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WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are now accepting applications from student veterans who are interested in participating in the upcoming 2022 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program. The fellowship, now in its eighth year, will bring select student veterans –– who...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On this day 76 years ago, a delegation from the Empire of Japan boarded the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and officially end World War II. The day would become known as Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day, and it is what the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) commemora...
Denise Perry is #StillServing as a member of VFW Post 6054 in Aberdeen, Maryland. She’s also the State Quartermaster with the Department of Maryland, a VFW National Council member and a community advocate for veterans. Perry served for more than five years in the U.S. Army and Reserve. After leaving the military in 1984, she gave her time to ...
“I can honestly say the VFW has been my life’s greatest accomplishment, and I am proud to have a sense of purpose that has such a strong impact on my community,” said Ginger Graham who is #StillServing as a past All American Commander of VFW Post 6740 in Leesville, South Carolina. Graham was in the U.S. Army for approximately thre...
Dear Chairman Warner and Vice Chairman Rubio: On behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) and its Auxiliary, I urge you to stand up a subcommittee to investigate, review, and publish a report on the negotiations, troop drawdown, and evacuation of Americans and our allies from Afghanistan.
On behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, we are saddened and angered at hearing the news of the tragic loss of American and Afghan lives in the cowardly attack outside of Kabul airport today. So far, twelve U.S. service members died and fifteen were wounded standing up for one of the most fundamental principles of our military - ‘leave no o...
Lalena Zoe Magnetta is #StillServing as a Life member of VFW Post 2245 in Grayslake, Illinois. She’s the Post Service Officer, an active member of her community and an advocate for women veterans, particularly those experiencing homelessness, in her local area north of Chicago and across the country. As a teenager, Magnetta left a traumatic s...
With the recent turn of events in Afghanistan, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) wants the veterans of the war in Afghanistan to know we stand with you. Scores of VFW members know the anger, frustration, and sadness you are experiencing after hearing the troubling reports and seeing the disturbing images coming from lands where we sacrificed so mu...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Together with Sport Clips Haircuts, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce 130 student veterans will receive nearly $600,000 in scholarships for the fall 2021 semester, courtesy of the VFW “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program. See the full list of 2021 fall semester recipients. “...
VFW Post 1513 in Escondido, California, has been taking care of veterans and their families during the pandemic. It’s a continuation of the commitment to camaraderie and service they’ve displayed for 94 years. As COVID-19 spread, the Post stayed connected to members and local veterans by hosting virtual “Coffee with the Commander&...
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