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A VFW Post in New Jersey will show why it is called the Garden State. VFW Post 7925 Commander Brian Gallagher announced in July that the Post and community are coming together to build a “green space” for Fairfield residents to enjoy. The garden is named Schlapfer Gardens in honor of Warren Schlapfer, a late World War II veteran and VFW...
Background Reform to military retirement pay and disability compensation policy is long overdue. Many of our nation’s combat-disabled veterans are prohibited by Congress from receiving their full earned Department of Defense retirement pay and Department of Veterans Affairs service-connected disability compensation. Over 50,000 retirees with ...
Since 2019, VFW Post 2667 and its Auxiliary members have donated canned food and peanut butter and jelly to the One Roof Ecumenical Alliance Outreach in their hometown of Newnan, Ga., as well as Bridging the Gap, the Salvation Army and The I-58 Mission. According to Janet Alford, secretary/historian of Post 2667 Auxiliary, members are encouraged to...
Starting in January 2024, VFW will gradually move to transition VFW magazine to a digital-only publication by 2028. Each year, VFW publishes and mails 10 issues of the magazine to all VFW members and VFW magazine subscribers. Beginning in January 2024, six of those issues will be printed and mailed. The other four issues will be digital issues avai...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano, and members of the committee, on behalf of ...
James Conaway, 61, and his wife, Kelly, live in Asheboro, North Carolina. They have two sons, Zachary and Bryn-Marc, and two grandchildren, Meredith and Miles. Before settling in Asheboro, Conaway served in the Army and Army Reserves for 33 years. He began as an infantry officer and retired as a colonel. Assignments took him all over the United Sta...
Prior to the PACT Act veterans were given 10 years after separation of their service to enroll into the VA health care system. A special enrollment period was granted through the signing of last year’s Honoring Our PACT Act, which allows veterans who are outside of that 10-year window to enroll for health care through a special window of elig...
WASHINGTON — With President Joe Biden’s executive order issued July 14, approving the mobilization of select reservists of the Armed Forces to active duty to support Operation Atlantic Resolve, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Commander Tim Borland is renewing his call for the Department of Defense to award the Armed Forces Exped...
Navy veteran Brandi Rice, 57, lives in Wichita, Kansas, with her former shipmate and husband of 32 years, John. “Together, we have raised three wonderful daughters: Cori, Kyra and Kassidy,” she said. Before becoming a wife and mother, Rice set out to travel the world while continuing a family tradition. “My father, grandfather and...
Jaime Santiago, 35, and his wife, Carleen, live in Mount Royal, New Jersey, with their children, Arthur and Lilliana. Like others in his family, the father felt a calling to serve. “My father was my inspiration to join the military, along with several of my uncles who were in the Marine Corps and Army,” he said. In 2021, Santiago, a pro...
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