its Military Assistance Program (MAP). Lee will donate five dollars from each purchase through the VFW Store of his newest album, Freedom, directly to MAP. Lee’s, Freedom features patriotic songs like, “American Hero,” and “100% American.” He describes his latest CD as, “songs of real stories and inspirations of the heroes whom I have met througho...

1/28/2011 - WASHINGTON — America's oldest and largest major combat veterans' organization announced it will do everything within its power to defeat a plan introduced by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to cut $4.5 billion from the Department of Veterans Affairs. "No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any traction in Congress," said Richard L. Eubank, the national commander of the 2.1 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries. On her website, t...

1/3/2011 - Women play an important role in the military. The VFW is working hard to make sure these women are taken care of long after they return home. Together with several other local veterans organizations, VFW Post 6917 and District 3 in New Mexico organized a women veterans’ conference, called “Women in Defense of America.” The daylong conference featured 10 speakers from various organizations and programs covering everything from Federal and State veterans’ benefits to g...