A con artist has been preying on the generosity of sympathetic veterans and has managed to bilk numerous VFW Posts around the country out of as much as $400 each by posing as either a veteran who has “filled out an application” to join a specific Post or as a current VFW member. The scammer [...]

The Ladies Auxiliary recently named several national program winners: Young American Creative Patriotic Art First Place Savanah Miller Sponsored by Auxiliary 6143, Weatherford, Oklahoma See all the art winners here Junior Girls Scholarship KRYSTA BROWN Santa Barbara, CA 2008-2009 National Junior Girls Scholarship First-Place Recipient Find out more here Outstanding Young Volunteer of the Year [...]

In This Issue: 1. VA Committees Hold Hearings on CARES 2. House Committee Clears Advanced Funding/Other Vet Bills 3. Defense Bill Update 1. VA Committees Hold Hearings on CARES: This week, VFW testified before both House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees on the future of VA’s health infrastructure. VFW has been supportive of VA’s Capitol [...]

(via The Pentagon Channel)

WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today [June 5] that it has entered into more than 700 agreements with institutions of higher learning across the nation to participate in the Post-9/11 GI Bill”s “Yellow Ribbon Program.” Many schools signed agreements for participation in not only undergraduate programs, but graduate and doctoral programs [...]

In This Issue: 1. House Committee Marks up Vet Bills 2. Healthcare Bill for Women Veterans Cleared 3. House VA Committee Hearings 4. Japan Apologizes to American POWs 5. McHugh Tapped for Army Secretary 1. House Committee Marks up Vet Bills: Several VFW-supported bills cleared their respective subcommittees this week. All of the bills now [...]

In an open letter, VFW Commander-in-Chief Glen Gardner is urging his 1.6 million members to help OEF/OIF veterans cope with the stresses of war. Dear Comrades: There is an enemy in our midst that is having a devastating effect on our servicemen and women in the field and at home. That enemy is stress. Since [...]

(Via VFW Wisconsin) Mojave veterans memorial By Glen M. Gardner Jr. Many Americans think of Memorial Day as a three-day weekend at the beach, but to those of us who have worn the uniform and to our families, who also have sacrificed, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. Remembering is what a group of [...]