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Six years after his original lawsuit against the state of Texas for not following the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act (USERRA), retired Army Capt. LeRoy Torres was awarded $2.49 million by a Texas jury on Sept. 29. An Army Reservist who lost his job as a Texas state trooper when he suffered a service-connected disability ...
Growing up in the small community of Cape May, New Jersey, Gabrielle Masterson had a fascination with outer space. More focused on the arts and less on math and science, Masterson would paint pictures of space and the planets. “I found space amazing and terrifying at the same time,” Masterson said. During her junior and senior years of ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is now accepting submissions for its 2024 National Publications Contest. VFW publications published up to four times annually, or five or more times annually, will be judged in four categories. The categories are: Department-level publications: Newspaper/Newsletter Define...
A study published in July claims a type of polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) used in the military is linked to testicular cancer in airmen. The toxin is a component in firefighting foam, such as aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), which is used to extinguish liquid-based fires. A medical journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, published an article...
Raquel Riley Thomas was motivated to enlist by her family’s legacy of service. “My grandmother and her brother served, as did my mother and her sister. I felt a deep sense of duty to continue the tradition of service to my country,” she said. Thomas spent nine years in the Army, and today, she is a member of VFW Post 10822. Her pa...
WASHINGTON – With 2023 drawing to a close, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) extends a heartfelt season’s greetings and its warmest wishes for a peaceful holiday season to all of our nation’s veterans, service members, and their families and advocates. While we enjoy togetherness and celebrate this festive time of year, let us ke...
WASHINGTON –On Dec. 20, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins in with our grateful nation in celebrating the fourth birthday of the newest branch of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Space Force. Established on Dec. 20, 2019, when the National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, the United States Space Force (USSF) became a se...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce VFW Director of Member Services David Prohaska, was awarded the Patriot Award today by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) department during a special presentation at VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce that it has been awarded aWounded Warrior Project® grant that will continue to aid the VFW’s efforts to assist and ensure transitioning military receive their earned disability compensation benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Since its first award to ...
Veteran Andres Reyes Sr., 53, lives in Vallejo, California, and has a wife, Mary Grace-Morgan Reyes, and four children, Andres Jr., Alexander, Tatyana and Dominique. He enlisted in the Navy to continue a family legacy. “I’m a fifth-generation service member. My family has served through every war or conflict, including World War I, Worl...
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