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A study published in January found an increased risk for cancers among troops and civilian contractors stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The risk was 20 percent higher for them than personnel based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. The study, titled Evaluation of Cancer Incidence Among Marines and Navy ...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Deputy 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 Economic Opportunity With Respect To Pending Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Van Orden, Ranking Member Levin...
Statement of Michael S. Figlioli, Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before The United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee On Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs With Respect To “Does a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployab...
The VFW supports the comprehensive Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. Veterans and survivors can benefit from many of the bill's provisions. It would expand the caregiver program to those who serve our nation’s veterans. Ensuring veterans can receive care in the VA or the community is crucia...
WASHINGTON — Today on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) pauses to remember the more than 156,000 brave Allied troops who landed by air and by sea targeting the 50-mile stretch of Normandy’s beaches to liberate German-occupied France and bring an end to the Nazi regime. VFW National Commander Duane Sarmien...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., — This year the VFW enters its 125th year of service to veterans, service members and their families. As such, the VFW has proudly launched a year-long campaign to commemorate the momentous occasion. The VFW traces its roots back to Spanish-American war when the battle wounded returned home to no health care, benefits and li...
WASHINGTON — June is Pride Month, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) stands with our fellow Americans in recognizing and honoring the commitment, service and sacrifice of our nation’s LGBTQ veterans and service members. It is estimated that there are a little more than 1 million LGBTQ veterans in the United States. They are among us...
The 125th VFW National Convention will take place from July 27-Aug. 1 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville. Convention housing opened on March 18, giving attendees an extra month to register. Please note that shuttle service will not be available this year during the convention. While the convention’s main pu...
The VFW became the first veterans service organization to distribute poppies as a tribute to fallen World War I veterans. Since 1922, the VFW has conducted poppy drives, making the red flower of remembrance the official flower of the VFW. Just two years later, on May 20, 1924, the VFW was granted trademark rights for the name Buddy Poppy under the ...
WASHINGTON — On Memorial Day, May 27, in quiet services across the country, the more than 1.4 million members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary will come together to remember the men and women who lost their lives in military service. As we gather and observe this Memorial Day, we carry on a tradition originally called D...
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