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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will host its first-ever virtual Parade of Winners live on Facebook April 1, 2021, at 7 p.m. CDT. The event will recognize all state winners of the VFW’s Voice of Democracy scholarship competition as well as the national Patriot’s Pen contest winner, and will include special gu...
By the time the U.S. declared war on Germany in 1917, the Navy had already opened its doors to women, assigning them ground jobs that freed up men for sea service. The need ashore was even greater. As the first American forces began arriving in France that summer, they found the communications network in disarray. In three years of combat, telephon...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to celebrate the service, sacrifice and achievements of America’s women veterans and service members throughout the month of March, Women’s History Month. “The innumerable contributions of our nation’s women veterans cannot be overstated,” said VFW Na...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Feb. 27, 2021, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation will proudly celebrate its 25th anniversary. Established in 1996, to support the vital VFW programs which work to fill in governmental assistance gaps for service members and military families, the VFW Foundation is the official 501(c)3 of the VFW. As a nonprof...
Susan Smith is #StillServing. She served in the U.S. Air Force for more than 20 years in locations from Germany to Japan and says serving is – and always has been – a part of her life. “As a 13-year-old, I volunteered to tutor elementary school students in math,” Smith recalled. “While in the military, I volunteered i...
I want to sincerely thank all of our members for the hard work and commitment to service you have exhibited over the past year. In the face of 12 months of extreme adversity marked by a devastating pandemic and civil unrest across the country, you have risen above and remained focused on ensuring the needs of our veterans, service members and our c...
Navy Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle made history in July at the Naval Air Station in Kingsville, Texas, when she became the Navy’s first known African American female tactical fighter pilot. “I’m excited to have this opportunity to work harder and fly high performance jet aircraft in the fleet,” Swegle said in a Navy statement. &l...
WASHINGTON— The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will extend the existing moratorium on evictions and foreclosures,as well as extend VA loan forbearance requests, to June 30, because of COVID-19. The current moratorium extensions for evictions and foreclosures were set to end March 31. “We will do everything in our power to help Ve...
Rebecca Luna, 35, lives in Loveland, Colorado, with her husband Guy and children Hannah and Aedan. More than a decade ago, she enlisted in the military with her family in mind. “I joined to give my kids a better life,” she said. “I was a single mother working several jobs to cover expenses. I didn’t want that for them.&rdquo...
Congratulations to VFW Post 3701 in Lakeview, Michigan, for being named the VFW's #StillServing Post of the Month for February 2021. VFW Post 3701 quickly mobilized as the pandemic reached their Lakeview, Michigan, community in spring 2020. They knew protective gear already was in short supply for hospitals, so they began to help by making face ma...
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