VFW-MAGAZINE MAGAZINE

Magazine https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/vfw-magazine Magazine RSS en {16752314-08D3-4AE0-84D4-8AA62D388D56} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2025/mayjune May/June

Chief Calls on Congress to 'Honor the Contract'

'We Always Do it for Free'

Advocating On The Hill

Remembering Victory in Europe

Listen to the 2025 May/June issue of VFW magazine here.

**Attention VFW members: If you have written a book or an e-book bearing an ISBN or ASIN, submit a nonreturnable copy (or a link to the e-book) with a brief description (submitted as a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx; no cover quotes) to magazine@vfw.org. Define the book as fiction, nonfiction, or memoir; and include VFW member number. The author's name, book title and cover, publisher, and ISBN will appear in the online VFW magazine (expect to wait two-three months) accessed above.** Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:26:52 -0500 {832F7D93-0ED7-426A-9D6B-2B4F19D17975} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2025/januaryfebruary January/February

'Destination Post' Visits Rhode Island

VFW National Home Celebrates 100 Years

Helping Hurricane Survivors in North Carolina

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Welcomes VFW

Listen to the 2025 January/February issue of VFW magazine here.

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:07 -0500
{6D5537D1-0B3D-45DA-B735-9A062DBF7E93} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2025/marchapril March/April

Leading Women Veterans Forward

Destination Southeast USA

Plan Now for VFW's Day of Service

Recruiting Women into the VFW

Listen to the 2025 March/April issue of VFW magazine here.

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:07 -0500
{E06086D6-EE5D-49BE-95E7-8E940530474A} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/august August

Texas Ranch Offers Veterans ‘Quiet Rehabilitation’

VFW’s "Buddy"® Poppy Celebrates 100 Years

Journalist Recalls Patriot’s Pen Win

VFW is Home for These Families

Listen to the 2022 August issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{15F29EF2-6348-46D3-8FBB-B508A39E1090} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/february February

VFW Celebrates Black History Month

A New York Kayaking Club Fights Suicide and Offers Help with PTSD

VFW Service Officers Recover $10.2 Billion for Veterans

Where VFW Stands on the Issues in 2022

Listen to the 2022 February issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{4A0BA1B7-1F01-47EA-A1A0-4692EF0A30DE} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/january January

VFW Opens It’s Doors for Disaster Relief After Hurricane Ida

VFW Podcast is Produced ‘For Veterans, By Veterans’

VFW Member Shares His Story of Rejecting Suicide

Veterans Dig for Human Remains at Revolutionary War Site

Listen to the 2022 January issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{42D1B6DD-4C60-4814-8A7B-70BD635AB58D} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/junejuly June/July

The Face of VFW’s Statue: Vietnam Veteran Shares His Story

Horses Heal Vets at Virginia Farm

Veterans Shine at Winter Olympics

Catastrophically Wounded Marine Now a World-Class Athlete

Listen to the 2022 June/July issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{141AC42D-077A-419C-8999-537E5A7C48C1} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/march March

West Point Trailblazer Energizes Aloha State

VFW Celebrates Women’s History Month

VFW Member Shares Her Story of Military Sexual Trauma

Families Grateful for Agent Orange Memorial

Listen to the 2022 March issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{F8310F53-D71B-497F-816B-4E28CB6D9F6A} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/october October

Members Meet for VFW’s 123rd National Convention

Leading the Organization

New Top Leaders at VFW Headquarters

VFW Selects Top Teacher of the Year

Listen to the 2022 October issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{D4989481-809E-4777-B4C0-189EDEAEC940} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/september September

‘Emotional and Inspirational’: Arts Fest Showcases Veterans Creativity

VFW Elects Iraq War Vet as Commander-in-Chief

Women Hold All Leadership Roles at Illinois Post

VFW’s New Ambassador Will Urge Members to ‘Get Healthier’

Listen to the 2022 September issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:57 -0500
{EC41107B-AAF5-4850-95D5-B3B1F6D29D69} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/april April

VFW Life Member is the First Purple Heart Recipient to Climb the World’s Tallest Mountains

