VFW Supports Expanding Fertility Treatment Options for Veterans WASHINGTON (June 13, 2016) — The nation’s largest and oldest major combat veterans’ organization sent a letter to Congress today in strong support of a provision to expand fertility treatment options for veterans who lost their ability to have children as a direct result of their service-connected…
VFW Action Corps Weekly – June 10, 2016 In This Issue: VFW Testifies before DNC Platform Committee Commission on Care Meets to Discuss Final Report House Oversight Hearing on VA Academic Affiliations Senate Passes Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act MIA Update VFW Testifies before DNC Platform Committee: On Thursday, the director of national legislative service,…
VFW Announces its Freedoms Foundation High School Teacher Award Winners More than 1,200 nominations were received KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 9, 2016) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is pleased to announce five high school teachers have been selected to receive a special grant as part of a new initiative…
VFW Action Corps Weekly – June 3, 2016 In This Issue: No Confused Politics at VFW VFW Responds to McCain Attack SECNAV Signs New Administrative Separation Policy VA Announces Partnership to Empower Women Veterans TRICARE Pharmacy Emergency Procedures in Texas Check Your Voter Registration D-Day Commemoration USPS Unveils New Service Cross Stamp MIA Update No…
VFW Announces Winners of Its Annual Scout of the Year Scholarship Competition Three Scouts rise above peers in national competition KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 3, 2016) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is proud to announce the top three winners of the 2015-16 Scout of the Year scholarship competition. Enacted…
VFW, DAV, Legion Respond to McCain Attack WASHINGTON (June 2, 2016) — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) attacked the nation’s largest and most influential veterans’ service organizations last Friday by alleging they were opposed to the Veterans Choice Program that created a new, but temporary, option for veterans to receive health care from non-Department of Veterans…
VFW to Obama: ‘No Confused Politics Here’ WASHINGTON (June 2, 2016) — In defending his administration’s handling of the economy, President Obama took a swipe at the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States yesterday by alleging it was confused by rightwing media pundits and outlets. During a speech in Elkhart, Ind., the president…
VFW Auxiliary Announces 2016 Continuing Education Scholarship Winners Four $1,000 Scholarships Awarded, one in each of the four Auxiliary Conferences Kansas City, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) Auxiliary is pleased to announce the winners of its annual Continuing Education Scholarship. Four $1,000 scholarships were awarded, one in each…
