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10/6/2025 - Special Offer for VFW and VFW Auxiliary Members! Now through December 31, 2018, purchase any Henry firearm from an authorized Henry Dealer and you are eligible for a $25 gift certificate good for any purchase at the VFW Store. To receive your VFW Store gift certificate, send an email to foundation@vfw.org with the following information: Full name Valid USPS mailing address Phone number Your VFW or VFW Auxiliary member number A photo or scanned copy o...

9/12/2017 - The emotional toll of a cancer diagnosis is overwhelming in any circumstance. Sadly, so many parents grapple with the additional stress of coming up with the money to pay for chemotherapy. Kenneth Vaughn, a former Army Specialist of Trenton, Ga., said he “felt he was drowning” when his ten-year-old daughter was diagnosed with bone cancer. Already struggling to pay household bills, Vaughn, a disabled veteran rated at 80%, felt his life unraveling around him. “It came down...

4/13/2017 - “When I joined the military, I found strong role models who helped me figure out the direction I wanted my life to take. I depended on them, and they knew they could depend on me.” Zach Dochnahl, 29, who served with the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, was recently awarded a VFW “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship.” Pictured above: Zach Dochnahl with his wife, Melissa and their 8-month-old son, Jack. The desire to s...

1/6/2017 - This article was originally featured in the January 2017 issue of VFW magazine. Carol Bakke knows what veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder are going through. She’s been there. An Iraq War veteran, Bakke served from 2010 to 2011 with the 778th transportation company with the Army National Guard as a heavy equipment transporter. An explosively formed projectile hit her team on July 18, 2011. When she returned stateside, the dreams and nightmares started — dr...

11/9/2017 - VFW Post 968 in Raymond, Wash., is one of 22 Posts nationwide that could receive up to $2,000 in matching grant funds to help restore World War I memorials. Post 968 Adjutant Gordon Aleshire said the Post decided to restore the monument, in part, because of the 100 Cities/100 Memorials program. “This community embraces the honoring of their servicemen and women so it’s important to get [the monument] back in a respectable condition,” said Aleshire, who served in Vietnam ...

3/16/2017 - 3/17/2017 UPDATE: Because of overwhelming support by advocates like yourself and bipartisan support from members of the House of Representatives, this bill was passed. It now heads to the Senate for consideration. We thank you for your support and encourage you to follow the VFW Action Corps for more information. The VFW needs you to immediately contact your elected representatives to urge their support of H.R. 1181, a bill which will help protect veterans' 2nd Amend...

2/15/2017 - US Army Sergeant Mingo McCall, 37, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served active duty from September of 2000 to April of 2013. “I decided to join pretty much on a whim, but after joining I felt a real sense of fulfillment,” McCall said. McCall was looking forward to graduating from ITT Technical Institute and stepping into the professional world this year, but this dream was put on hold when the for-profit higher education institution closed 130 campuses across the cou...

6/30/2017 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On July 4, our nation’s day of independence, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. reminds everyone that the America we know today was born from great leaders – brave men and women who despite the dangers, took a stand and said “No more!” Risking their families, homes and their very lives, they stood up against tyranny. They fought for the idea of a nation free from taxation without proper representat...

11/12/2014 - November 2004’s decisive Battle of Fallujah was the deadliest sustained urban fighting for U.S. troops in the Iraq War. American forces rooted out 3,000 terrorists. By Tim Dyhouse This article appears in the November/December 2014 issue of VFW magazine Fighting a fanatical, dug-in enemy in the mazelike infrastructure of his own city has proved disastrous to armies in past wars. But the November 2004 Battle of Fallujah could be considered a textbook urban assaul...

4/30/2013 - ‘Wanted Them Alive’ Mike Chamberlain didn’t have to wait long to bring down his pronghorn antelope. Before lunch on the first day of Montana’s antelope season last October, Chamberlain, of Post 9536 in Mercer, Wis., had already bagged his limit. “I was done with my hunt by 10 a.m.,” said the 67-year-old Vietnam War veteran. “The antelope’s horns measured 14 inches, and I think it was the smallest of the group.” It was all a small token of appreciation from VFW for ...