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

• 'I Will Continue to Help Veterans'
  Growing up as a "voracious" reader, Wayne "Larry" Dandridge recognizes how powerful writing can be. Honest journalists, as he puts it, "…are one of the best and perhaps the most important checks on those most powerful in society." Dandridge, a member of VFW Post 7383 in Cary, North Carolina, has written more than 260 articles […]
• 1,300 Pounds of Food
  In October, VFW Post 12218 in Haymarket, Va., received a call from Steve Hood, a member of VFW Post 1177 in Leesburg, Virginia, and member of the Military Order of the Cootie, asking for help: The food pantry at the Martinsburg Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, was running short on food. The […]
• Photography 101
  Each issue of Checkpoint includes a callout for submissions. While submissions do come in, most have no photos and some with photos that are not acceptable for use. To increase your chances of seeing the good work of your Post in Checkpoint or even on the pages of VFW magazine, here are a few pointers […]
• VFW Still Serving Campaign Shatters Records
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) launched Still Serving in March 2020 to highlight how America's veterans continue to serve in their local communities after transitioning from the military. What started as a campaign became a movement as veterans across the world stepped up to share stories of their continued service. […]
• VFW Posts on Missouri River Attract Visitors
  VFW magazine is concluding its 125th Destination Post series in this issue. The series began in April 2024 with Posts in Maryland. Since then, Posts from Washington state to Rhode Island and areas in between have been featured. This final story takes VFW magazine readers to the "Heart of America," where two Missouri River town […]
• 'A Win-Win'
  VFW Post 9134 members welcomed hundreds to their 7th Annual Rita Hand Back to School Bash in August at Rockwell Park in Rockwell, North Carolina. Like in previous years, the event included games, a bounce house, a bubble machine, and vendors to accommodate its hundreds of participants, which included Rockwell Mayor Chuck Bowman and cadet […]