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3rd ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY BANQUET

FOOD, FUN @ FIREWORKS All are Welcome!!


Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Joining the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is faster than ever for #Veterans. We’ve updated the eligibility verification process—greatly eliminating delays.


VA Finally Accepting Applications For Veteran ID Cards

VA Finally Accepting Applications For Veteran ID Cards


VFW-Sport Clips Scholarship Program Tops $4 Million!

Program names 118 student veterans to share $550,000 this spring semester


Germantown native helps found first VFW in Australia

Germantown native Steven Sartain is one of the founding officers of the very first and only Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts in Australia. Mount Hawthorn Post 12163 was chartered on May 7 and made history as being the first VFW Post chapter created in Australia.


A Veteran’s ashes are in limbo in Cambodia; VFW members want to help

The ashes of Air Force veteran Jimmie Herschal Sillavan are still being held by a Cambodian funeral home nearly two years after his death.


Broadview native Cherish McNamara among the founders of the first VFW post in Australia

Broadview Heights native Cherish McNamara, pictured with her children, Liam and Cailin, is senior vice commander at the first and only VFW post in Australia. Read about her journey, from serving as a pilot in the Air Force to achieving the rank of major.


VFW help Rovers

Rover Crew of Subiaco associate with Post 12163 and assist with 4th of July, VFW rewards crew.


Chillicothe native and former Lancaster resident runs Australian VFW post

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12163 may be in Western Australia, but it has a decidedly Ohio flavor to it. Post Commander James Maughmer was born in Chillicothe and is a former Lancaster resident.


Dist V Video Conference Meeting Procedures

New Policy Procedures for Video Meetings


National Day of Service

National Day of Service at VA Cemeteries on 9/11 with Carry The Load


Student Loan Forgiveness

President Trump: "I'm taking executive action to ensure that our wounded warriors are not saddled with mountains of student debt.”


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VFW Remembers D-Day


VFW Acknowledges Pride Month


VFW Commemorates Memorial Day


VFW Commemorates Armed Forces Day


VFW Troubled by Reports of Veterans Moved for Profit


Ace Hardware Honors Fallen Heroes with 1 Million American Flags


Winners of VFW Publication Contest Announced


VFW Hosts Second Annual Day of Service


BURGER KING to Give Back to Veterans this Month


VFW Commemorates Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month


VFW Honored as Gold Stevie Award Winner in American Business Awards


VFW Asks Speaker of the House to Honor the Promises of the PACT Act


The Washington Post Editorial Board Wants Veterans to Forfeit Earned Benefits


VFW Commemorates National Vietnam War Veterans Day


VFW Announces Top Teachers in National Contest


VFW Delegation Returns to Southeast Asia


VFW Proudly Sponsors Bataan Memorial Death March


Boozman Receives VFW Congressional Award


VFW Continues to Press Congress to Pass Legislation Positively Impacting Veterans, Service Members


Longtime Veterans Advocate to Lead VFW National Veterans Service


VFW Crowns 2023 National Youth Scholarship Winners


VFW to Deliver 2023 Priority Goals on Capitol Hill


VFW Names First Post-9/11 Veteran to Lead Washington Office


VFW Commemorates Women's History Month


VFW Legislative Conference App Now Available


Leading Veterans Service Organizations Release Annual Report Ahead of White House Budget Release


VFW National Commander Visits Troops in Poland


VFW Commemorates National Black History Month


VFW Urges POTUS to Support Repeal of Concurrent Receipt Policy


Sport Clips Haircuts Donates Another $1.5M for Help A Hero Veterans' Scholarships


Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


VFW Joins Navy Secretary in Ceremony Honoring Hero


New VFW Initiative to Safeguard Toxic-Exposed Veterans


VFW, SVA Name 2023 Student Veteran Finalists for Legislative Fellowship


VFW Announces Annual Publications Contest


Happy Holidays From the VFW


Happy Birthday US Space Force!


Marking Milestones in Iraq


VFW Action Alert: Last Chance for Congress to Support Veterans this Year


VFW Remembers Pearl Harbor


'Thanks for the Heroes Among Us'


VFW, BMBFC Law Collaborate to assist with Camp Lejeune Claims


Be Proud of Your VFW on Veterans Day


"The Greatest of All Leathernecks"


VFW, Bergmann & Moore Collaborate to Assist with Camp Lejeune Claims


VFW Commemorates National Native American Heritage Month Observance


Ohio BURGER KING Franchise Donates $75,000 to VFW Unmet Needs


Happy Birthday US Navy!


Legal Loophole: Some Contracts Skirt Protections for Service Members


Veterans Win When You 'Help A Hero'


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3rd ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY BANQUET

FOOD, FUN @ FIREWORKS All are Welcome!!

Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

Joining the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry is faster than ever for #Veterans. We’ve updated the eligibility verification process—greatly eliminating delays.

District News

Important Info for District 5 Members

Dist V Video Conference Meeting Procedures

New Policy Procedures for Video Meetings

National Day of Service

National Day of Service at VA Cemeteries on 9/11 with Carry The Load

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VFW Remembers D-Day

WASHINGTON - Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) pauses to remember the more than 156,000 brave Allied troops who landed by ...

VFW Acknowledges Pride Month

WASHINGTON - June is Pride Month, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins the nation in recognizing LGBTQI+ veterans and serv...