VFW’s Day of Service Debuts

Three Soldiers Awarded Medal of Honor

Vietnam Veteran Hosts Video Talk Show

Listen to the 2022 April issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{6E661EE0-B876-4F8E-A4C5-ED0110BF034B} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/may May

VFW Day of Service: ‘We Volunteer’

Updates on Local and National Memorials

VFW’s 1932 "Buddy"® Poppy Girl Relives Visit to White House

Florida Post Mentors Award-Winning Eagle Scout

Listen to the 2022 May issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{9273E53E-ED43-420B-ADED-0C536B2B2371} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2022/novemberdecember November/December

Afghanistan Veteran Leads a VFW #StillServing Project in Virginia

Colorado Post Takes Veterans to the Slopes

Nation’s Largest Urban Forest Named for VFW Member

New VA Committee to Serve Native American Veterans

Listen to the 2022 November/December issue of VFW magazine here.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{11BCA3F8-3146-4B46-9C75-6A34608A1738} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/april-2012 April 2012
  • How are Recent War Vets Portrayed in Popular Culture?
  • From the War Front to the Job Front: Perils of the Wounded
  • Military Suicides Remain Perplexing
  • Trapdoor Breechloader Sustains Army Through Indian Campaigns
  • Pheasant Hunt in South Dakota
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{CD880360-D0C7-4072-B237-AE026435A37E} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/august-2012 August 2012
  • 'Victory or Death': Ancient Olympic Sports
  • The Battle of Athens: Ex-WWII GIs Battle for the Ballot
  • Without Firing a Shot: Occupation Duty as VFW Qualifier
  • M-1 Garand Rifle: 'The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised'
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{5D7C17E1-F811-4201-AFC4-CB6620163E2D} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/february-2012 February 2012
  • Robotic Limbs Restore Mobility for Disabled Vets
  • A Family Affair: Multiple Siblings Go to War
  • Pop Culture Created Soundtrack to Vietnam War
  • Tackling Tangwon-ni
  • Shoulder Arms in America's War: Rifle in the Civil War
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{66730007-5F5D-41DF-ADD1-1D1884BB7B76} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/june-july-2012 June-July 2012
  • At the Pinnacle of Heroism: The Medal of Honor
  • 'What I had Long WIshed to be--a Soldier': Boys in Arms
  • Hill 48: A Battle for Con Thien
  • Canada Commemorates War of 1812 in a Big Way
  • Bristol Offers a 'Unique American Experience'
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{DD3F1F90-15D4-47CA-A006-D3A9E41FECE9} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/march-2012 March 2012
  • Iraq: A U.S. Combat Chronology 2003-2011
  • Iraq War Casualties
  • Iraq and Afghanistan: The iPod Wars
  • Battling for the 'City of the Dead'
  • 73rd Cav Takes it to the Turki Bowl
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{1707D0A4-5C76-42E4-812F-CB510D7CC1A7} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/may-2012 May 2012
  • Memorials Salute Afghanistan and Iraq Fallen
  • Finding Solace in the Soil Leads to Livelihood
  • Homestead Act Allows Vets to Live Off Land
  • Civil War Vets Helped Popularize the National Pastime
  • Vietnam Fallen Not Forgotten in Quincy
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{E85F7008-1E5A-4D1D-AB84-2BF3DB983A52} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/november-december-2012 November-December 2012
  • Giving Meaning to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • At the Brink: Cuba 1962
  • 'Into the Teeth of the Tiger'
  • Rural Health Realities: There's No Place Like Home
  • A Final Salute

