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As I talk to some of my peers that are either still on active duty or recently separated from the Army and tell them I am volunteering at the VFW, they commonly respond by asking, “So what are you doing? Sitting around drinking beer?” This is still a common misconception that many young veterans who’ve served in Iraq and Afghanis...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This past weekend, the VFW, along with many other veterans’ organizations, assisted with the Historical Soldiers Relocation Project, one of the largest memorial ceremonies in the nation to date. The remains of more than 50 Cavalry, Infantry Soldiers, Indian Scouts and dependants from the 1860’s-1884 were intern...
The VFW Communications Department has announced winners of the 2009 WebAward Competition. The Websites were judged based on navigation, load time, design, and overall content. Entries were divided into two separate categories; VFW Departments and VFW Posts/Districts. The first place winner in the Department category is theDepartment of South Caro...
WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest organization of combat veterans is very pleased with the administration’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs. “This is a very good budget,” said Glen M. Gardner Jr., the national commander of the 2.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U....
CHICAGO— Like many wives of deployed military personnel, Park Forest resident Rianne Toll is burdened by a heavy heart and a fuller plate. Her husband, Jeffrey Toll Jr., is in the Navy Reserve and has worked in an armory in Kuwait for the past eight months. His absence leaves the stay-at-home mom in charge of their three children - ages 1...
TAIPEI, Republic of China —President Ma Ying-jeou met with the Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Glen Gardner and former Commander-in-Chief Larry Rivers at the Presidential Office on the afternoon of May 5. The president extended a warm welcome to the visitors on their trip to Taiwan. President Ma noted ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Past VFW National Commander Cooper T. Holt passed away at his home on Friday, May 1, 2009. He was 85. Cooper T. Holt was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1956. At 32, he was the youngest Commander-in-Chief in the history of the organization. A World War II veteran, he joined VFW Post 1289, Cha...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — VFW has announced the winners of the 2009 National Publications Contest. Two full-time journalism professionals served as judges for the competition. The winning publications in each category are: Department Publications Large 1st Pennsylvania VFW News David Sandman, Editor 2nd Texas VFW News Roy Grona, Editor 3rd VFW Wisc...
WASHINGTON — In the Thursday Washington Times opinion editorial "Who Speaks for Veterans," Vets for Freedom member Gabe Ledeen maliciously impugned the 110-year-old reputation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. because he disagreed with the VFW response to a Department of Homeland Security threat assessment on radical extremist group...
VFW icon and veterans’ advocate Robley Rex died early Tuesday morning at a VA Medical Center in Kentucky at the age of 107. He passed away just four days before his 108th birthday. Rex was one of the oldest surviving WWI-era veterans, and the only surviving WWI-era veteran in Kentucky. After enlisting in the United States Army in 1919 and s...
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