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Javier Galvan signed up for the United States Marine Corps in 2006 at age 17, right out of high school. He didn’t have plans for his future and felt the military offered a way to have a career and do something with his life. He also thought it might be a way to validate his American citizenship. “I was born in the U.S., I’m from C...
Urge Your Senators to Support the Blue Water Navy Bill Now Take Action! Background: Congress is very close to passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018, which would end the injustice of denying Vietnam, Korean DMZ, and Thailand veterans who suffer from life-threatening health conditions the care and benefits they deserve. U...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is mourning the passing of one of their own, former President George H.W. Bush, who died last night at his home in Houston. He was 94 years old. Embed from Getty Images “President Bush was highly admired within the veteran community and beyond,” said VFW National Co...
The Department of Veterans Affairs released a statement yesterday regarding the implementation of Forever GI Bill changes that were supposed to have been enacted this past August. VA Secretary Robert Wilkie has now directed the Veterans Benefits Administration to cease attempting to implement the changes and instead reset the entire effort in order...
Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy 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 “VA’s Development and Implementation of Policy Initi...
It’s been 10 years since the first veterans treatment court started in Buffalo, N.Y., and Jack O’Connor is pleased with what he’s seen over the past decade. Veterans who would be in prison — and without treatment — are healing and rebuilding their lives. O’Connor, the former program director for Medicaid in Erie ...
Kirk Alkire is not a medical professional in any sense. But the emotional moments he has witnessed atop mountain peaks in Alaska prove to him that climbing in honor of fallen service members is therapeutic. One Gold Star father spoke of his deceased son, a Marine, for the first time in more than 15 years as he hiked to the summit. “This poor ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Thanksgiving Day is a holiday rooted in unique traditions, cultures and recipes, offering each and every one of us a time to express our gratitude and appreciation for the blessings in our lives. As we gather together with friends and family in celebration of all we hold dear, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. encour...
The November 1943 invasion of the Gilbert Islands was the beginning of the U.S. “island-hopping” campaign in the central Pacific during World War II. U.S. commanders determined that amphibious attacks on Japanese-occupied islands was the key to victory. The island of Tarawa was the first target in the Allied campaign. About 80 nautical ...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to add hypertension and a precursor to multiple myeloma to the current list of 14 presumptive diseases associated with contact with chemical defoliants used in Vietnam, Thailand, and along the Korean DMZ. The VFW’s case is bolstered by...
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