Veterans Corner



VA Budget Hearings

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held an oversight hearing on VA’s budget request for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Both Chairman Mike Bost (IL-12)…






Independent Budget Released

Leading veterans service organizations (VSOs) –– Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), DAV (Disabled American Veterans), and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) –– have released The…



VFW Visits Forward-Deployed Troops

The VFW is continuing its long tradition of visiting forward-deployed troops. VFW National Commander Tim Borland and VFW Washington Office Deputy Director Ryan Gallucci traveled…





VFW Sets 2023 Priority Goals

The 118th Congress is now in session. Although there were significant legislative victories for veterans in 2022, there is still work to be done. The…










Veterans Day is Nov. 11

Veterans Day Events The National Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. The public is invited to…


Annual DOD Report Released

The Department of Defense (DOD) released the DOD Annual Report on Suicide in the Military for 2021. In 2021, 519 service members died by suicide,…



Cost of Living Increase for Vets, Survivors

The president signed VFW-supported H.R. 7846, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022, into law. Certain VA benefits including disability compensation, clothing allowances, and dependency…



House Hearing on Suicide Prevention

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs conducted a hearing on VA programs for suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, and VA-sponsored research and community efforts. VFW National…



VFW Fall Legislative Conference

The VFW National Legislative Committee members met with senators, representatives, and staffers in Washington, D.C., to discuss the VFW’s legislative priorities and to thank them…







VFW Commander-in-Chief Dies

VFW Headquarters, KANSAS CITY, Mo. – It is with great sorrow that the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) announces the passing of past VFW Commander-in-Chief…




House Passes Amended Pact Act

The Senate-amended Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring our PACT Act. passed…




House Passes Strong Act

The House passed VFW supported H.R. 6411, Support The Resiliency of Our Nation’s Great (STRONG) Veterans Act of 2022. The bill would improve VA’s mental…


Senate Passes The Pact Act

The newly titled Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, known as the Honoring our PACT Act,…