Latest Veteran News Feed

• Police bodycam of homeless Army vet’s controversial arrest released
  September 9, 2022 by Rachel Nostrant
  An attorney assisting the veteran hopes the release of the bodycam will push Gastonia police to take accountability for the incident.
• Army veteran sentenced to 7 years in prison on Capitol riot charges
  August 11, 2022 by Michael Kunzelman
  Thomas Robertson will get credit for the 13 months he has already spent in custody.
• Biden signs burn pit exposure health bill into law
  August 10, 2022 by Leo Shane III, Jonathan Lehrfeld
  Biden called the PACT Act one of the most important changes to veteran support policies in decades.
• Remains of WWII soldier identified as North Carolina man
  August 10, 2022 by The Associated Press
  Army Pfc. David Owens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be determined, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
• What are military burn pits? And why are veterans worried about them?
  August 10, 2022 by Leo Shane III
  The fires used in combat zones to dispose of waste may have caused serious illnesses in hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members.
• Truck driver acquitted in deaths of 7 ‘Jarhead’ motorcyclists in 2019
  August 9, 2022 by Holly Ramer, The Associated Press
  The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning the verdict.

Latest Air Force News

• 3D animation shows the inner-workings of an AR-15
  August 11, 2022 by Sarah Sicard
  The video explains why the rifle is such an efficient, and ultimately dangerous, weapon.
• Everything we know Gen. Milley has told the Jan. 6 panel
  August 11, 2022 by Irene Loewenson
  Here is all of the publicly released testimony by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in one place.
• Air Mobility Command to give pregnant airmen more privacy under new directive
  August 11, 2022 by Rachel Nostrant
  Under the new guidance, pregnant airmen will be given a general 30-day profile that only documents mobility, duty and fitness requirements restrictions.
• The National Guard has a new weapon in the fight for COVID vaccination
  August 11, 2022 by Rachel Cohen
  The National Guard is shipping doses of Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine out to units in hopes it will help shrink the number of unvaccinated Guardsmen who face expulsion.
• Pentagon reviewing how DC Guard is called up for duty
  August 11, 2022 by Rachel Cohen
  A decision could come in the next six months, National Guard Chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson told Military Times.
• Iranian charged in plot to murder former National Security Advisor John Bolton
  August 10, 2022 by J.D. Simkins
  The murder-for-hire was reportedly in response to the U.S. assassination of Qassim Soleimani, commander of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force.

VFW at Work

• 'Be Brave Enough to Put Yourself Out There!'
  Army veteran Prinisa Desir, 27, served three years at Fort Carson in Colorado. "I joined because I was looking for a sense of purpose in my life after high school," she said. Desir expressed her gratitude for the VFW's "Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship." The aid took care of the remaining tuition expenses that […]
• 'We Can Come Together'
  VFW Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Cory Geisler participated in the 15th annual Ron Davies Memorial VFW Air Lift in Centennial, Colorado, on Dec. 14, hosted by VFW Post 9644. The event, which was born out of a love of aviation between Davies and his daughter, Brittany Davies, serves to give back to those in need, especially […]
• Assistance Helps Veteran Face His 'Demons'
  Veteran Floyd B. Banks, 71, lives in Pahrump, Nevada, with his wife, Bobbi. The couple has a blended family that includes three sons, Carl, Tavis and Jerry and one daughter, Lina. Banks enlisted in the Navy in 1972. "I was raised with a sense of duty and respect for my country," he said. "I was […]
• 'It Makes My Day When I Can Help'
  Martin J. Barrett, 74, lives in Henderson, Nevada. He has six children: Brion, Jennifer, Melinda, Rebbeca, Jessica and Andrea. Barrett was handpicked by his local draft board in June 1970 and began serving. He served in the Army for 19 months, including nine months in Vietnam. Barrett began helping veterans with their disability claims in […]
• 'Your Future Self Will Thank You'
  Dominick Kuczynski, 33, and his wife, Alexandra, live in Prescott, Arizona, with their three dogs, Kenobi, Kasia and Kingsley. Before settling in the Southwest, Kuczynski served in the Army for 14 years. "I decided to join because I believed in helping and protecting others that needed assistance," he said. Kuczynski has that same mentality when […]
• 'It's A Win-Win'
  Volunteers at the 126th VFW National Convention in Columbus, Ohio – the birthplace of the VFW – participated in the seventh-annual Uniting to Combat Hunger (UTCH) seed-sorting event, which aims to help families affected by food insecurity. The event, hosted by VFW in partnership with Humana on Aug. 9, welcomed waves of volunteers throughout the […]