Family Of Soldier Accused Of Murdering Afghan Civilians Gets Help
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a congressionally chartered veterans group, is providing help for the family of Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier charged...
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a congressionally chartered veterans group, is providing help for the family of Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier charged...
Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 01.16.2012
During this time of year, many local grocery stores as well as chains, offer the opportunity for shoppers to purchase a bag of food, a meal or to drop off a food item in a "food barrel".
Posted 01.12.2012
This year's Veterans Day was a special one for many -- marking the first time the national holiday was observed since the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Do...
dearborn.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012
"It’s a problem that is happening all over the country. It's not just us."...
northfield.patch.com | Posted 01.09.2012
"They aren't getting the younger members. I don't think that they have the patriotism of giving as much to older servicemen."...
northfield.patch.com | Posted 01.08.2012
"Our membership is dwindling. A lot of the young guys ... well, maybe they don’t want to join with us old guys, you know?"...
AP | Posted 10.31.2011
CORRY, Pa. (AP / The Huffington Post) -- State police in northwestern Pennsylvania are searching for a jackpot impostor. Police say someone pretend...
Dorian de Wind | Posted 06.13.2011
Veterans who are finally returning home from arduous combat duty in far-away places after long absences from their loved ones have different needs than the older, established veterans.
Army Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Some traditional veterans' groups have updated their recruiting campaigns, using social media to attract younger veterans....
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- A high-level military advisory panel is set to recommend that the armed services overturn its policy barring women from serving in comba...
Posted 05.25.2011
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Sixty-nine years after Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, survivors of the attack are due to gather at the base to remem...
Patt Cottingham | Posted 05.25.2011
In World World I, World War II, and Korea returning veterans used the VFW's as clubs to meet socially, have a drink, and contribute to the communities they were in. Here is an 11-step plan for re-branding and re-imagining VFW's nationwide.
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
Barring an open and democratic dialogue about what our military is for in today's world we'll continue to have frustrated Generals and we'll risk more lives.
AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- The secretary of the Army vowed today to clean up the management mess at Arlington National Cemetery, but a spokesman for the nation's l...
Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011
The Department of Defense (DoD) is denying our troops the best medical treatment. "From: Perry, Cyndi I Ms CIV USA MEDCOM HQ Sent: Thursday, April 0...
Clint Van Winkle | Posted 05.25.2011
It's easy to say you support the troops, but numbers prove that the support often stops with the placement of a yellow ribbon on the back of a car. 1...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
Democrats extracted a rare apology from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on Thursday, after the vets organization accused the party of "betraying" v...
Richard Allen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
VFW PAC operates as little more than a subsidiary of the Republican Party, as does the leadership of their parent organization.
Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011
Gregg Keesling said that when he and his wife went to Dover Air Force Base to greet their son's coffin, a master sergeant said: "I'm greeting a suicide body almost every day. There's something going on."
Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011
I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.17.2011
Clearly, we have not done enough for our veterans. That's why it's so infuriating that when someone finally does, government bureaucrats try to stop them.
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain consistently voted against increasing funding for the Veterans' Administration, which oversees all medical care for veterans.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011
Thanks to the new GI Bill, hundreds of thousands of troops sitting in Humvees and walking the streets of Iraq can afford to dream bigger dreams.
ABC | Posted 05.25.2011
Tea leaves in Orlando? Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, is speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here in Orlando, Florida, though the pol...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
I am hoping that circulation of Olbermann's special comment regarding John McCain's intolerable insistence on branding his opponent a traitor effectively disqualifies him as a candidate for president.
Posted 04.30.2012