WASHINGTON — I am pleased to hear the news, along with the nearly 7 million other veterans who rely on VA benefits, to include disability compensation and even the GI Bill, that veterans can have peace of mind our benefits will be delivered on time October 1. Today, the Senate passed the House-introduced emergency appropriations bill to cover the VA’s $3 billion-dollar budgetary shortfall. If a spending bill had not passed by the end of the week, the results would have b...
WASHINGTON – On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) emphasizes the gravity of honoring and remembering the more than 140,000 former American prisoners of war and the more than 81,500 service members who remain missing and unaccounted for. It is the duty of every American to remember the men and women whose sacrifice helped pave the way to freedom and protection of the American way of life. Patriots who put others before self is the story ...
Families across the country are hopeful that one day the remains of their loved ones who went missing in war will be returned home. This includes the family of three sailors who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Karen Grantham, of Richmond, Missouri, attended a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) family update on March 23 in Kansas City, Missouri. Three of Grantham’s family members still are missing more than 80 years after their deaths. Grantham said two...
For several years, VFW Post 1836 members had debated running a farmer’s market at their Post in Lufkin, Texas, but it never seemed to line up properly until last April. The opportunity finally presented itself when a local couple with experience managing a farmer’s market elsewhere moved to Lufkin looking for a new place to host their operation last year, opening a window for Post 1836 membership to do it. “Our team at Post 1836 has a goal to return to a place of promine...
Statement of Ryan M. Gallucci, Executive Director Washington Office Veterans of Foreign Wars to the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Examining VA’s Challenges with Ensuring Quality Contracted Disability Compensation Examinations” Washington, D.C. Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and members of the sub...
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