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Anyone who has worn a uniform overseas knows this is the most difficult time of year to be separated from family and friends.“It is easy to say ‘let us remember our troops’ during the Christmas season, but how many of us really understand the painful nobility of this sacrifice'” Bruce Kluger asked in USA Today last Christmas. “For those on active ...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is calling on Congress to stop appropriating federal funding for the Veterans Business Development Corporation, which is better known as The Veterans Corporation, or TVC. Congress created TVC in 1999 to provide military veterans with the resources and guidance necessary to start small bus...
HARRISBURG, Pa. —Ted Majewski was waiting in line to purchase what he described as a "fist full of phone cards" for his son, Jeff, who is currently serving in the Marine Corps. As he pulled out his wallet, he thought not only about his son, but also of all the brave servicemembers serving our country. Wondering what he could do to support th...
WASHINGTON — The nation's oldest major veterans' organization is urging its 2.2 million members to contact Congress and urge them to help America's businesses stay in business. "The image that is the United States of America is one of strength, compassion and ...
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Nein , a member of VFW Post 1170 in Middletown, Ky., didn’t have to come back here. He served in Iraq twice before and was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions as a squad leader under fire. If anyone could have gotten a pass, it was Nein. But he wouldn’t take it. Army...
WASHINGTON — More servicemembers may now qualify for Traumatic Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (TSGLI), because of newly expanded benefits resulting from a recent review by The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The review was to determine whether additional injuries/losses should be covered, whether the program was operating ef...
Robert F. Dorr’s December 1 commentary, “VFW, Legion must modernize in order to thrive” is interesting reading but regrettably focuses on archaic stereotypes that are simply re-hashing many of his embedded misunderstandings of what veterans service organizations really accomplish.The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. was founded in 1899 by Spa...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed his gratitude to the nation’s service members and their families in his annual Thanksgiving Day message. Video Here is the text of the secretary’s message: “In this season of hope, I want to say how uplifting it has been to get to know so many soldiers, sailors, airm...
WASHINGTON — In his 2008 Thanksgiving Day message, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted the wartime similarities between today and the proclamation of the national holiday 140 years ago. Here is the text of Mullen’s message: Citing the many blessings bestowed upon the United States, these timeless word...
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., gets so many holiday cards addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier" each year, they've enlisted the help of the Red Cross to handle them. Hospital officials can no longer accept cards addressed to the hospital. Instead, they're encouraging messages of support to be sent to the Red Cross "Ho...
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