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KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has announced thewinnersof the 2021 NationalPublications Contest. Covering the 2020 calendar year, this year’s PublicationsContestgarnered 56 entries, surpassing last year’s 39 submissions. Entries for thecontestderived from 35 Posts/Districts and 10 Departments. There were fo...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has announced that the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible to hold its 122nd VFW National Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, July 31-August 5, 2021, as originally planned. “While the VFW is disappointed that our national convention will not ...
Statement of Patrick Murray, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veter...
Rocio Villanueva is #StillServing as a member of VFW Post 1513 in Escondido, California. She served in the U.S. Army for eight years, including a deployment to Iraq, and credits the VFW with helping her find what she was missing after returning home. “Transitioning from the military was really difficult for me. I felt like I had no purpose in...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) proudly announced today it has joined forces with Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) through a memorandum of understanding focused on increasing veterans’ access to a combined health and wellness network, while offering camaraderie and support from fellow service members, veterans ...
When former VFW Post 2146 Commander Bob Akins of Idaho Falls, Idaho, created the Veterans’ Appreciation Hockey Game in 2006, the motive was personal. As a Canadian native, Akins joined the U.S. Air Force in 1963 and served at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam from July 1966 to July 1967 with the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing Squadron. After returning...
Statement of Tammy Barlet, Associate Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For The Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health With Respect To “Pending Legislation” Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Brownley, Ranking Member Bergman, a...
Statement of Matthew Doyle, Deputy 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 Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Moore, and members o...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is now accepting entries for its 2021-22 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth scholarship competitions. The announcement comes less than two weeks after the VFW hosted its first-ever, virtual Parade of Winners where the top national winners of both contests were recognized. Ded...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three decades later, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) continues to pay tribute to the nearly 700,000 military men and women who served in the Gulf War. April 11 marks the 30th anniversary of the cease fire signed between the coalition and the Iraqi government, and we recognize and thank the veterans who fought and selfle...
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