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Statement of Nancy Springer,Acting Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. ChairmanMoran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and members of thecommittee, on behalf of the men and wome...
VFW Post 12209 Adjutant Juanita Myers and her children experienced homelessness firsthand after she was discharged from the Army. In 2005, while stationed with the 596th Maintenance Company at Kelly Barracks in Darmstadt, Germany, Myers’ family was heavily affected by Hurricane Rita. Myers made the decision to return home to Beaumont, Texas, ...
Statement of Meggan Coleman, 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 Health With Respect To Putting Families First: Strengthening CHAMPVA for Survivors and Dependents Washington, D....
New alternative official baseball caps can now be ordered from the VFW Store. Visitvfwstore.org/category/vfw/uniformcapandnametags to place an order today. Caps are available for Post, District and Department levels. Only select officer titles are available. Delivery is expected to begin in late January. VFW Tartan Patterned Kilts are coming! Do yo...
A Navy officer stationed in Pearl Harbor who deployed on a WestPac/Vietnam tour nearly five decades ago, John Bartley continues to live out his lifelong commitment to education and public service. Today, Bartley serves as a docent at the James Farm Ecological Preserve in his hometown of Ocean View, Delaware, and as an instructor for the Osher Lifel...
Veteran Dale Wysocki, 73, was born and raised in Las Vegas. He now lives in Pahrump, Nevada, with his wife of 20 years, Susan. Wysocki was in the Army from 1969 to 1975, including a year in Vietnam when he served as a helicopter crew chief and door gunner. “I enlisted at the age of 17 because I wanted to do my duty during the war,” he s...
WASHINGTON — We are saddened by the tragic loss of a veteran who died by suicide in the parking lot of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital yesterday. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and all who are grieving. Every loss of life in our veteran community is a solemn reminder of the challenges many continue to fac...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Dec. 7, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins a grateful nation as we mark the 84th anniversary of the unprovoked ambush that tragically claimed the lives of 2,403 American service members and civilians. That day remains the starkest reminder of the sudden, devastating price of f...
Statement of Meggan Coleman, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Medication Management in VA Healthcare WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and members of the committee, on...
Veterans are being prescribed powerful psychiatric medications, often several at once, without clear written information about the risks. Many were never warned about severe side effects or dangerous drug interactions. Others are left with few PTSD treatment options beyond medication, even when innovative therapies could offer real relief. This is ...
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