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Andrea Melcher served in Afghanistan as a member of the special ops support unit, but much of her time was spent assisting the 75th Ranger Regiment as a member of the tactical human intelligence team. After service, SGT Melcher joined VFW Post 9126 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. While she was pulling its float in a Veterans Day parade, Melcher met a special...
Between 2013 and 2015, Annie Ferguson served in Afghanistan as a member of the Navy’s special warfare female engagement team and then in Iraq as an expeditionary intelligence specialist. “After back-to-back combat deployments, I had to admit to myself that my mental health was in shambles,” she said. Ferguson went on a 91-day padd...
Fabian Lee Martinez served in the Navy from 2001 to 2012 to pursue two of his goals. “I wanted to serve my country and be a firefighter,” he said. “I was able to do both by joining.” Today, Martinez is #StillServing in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, as a member of VFW Post 2466. He also works at Texas Tech University as a s...
Army veteran Elliott Casey served in Iraq by helping clear supply routes of improvised explosive device (IED) hazards and as a Meerkat operator. He also assisted Marines and Army units as a subject matter specialist. Last year, Casey lost his older brother unexpectedly. The support his family received inspired him to give back to the veteran commun...
“I claim Inverness, Florida, as my hometown because I went to high school there, but I was born in Germany and lived a very ‘military-brat’ life,” veteran Chris Ajinga said. Ajinga’s father served in the Army, and his stepfather served in the Navy, which meant he grew up in Hawaii, Georgia, California, Virginia and Flo...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This week, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) instituted VFW Post 12225, reestablishing a permanent and physical location on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay after a 30-year lull. The move brings ease of access to the VFW’s many programs and services directly to some 6,000 service members, veterans and other members of th...
On Oct. 23, 1983, U.S. troops were awakened at 0622 when a suicide bombing took place at the barracks housing U.S. peacekeeping forces. The site of the truck bombing was at Lebanon’s Beirut International Airport, where 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers were killed. The U.S. — along with the United Kingdom, France and Italy &mda...
VFW Post 2894 in Chesapeake, Virginia, received the prestigious 2023 Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award at the 124th National Convention in July in Phoenix. The award, which recognizes the VFW Post that conducts the most exceptional community service project of the year, was accepted by Post 2894 Service Officer Jim Irelan...
Hordes of VFW members flocked to an open area filled with wooden cornhole boards and grain-filled bags during the 124th VFW National Convention in July in Phoenix. From veteran fathers and sons to veteran mothers and daughters or simply comrades gathering for the first time in months or years, the VFW CornholeTournament Series proved a success at i...
If you attended the 124th VFW National Convention in Phoenix this year, you probably noticed a group of volunteers lined up at tables with bowls of seeds in front of them. They were a part of the Uniting to Combat Hunger seed-packing event that will provide about 30 tons of vegetables for families suffering from food insecurity. Those seeds will be...
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