Latest Releases

Nov 04 2024

VFW Announces National Initiative with the Grunt Style Foundation to Address Veterans’ Mental Health Needs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is honored to partner with the Grunt Style Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to providing life-changing resources for veterans, service members and their families, to raise awareness about the mental health needs of veterans, with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and promoting alternative treatment methods. This national collaboration aims to leverage the strengths of both nonprofit orga...

Nov 01 2024

VFW Honors National Native American Heritage Month

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) recognizes all service members and veterans of Indigenous heritage as we honor National Native American Heritage Month throughout November. Since the American Revolution, Native Americans have fought and died in our nation’s wars. We would not be able to enjoy the freedoms bestowed upon us today if it were not for their many sacrifices. They have shown us just how important this land is, how we must preserve it, and how muc...

Oct 28 2024

Providing Extraordinary Help

Veteran Jay Liss, who has a doctorate in psychiatry, is 83 and lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, Ellen “Joy.” They have two daughters, Jennifer and Jessica. Dr. Liss served as a captain in the Army for two years, spending one year in Vietnam treating patients as a medical officer and the rest of his time at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. Following his military service, Dr. Liss developed Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), neuropathy, skin cancer, hearing loss and mo...

Oct 25 2024

‘Thank You Doesn’t Seem Like Enough’

Marine Corps veteran Dustin Alley, 36, lives in Bristol, Connecticut, with his wife, Sarah, and their three children, Evan, Ethan and Katelyn. He was stationed in Beaufort, South Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona. Later, Alley deployed to Afghanistan as an air traffic controller. He served in the military for nine years and left as a sergeant. Alley was in eighth grade when 9/11 occurred, which influenced his decision to enlist. “My teacher, who was a Vietnam veteran, said, ‘T...

Oct 21 2024

‘We All Had This Desire to Come Together’

The second annual Remembering Women Veterans event at VFW Post 1790 in Valley Stream, New York, celebrated more than 30 attendees for their military service on May 15. Founded by VFW Life members Sheila Irby and Sharran Chambers-Murphy in 2023, the event was created as a safe space for women veterans to share their stories. It also offered help from VFW and other organizations that provide services to navigate civilian life. “We simply wanted to ensure all women veterans...