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Family Of Soldier Accused Of Murdering Afghan Civilians Gets Help

Posted 04.30.2012

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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a congressionally chartered veterans group, is providing help for the family of Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier charged...

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Making a Difference: The World of Giving -- Hunger and Thankful Giving

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Kraft Foods, Philanthropy, Food Pantries, Hunger, Vfw, Senior Citizens, Volunteering, Charity, Thanksgiving, Habitat for Humanity, Pilgrims, Feeding America, Donations, ConAgra Foods, Foodbanks, Impact News
Lisa M. Dietlin

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".

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WATCH: LGBT Veterans Honored For First Time

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Vote, Gay Rights, Vfw, Veterans Day, LGBT Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Military Gays, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Veterans, Video, Gay Voices News

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...

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Dearborn, MI: Losing Ground - Veterans Groups Face Dwindling Membership

dearborn.patch.com | Posted 01.10.2012

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"It’s a problem that is happening all over the country. It's not just us."...

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Northfield, MN: A Change For The Ages - VFW Ladies Auxiliary Challenged By Aging Members

northfield.patch.com | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Northfield-Mn. Minnesota, Vfw, Home News

"They aren't getting the younger members. I don't think that they have the patriotism of giving as much to older servicemen."...

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Northfield, MN: A Change For The Ages - VFW Membership Dwindles

northfield.patch.com | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Northfield-Mn. Minnesota, Vfw, Veterans, Home News

"Our membership is dwindling. A lot of the young guys ... well, maybe they don’t want to join with us old guys, you know?"...

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Impostor Wrongfully Claims Cash Prize In Veteran's Lottery: Cops

AP | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Lottery, Jackpot, Pennsylvania, Vfw, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Pennsylvania Crime, Drawing, Cash Prize, Impostor, Malcolm Johnson, Corry, Daily Drawing, Cash, Lottery Impostor, Crime News

CORRY, Pa. (AP / The Huffington Post) -- State police in northwestern Pennsylvania are searching for a jackpot impostor. Police say someone pretend...

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Veterans of Foreign Wars: Meeting the Needs of a Changing Membership

Dorian de Wind | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Military, World Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan War, Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, Vfw, Frank Buckles, Austin Texas, Impact News
Dorian de Wind

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.

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Veterans Groups Turn To Twitter, Facebook

Army Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iava, Afghanistan War, Social Media, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Vfw, Twitter, Iraq War, Vietnam, Facebook, American Legion, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Technology News

Some traditional veterans' groups have updated their recruiting campaigns, using social media to attract younger veterans....

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Amanda Terkel

High-Level Military Panel: Ban On Women In Combat Is Discriminatory

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, US Military, Vfw, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Women Veterans, Military Leadership Diversity Commission, American Legion, Veterans, Military Commissions, Women Military, Women in Combat, Military, National Organization of Women, Military Diversity, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A high-level military advisory panel is set to recommend that the armed services overturn its policy barring women from serving in comba...

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Pearl Harbor Anniversary: The Day In Photos

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Veterans, Uss Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor Survivors@Y:World, Pearl Harbor Attack, Slidepollajax, Vfw, Wwii, Internment Camp, World War II, Veterans of Foreign War, Japan, Japanese Attack, World News

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...

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Goodbye/Hello 19 "Re-Branding the VFW's"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Veterans, Membership, Relevant, Vfw, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ptsd, Declining, Politics News
Patt Cottingham

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.

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Save Afghanistan? How About America?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil-Military Relations, League of Women Voters, Vfw, World Affairs Council, General Petraeus, Fourth of July, Rotc, General Mcchrystal, Peace Studies, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Casualty of War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

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.

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VFW Says Army Should Lose Arlington Cemetery

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Wounded Veterans, Brac, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans, White House, Vfw, Military, American Legion, Military Families, Healthcare, Politics News
Hal Donahue

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...

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Yellow Ribbon Stickers: they aren't working (and neither are a lot of veterans)

Clint Van Winkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clint Van Winkle

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...

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Ryan Grim

Vets Group Apologizes To Dems For Saying They 'Betrayed' Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Armed Services Committee, Health Care Reform Bill, Vfw, Va, Veterans Administration, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Tom Tradewell, Democrats, Veterans, Tricare, Ike Skelton, Ched Edwards, Joe Davis, Spina Bifida, Sam Farr, Vietnam Veterans, Health Care Reform, Thomas Tradewell, Politics News

Democrats extracted a rare apology from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) on Thursday, after the vets organization accused the party of "betraying" v...

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VFW Lies for the GOP, Attempts to Kill Health Care

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tammy Duckworth, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Va, Vfw, Veterns Affairs, Tricare, Republicans, Politics News
Richard Allen Smith

VFW PAC operates as little more than a subsidiary of the Republican Party, as does the leadership of their parent organization.

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Soldier Suicides: The War Condolences Obama Won't Send

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Maj. Gen. Mark Graham, Vfw, Afghanistan, Keesling, Soldier Suicides, Rotc, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Amy Goodman

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."

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News
Jon Soltz

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.

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We Remember the Dead by Helping the Living

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Veterans, Veteran's Rights, Iraq Veterans, John Miska, Vfw, Homeless Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans' Health Care, Vietnam Veterans, National Park Service, Buddy Poppies, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans and Homelessness, Veterans' Rights, Healthy Living News
John W. Whitehead

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.

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McCain No Friend to Vets

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mccain, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion, Vfw, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mccain Voting Record, Veterans, Disabled Veterans, John McCain, Politics News
Peter Dreier

McCain consistently voted against increasing funding for the Veterans' Administration, which oversees all medical care for veterans.

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What You Missed at the VFW Convention Yesterday

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Readiness, GI Bill, Military, Iava, Vfw, Wwii, Mccain, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

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.

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Obama Mentions Biden At VFW Speech

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Olbermann's Special Comment Should Be A Tipping Point

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vfw, Obama, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Special Comment, Mccain, John McCain, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

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.

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