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December brings a slew of decorations, but a wreath adorning the tombstone of a veteran tops the list for hordes of volunteers annually. While the month’s decorations speak the holiday language, National Wreaths Across America Day dictates an all too familiar message for veterans everywhere — Remember, Honor, Teach. For Bill Rogers, a L...
A bill introduced to the House could provide veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars who were exposed to burn pits the same VA medical care as Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange. The VFW-supported Jennifer Kepner Healthcare for Open-Air Burn-Pit Exposure (HOPE) Act, H.R. 4137, was introduced to the House by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) in ...
Statement of Vincent “B.J.” Lawrence Executive Director, Washington Office Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security With Respect To The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Bringing Our Nation’s Heroes Home WAS...
Fighting a fanatical, dug-in enemy in the maze-like infrastructure of his own city has often proved disastrous to armies throughout the history of warfare. But the Battle of Fallujah in November 2004 during the Iraq War could be considered a textbook urban assault by U.S. Marines and soldiers. Lessons learned over 18 months of combat in Iraq crysta...
For a classroom of young students in Maryland, school begins like every other day — by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Thanks to members of Auxiliary 8509 in Baltimore, these students got to feel these words recently — by reading them in Braille. They study at the Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) in Nottingham, Md., where Cynthia ...
For Jamie Biddix, 40, of N.C., a military career just made sense. His father, a veteran who served in Korea and Vietnam, was his hero. G.I. Joe and drawing helicopters filled his childhood. By the time he reached high school, he was working on diesel engines. Biddix saw the Army as an ideal career choice and enlisted, ready to take on training, edu...
Gaybriel Rockett had no idea a trip to a recruiting station with her uncle during her senior year of high school would result in a military career. “While I waited, a go-getter recruiter suggested I take the practice ASVAB. I did well and suddenly I was headed to take the physical, then given a job and a date to leave after graduation,”...
With the holidays fast approaching, folks are looking forward to getting together with family and friends. There will be parties at work or in the neighborhood where everyone comes together to enjoy holiday fare and fellowship. That said, not everyone is looking forward to the holiday season. There are those who have lost loved ones, while others h...
In the waning moments of World War II in Europe, when the defeat of Germany was inevitable, it became a race to Berlin. The Allies and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had worked together to topple Germany, but now they were concerned about the influence of the other following the conflict. Each wanted to shape post-war Europe with th...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – To the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Monday, November 11 means, and always will mean, more to the more than 1.6 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliary. Veterans Day is a day of deep significance and it provides every American with the unique opportunity to not only keep alive the memories and accomplishments of every man ...
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