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3/18/2009 - STATEMENT OF GLEN M. GARDNER, JR. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE JOINT HEARING OF THE COMMITTEES ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairmen Filner and Akaka, Ranking Members Buyer and Burr, Members of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees, Distinguished Comrades of the VFW and our Auxiliaries and our Special Guests: I am honored to be here ...

4/22/2025 - Since 1949, VFW's annual Legislative Conference has provided an opportunity for VFW leaders from each state to personally lobby their respective lawmakers and watch as VFW's current Commander-in-Chief testifies on Capitol Hill before the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees on behalf of veterans. Guest speakers are invited to address conference delegates, and since 1964 the VFW's Congressional Award has been presented annually to one sitting member of the House o...

4/17/2014 - WASHINGTON – In response to an opinion editorial published this week in the New York Times, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is asking the 1.9 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries to e-mail the newspaper with their good news stories. The editorial published Tuesday was written by a young university academic who used accused triple murderer Frazier Glenn Miller as the focus of her piece, entitled Veterans and White Su...

10/2/2016 - An Arizona Post has partnered with its city for the first time to be proactive in assisting veterans. Glendale, Ariz., Mayor Jerry Weiers asked Post 1433 in his city to assist with the fourth “Stand Up for Veterans” event. Commander Mike Pearson, who served with the Army in Korea from 1989-90 and during the Persian Gulf War, said Stand Up For Veterans is “a counter-stance to Stand Down for Veterans,” which assists homeless veterans. “[Mayor Weiers] had a concept that we...

5/6/2009 - CHICAGO — Like many wives of deployed military personnel, Park Forest resident Rianne Toll is burdened by a heavy heart and a fuller plate. Her husband, Jeffrey Toll Jr., is in the Navy Reserve and has worked in an armory in Kuwait for the past eight months. His absence leaves the stay-at-home mom in charge of their three children - ages 14, 12, and 9 - all whom live at home with her in their middle-class, ranch-style house in the 100 block of Shabbona Drive. "Ever...

5/29/2009 - Many Americans think of Memorial Day as a three-day weekend at the beach, but to those of us who have worn the uniform and to our families, who also have sacrificed, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. Remembering is what a group of veterans had in mind in 1934 when they erected a simple memorial in the shape of a cross to honor 53,000 Americans who had died in battle during our nation's 19-month involvement in what was called the "War to End All Wars." Seventy-fiv...

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...

5/7/2009 - WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is very pleased with the administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs. “This is a very good budget,” said Glen M. Gardner Jr., the national commander of the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliaries. President Obama proposed VA receive $55.9 billion in discretionary funding, a total that exceeds last year’s appropriation by more...

5/29/2009 - Dear Comrades: There is an enemy in our midst that is having a devastating effect on our servicemen and women in the field and at home. That enemy is stress. Since 9/11, more military personnel and veterans have committed suicide than the total dead from both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, and this tragedy is occurring despite the best of intentions and programs offered by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. That is because the need has overwhelmed...

6/25/2009 - WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. returned home after spending almost four days visiting American troops stationed in Iraq. His overall assessment: "This war is nearing its end, which has our troops pumped with anticipation and the Iraqi people increasingly hopeful for their future." Glen M. Gardner Jr., a Vietnam veteran from Round Rock, Texas, entered Iraq on Sunday with the leaders of four other veterans' service organiza...