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6/5/2014 - This article appears in the June/July issue of VFW magazine While the veterans who fought on Normandy’s beaches are aging, they are most certainly not forgotten. French organizations, VFW members and museums diligently uphold the honor of the troops who served during D-Day and beyond while actively engaging younger generations to carry these stories to the future. STORY AND PHOTO BY KELLY GIBSON Conditions along the English Channel on June 6, 1944, were not id...

7/27/2016 - CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States concluded its 117th National Convention here today by electing Brian Duffy of Louisville, Ky., as its new leader. His election also introduces a new era for America’s oldest and largest war veterans’ organization, in that he becomes the first Operation Desert Storm veteran to become the VFW commander-in-chief. Duffy served in the U.S. Air Force as a jet engine mechanic on F-4 Phantom fighter aircraf...

10/28/2016 - WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter this week ordered the Defense Finance and Accounting Services to “suspend all efforts to collect reimbursements from affected California National Guard members, effective as soon as practical.” The national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and its Auxiliary said the suspension decision doesn’t go deep enough, and is now calling on President Obama to issue an executive or...

4/3/2008 - On his first day in office, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) introduced the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (S. 22) to update a 20-year-old peacetime GI Bill with 21st century realities. Yet now, 15 months later, only half the Senate and one-fourth of the House have endorsed the legislation, despite strong bipartisan support of fellow GI Bill beneficiaries Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John Warner (R-Va.). As the leaders of America's oldest maj...

8/19/2008 - ORLANDO, Fla. — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) addressed VFW’s Business Session today, saying political contenders should “debate disagreements on the merits of policy” only. The U.S. cannot “secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart,” he said. He outlined his foreign policy views on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Georgia. In addition, he presented proposals regarding VA improvements as well as other forms of...

10/17/2017 - Bryan Meyer glances up from the pile of folders on his handmade, wooden desk at the Veterans Community Project (VCP) headquarters at 89th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Mo. It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday, and there’s already a line of people at the door waiting to see him. If someone had told him a year prior that he would find himself in his current position, he never would have believed it. Meyer, 34, chief legal officer at VCP and a former Marine Corp helicopter...

6/19/2017 - Over the centuries millions of Irish people left these shores. Many went on to become leading business, political and community leaders. One such emigrant is Louth native, Brian Duffy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) – the United States oldest veterans organisation. Taking time out of his busy schedule, we spoke to Brian about his service and the work carried out by the VFW. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is the United States’ largest and oldest ...

10/13/2023 - WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the U.S. Navy, who has protected and defended freedom both at home and around the globe for the past 248 years. On Oct. 13, 1775, a resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the United States Navy with “a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible ...

10/13/2022 - WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the birthday of the U.S. Navy, who has protected and defended freedom both at home and around the globe for the past 247 years. On Oct. 13, 1775, a resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the United States Navy with “a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible ...

11/29/2018 - Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “VA’s Development and Implementation of Policy Initiatives” WASHINGTON, DC Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Esty, and members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of ...