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VFW members should mark their calendars now for the second annual VFW Day of Service is scheduled to kick off May 6. The inaugural event last year saw more than 400 Posts worldwide engaging in activities benefiting communities. According to VFW Communications Director Randi Law, 98 percent of Posts participating last year have already said they wil...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With its 2023 Legislative Conference just weeks away, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has launched its updated mobile event app to give attendees the tools needed to make the most of their visit to the nation’s capital. As the official guide to the 2023 VFW Legislative Conference, the VFW Events mobile app is avail...
WASHINGTON – Leading veterans service organizations the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) today released The Independent Budget Veterans’ Agenda for the 118th Congress: Budget for FY 2024-2025 and Critical Issues. The IB report provides funding estimates VA will req...
WASHINGTON — Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Commander Tim Borland traveled to Camp Kościuszko, Poznan, Poland, to visit with U.S. service members and learn about the American mission supporting NATO allies amid tensions with Russia. Accompanied by VFW Washington Office Deputy Director Ryan Gallucci, Chief Borland was able to meet wit...
Moving into a retirement community two years ago in Leesburg, Florida, Army veteran Nelson Gonzalez kindled a newfound passion for a game eight years his junior. A retired Army major, DEA supervisory special agent and investigation specialist with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Florida, Gonzalez can now add decorated competi...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to celebrate our nation’s African American service members, veterans and their families throughout the month of February, National Black History Month. When Carter G. Woodson set out in 1926 to establish a time to promote and educate people about Black history and culture, he want...
For Vietnam War veteran Jack Gardner, stepping aboard the USS Constitution, the Navy’s oldest commissioned ship, was a “bucket list item.” The Navy veteran’s dream became a reality on June 17, 2022, after he was invited aboard for the 50-year commemoration of the end of the Vietnam War. In spring 2021, Gardner, who served fr...
The hum of bagpipes called out to Frederick Benda Jr. a quarter century ago, and the Vietnam War veteran has not stopped playing them. Benda, a Life member of VFW Post 872 in Southwick, Massachusetts, was drawn to bagpipes for their ability to pulse together a soundtrack that without words could honor fellow veterans at all the funerals and memoria...
As soon as the LIVE icon lights up, listeners of WWPT, 90.3 FM, in Westport, Connecticut, can expectan award-winning broadcast from 17-year-old Jason Lessing, an avid sports podcaster. A Staples High School senior in Westport, Lessing’s sports podcast earned him and his partners The John Drury High School Radio Award for the best sports talk ...
ARLINGTON, Va. – The VFW and Humana are joining forces with multiple veterans organizations to collaborate on a new initiative focused on raising awareness about Veterans Service Officer (VSO) programs. With Humana’s support, PsychArmor, a national nonprofit and preferred training provider specializing in military culture awareness, is ...
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