Recovering Money for Veterans 'Means a Lot'
For Reginald Sims, becoming a veterans service officer was not something he planned. But once he got started, it became his passion. Sims has been the accredited VFW service officer at the Madison...
View ArticleVFW to Deliver Veterans' Voice to Congress
WASHINGTON - More than 500 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary are arriving in the nation's capital this weekend to urge their respective members of Congress to...
View ArticleVFW Concerned With VA MISSION Act Implementation
WASHINGTON - This morning, during testimony before a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. called for full congressional oversight...
View ArticlePresident Releases FY 2020 Budget Request
WASHINGTON - The president's federal spending plan for fiscal year 2020 adds 30,000 more troops and proposes a 3.1-percent military pay raise. It would also increase the Department of Veterans Affairs...
View ArticleVA Recommends Dropping Blue Water Navy Legal Battle
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for saying during congressional testimony yesterday that he would recommend the...
View ArticleTake Action: Tell Congress to End the Widow's Tax Now!
More than 65,000 surviving military spouses and dependents are unjustly penalized because their loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Similar to life insurance, the Survivor Benefit...
View ArticleHouse VA Committee Passes Blue Water Navy Act
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting the House Veterans Affairs Committee for unanimously passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019. The...
View ArticleHouse Unanimously Passes Blue Water Navy Veterans Act!
WASHINGTON - The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting the U.S. House of Representatives for unanimously passing H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam...
View ArticleVFW Salutes Spouse Relicensing Costs Reimbursement
The Army and Air Force announced new programs this week that will reimburse military spouse relicensing and recertification costs if a permanent change of station moves them across state lines. Both...
View ArticleVFW Urges President to Quickly Sign Blue Water Navy Act
WASHINGTON - The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is urging President Trump to quickly sign into law H.R. 299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019,...
View ArticleIvy League Student Brings a Veteran's Perspective to Capitol Hill
When Army veteran Chad Baer applied for the VFW-Student Veterans of America (SVA) fellowship last year, he already was independently working on better understanding the topic of burn pits. He was...
View ArticleVFW 'Instrumental' in Passing GI Bill
Future VFW Commander-in-Chief Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney was determined to make sure the original GI Bill came to a vote in May 1944. Kearney, then a representative of New York's 32nd District, knew the...
View ArticleSCOTUS Rules on Bladensburg Peace Cross
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision that the World War I memorial in the shape of a 40-foot-tall cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland. The high...
View ArticleBlue Water Navy Act Now Law!
WASHINGTON - The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is saluting the president for signing the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 into law last night....
View ArticleVFW Snaps 27 Year Membership Decline
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 120-year-young Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States just added almost 25,000 members to snap a 27-year decline in membership. America's largest and oldest war veterans'...
View ArticleApplications Open for 2020 VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Student Veterans of America (SVA) are now accepting applications from student veterans who are interested in participating in the...
View ArticleVeteran Who Always Gives Back to Others Receives Help From the VFW
When "retired" Major General Mike Regner was approached by the Marine Corps to continue his service as a senior mentor, he didn't skip a beat when he responded "Absolutely!" "It just means I get to...
View ArticleVFW Statement on U.S. Military Dependents Overseas
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars is very concerned that the dependent children of U.S. service members and government employees stationed overseas, and who are also legal permanent residents...
View ArticleVFW Statement on Wolfe v. Wilkie
WASHINGTON - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is applauding the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, who in a 2-1 decision Monday, correctly ruled for the plaintiffs in Wolfe v....
View ArticleVFW Statement on New Southern Border Initiative
WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense announced plans last week to divert $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build or replace 175 miles of southern border fencing. The reprogramming of...
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