VFW Awards Nearly $790,000 in College Tuition for Veterans More than 170 student veterans have been awarded scholarships for the fall semester KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 7, 2018) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is pleased to announce 172 student veterans have been chosen as 2018 fall semester recipients of the VFW’s…
VFW Action Corps Weekly August 3, 2018 In This Issue: 1. North Korea Returns Presumed U.S. Remains 2. Senate Hearing on Blue Water Navy, Korean DMZ & Thailand Vets 3. Defense Authorization Bill Heads to President’s Desk 4. GI Bill Changes Are Coming 5. VFW Looking for Feedback from VA Employees 6. MIA Update Click…
VFW Action Corps Weekly July 27, 2018 In This Issue: 1. VFW Elects New National Commander 2. North Korea Begins Returning MIA Remains 3. More Korean and Cold War Family DNA Sought 4. Senate Confirms Wilkie as Secretary of Veterans Affairs 5. NDAA Conference Report Includes VFW Priorities 6. House Passes Important Veterans Legislation 7.…
VFW Urges MIA Families to Provide DNA Samples Return of American MIAs from North Korea begins WASHINGTON (July 27, 2018) — Now that North Korea has unilaterally turned over 55 boxes of remains believed to contain missing American servicemen from the Korean War, the new national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the…
VFW Incredibly Encouraged with Return of Remains from North Korea WASHINGTON (July 27, 2018) — “The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is incredibly encouraged by the news that North Korea has returned 55 boxes of remains believed to be U.S. service members who have been missing in action since the Korean War,”…
VFW Elects Vincent ‘B.J.’ Lawrence as New National Commander ‘There’s an energy in this organization that’s just chomping at the bit to be released’ KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 25, 2018) — Vincent “B.J.” Lawrence, of Alamogordo, N.M., was elected today as the new national commander of the 1.2 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the…
