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Like his father, veteran Barry Reaves, 45, joined the Army because he wanted to serve his country. Throughout his 24 years of service, he was deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea, and Germany. The Dorchester, Massachusetts, native and father of two, Isabella, 9, and Benjamin, 12, retired as a Sergeant First Class. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stre...
“I had a very rough transition out of the Army,” said veteran Brandon White. “It wasn’t until I returned to school that I got back on my feet.” White, 34, left the military in 2012. Today, he lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with his “amazing and supportive” wife Jessica and their four children Aubrey, Da...
When James Reese Beaty was honorably discharged from the Army in December 1991, the next chapter of his life would carry the need to continue serving. The upstate South Carolina native returned home and began working for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office as a detention officer. There, in the spring of 1998, he discovered how hecould help. ...
Statement of Emily Devito, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To “Removing Barriers to Veteran Homeownership” Washington, D.C. Chairma...
WASHINGTON — On this day 80 years ago, the sleeping giant was violently awakened. America in 1941 was working on itself. Following the end of the Great Depression in 1939, Americans were just beginning their economic recovery and had returned to their isolationist stance on foreign affairs. Even though they were upset with the carnage ravishi...
In the small town of Clinton, Maryland, about 20 miles south of the nation’s capital, Friday afternoons set the stage for what’s become a local tradition. Amidst social and economic hardships brought on by the global pandemic in 2020, VFW Post 9376 in Clinton presented its community with an alternative to social gatherings by hosting dr...
Jacob Chapman Sr. was a 39-yearold Army vet who served withthe 48th Brigade as a medic in Bosnia. He had a wife and five children when he died suddenly on July 30, 2020, in Panama City Beach, Florida. With a 70 percent VA disability rating, Chapman was a master woodworker and owned a custom cabinet shop. He was the sole source of income for his fam...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The more than 1.5 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Auxiliary is saluting the life of one of their own, retired U.S. Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.). “The senator’s story is an American story," said VFW National Commander Fritz Mihelcic, who said like young Americans everywhere, 19-year-old Bob ...
Jeremy Miller lives to shatter preconceived barriers, basking in the enlightenment waiting on the other end of them. As a former Green Beret, it comes with the territory. With an insatiable thirst for clawing at his limitations, he followed a final tour of duty in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard in 2010 by taking up ultra running The Westf...
Alex McKenna has been part of the VFW family since he was 5 years old. His enthusiasm for the VFW has only grown now that he is a member. Mostrecently, he worked to charter a new Post in Virginia in less than six months. McKenna’s grandfather, who was a WWII veteran, was a charter member of Post 7462 in Piermont, New York. His dad, a Vietnam ...
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