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In light of reviewing yesterday’s damning Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, the Veterans of Foreign Wars has lost all confidence in the performance of Secretary Robert Wilkie and demand his immediate resignation. The accountability, professionalism and respect that our veterans have earned, and quite fr...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For The Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To The Toxic World of Presumptive Service Connection Determinat...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To Identifying Congressional and Administrative Prioritiesfor the Next Congress Washington, D.C. ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On this 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary somberly honor the 2,403 men and women we heartbreakingly lost in the attack Dec. 7, 1941. Today, we remember the 2,008 sailors, 109 Marines, 218 soldiers, and 68 civilians we tragically lost without warning and wit...
Humana Inc. has a wide range of 2021 Medicare product offerings, including Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans (MAPD) designed with benefits and options people eligible for Medicare most need. In 2021, Humana also offers 69 new MAPD plans across hundreds of additional counties. For 2021, Humana’s Medicare Advantage, including Honor...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House Of Representatives Committee On Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To “A Time for Change: Assessing the Need to Modernize Veteran Eligibility for Care” Washington, D.C. Chairman Taka...
VFW Post 10904 in Manchester, Tennessee, hosted its first-ever Young American Awards during Manchester’s 57th annual “Old Timer’s Day” in October. More than 70 children and their parents stopped by the VFW booth in Town Square to compete for one of the 50 awards issued to those who could properly recite the Pledge of Allegia...
The package arrived at the VFW Regional Benefits Office in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug. 18. It was a bulky package with no return name or address, only a letter explaining what to do with a smaller box inside. The longhand letter began with — “This was found in my deceased mother-in-law’s estate from her second marriage. Appreciate if ...
After six years in search of an artist to paint a mural that depicts VFW’s values along a wall of Post 936 in Alexandria, Minn., Post Chaplain Ralph Berg found one in Tracy Anderson. The 12-foot-by-8-foot mural captured an overwhelming approval from Post members during a presentation at a monthly Post meeting earlier this year. “The mil...
Members of VFW Department of Missouri and Post 10906 in Gladstone, Mo., gathered on Oct. 13 to remember and award a local active-duty Marine who died off the coast of Japan in early July. Post 10906 Commander Ed Oliver presented the VFW Lifesaving Award and a memorial commendation to Marine Sgt. Tyler Rankin, who died saving the lives of two fellow...
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