VFW Unmet Needs Program Tops $6 Million in Aid

VFW Unmet Needs Program Tops $6 Million in Aid Program succeeds in meeting the ‘Unmet Needs’ of military families KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 4, 2016) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce that its Unmet Needs program has now exceeded $6 million in financial assistance grants that have so…

VFW Action Corps Weekly – November 4, 2016

VFW Action Corps Weekly – November 4, 2016 In This Issue: Still Time to Vote Absentee in General Election Veterans Day in Washington Vietnam Era Health Study National Family Caregivers Month VA Center for Women Veterans Meeting Nominate a Hero Shop Amazon, Support the VFW Foundation MIA Update Still Time to Vote Absentee in General…

BURGER KING Restaurants Launch Annual VFW Fundraiser

BURGER KING Restaurants Launch Annual VFW Fundraiser Funds raised to support the VFW’s Unmet Needs troop assistance program KANSAS CITY, Mo. – November 1, 2016 – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is pleased to announce that for the tenth consecutive year, participating BURGER KING ® restaurants will raise funds for the VFW Unmet Needs program throughout the month of November.…

VFW Action Corps Weekly – October 28, 2016

VFW Action Corps Weekly – October 28, 2016 In This Issue: VFW Wants POTUS Involvement in Bonus Payback Crisis TRICARE Removes Cost Barriers for Preventive and Mental Health MyHealtheVet Update Help A Hero Scholarship Campaign MIA Update VFW Wants POTUS Involvement in Bonus Payback Crisis: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter this week ordered the Defense…

VFW Calls on POTUS to End Bonus Payback Issue Now

VFW Calls on POTUS to End Bonus Payback Issue Now ‘The president can end all this by executive order’   WASHINGTON (October 28, 2016) — Secretary of Defense Ash Carter this week ordered the Defense Finance and Accounting Services to “suspend all efforts to collect reimbursements from affected California National Guard members, effective as soon…

VFW Calls Bonus Payback Requirement Insulting

VFW Calls Bonus Payback Requirement Insulting California Guardsmen ordered to return reenlistment bonuses WASHINGTON (October 24, 2016) — The Los Angeles Times reported this weekend that nearly 10,000 California Army National Guard soldiers are being forced to repay decade-old reenlistment bonuses of $15,000 or more because the National Guard failed to properly screen reenlistments for…