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{D735D205-FEF5-4B37-8D49-BBAEA59ECD3D} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/october-2012 October 2012
  • Obama and Romney Square Off on Key Issues
  • Presidential Contenders Make Their Cases to VFW Delegates
  • Korea's DMZ: Hostile Actions, 1945-49 and 1954-94
  • Serving Veterans is a Lifetime Commitment
  • Convention Competition Winners
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{81B2C64E-135D-47BF-812C-BEE9322B02A2} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/september-2012 September 2012
  • Belonging to an 'Unwanted Club': Gold Star Families Cope With Loss
  • America's First Family: Powells Offer 17 Sons to the Revolution
  • VA's DNA Database Will Help Future Vets
  • The M-16: America's Black Rifle
  • Antietam: America's Deadliest Day
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:56 -0500
{9E3D9B2A-6068-468F-9EAC-C58A218FC38A} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/april-2013 April 2013
  • Afghanistan, 2011-2012: A Combat Chronology
  • Part II: Veterans Portrayed on Film
  • Sports Stars Turned Doughboys 'Over There'
  • Business Initiatives Help Veterans Find Jobs
  • Thresher: Cold War Casualty
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{A00B6020-C3C8-465F-A91A-9E809CA87BC3} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/august-2013 August 2013
  • VA: Getting the Word Out on Benefits
  • 'Guerilla Warfare at Sea': Persian Gulf: 1987-88
  • Vietnam Vet Dedicates Life to Medals Search
  • Underage Doughboys Fought in the 'Great War'
  • Veteran Stereotypes Misguided
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{D43CFB05-574C-43C5-8040-669F23373FC4} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/february-2013 February 2013
  • 'Last Days Some of the Best Ones Die'
  • 1973: U.S. Military Actions & Hostile Deaths in Indochine
  • 'Until They Are Home': MIA Mission Continues After 40 Years
  • 'No Braver, Selfless Act'
  • Quadruple Amputees Overcome Horrific Odds
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{CB7C2E75-F605-4119-9F07-1A49B81370C7} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/january-2013 January 2013
  • Wounded Warrior Dinners Present Healing Connections
  • WWII Re-Enactment Delights Spectators
  • How Well Do You Know VFW Eligibility?
  • Index: 2012 Subject Guide to VFW Magazine
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{D2C65CBF-8975-4094-8DA2-3A3015030B80} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/june-july-2013 June-July 2013
  • Korean War Vets: Subtle But Significant Influence in Society
  • Pro Players Few and Far Between in Korea
  • Korean War Vets Made Their Names on Screen
  • Korea Saw Multiple Siblings Serve
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{B4E65803-FB92-4D79-B94C-4BF9A5DBF879} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/march-2013 March 2013
  • Depicting the War Veteran on Film: Part I
  • Warriors as Olympians: War Vets Demonstrate Skills on the Athletic Fields
  • 'Always Ready, Always There': The Army National Guard in Iraq, 2003-11
  • Claims Quandary: Putting a Dent in the Disability Backlog
  • 'King of Battle' on Display: The U.S. Army Artillery Museum
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{83B81694-E707-4D2E-8D79-68DD1BF84B11} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/may-2013 May 2013
  • Veterans Portrayed in Film, Part III
  • Gettysburg: Numbers Tell the Story
  • The Civil War Soldier: A Demographic Portrait
  • Boys in Battle: Civil War Youngsters Earn Fame
  • The 64 Who Never Came Home
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{8A15C741-212E-45D4-BC14-CD65E53D9E48} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/november-december-2013 November-December 2013
  • Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans Are Not 'Victims'
  • Fury on Grenada
  • Combat in the Somalia Sinkhole
  • Preserving the Veterans Legacy
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{1D81C7DE-04DA-410D-8195-EB92603E89AB} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/october-2013 October 2013
  • 'Presence' Meant Combat in Beirut: Lebanon, 1982-1984
  • Downing of Marine Choppers Brings War Home
  • Inspiring American's Veterans
  • Leading the Organization
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{A64D5B6A-549F-4231-A734-E8E723222941} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2013/september-2013 September 2013
  • Students Learn the Meaning of Sacrifice
  • Arising from the Ashes: St. Louis Records Center Starts Anew
  • Find Common Ground: Vets and Non-Vets Collaborate on Campus
  • Recent War Vets Begin to Tell Their Stories
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{E0C07F58-1CFC-48B7-8738-FC6CF75D3895} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2012/january-2012 January 2012
  • Treasuring Military Memorabilia
  • Mexican War Vet Wages Deadliest Gun Fight in American History
  • Navy SEALs Got Their Start 50 Years Ago
  • GIs Soaked up Tunes in the '50s
  • Vet Views on Society and Service
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:55 -0500
{744E0499-9A5B-4DFF-AC53-04D2208FED60} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/novemberdecember-2017 November/December 2017

The Faces of Today’s Vets: Member’s Photography Featured at Smithsonian

A Hallowed Place: The Wall Turns 35

Comic Books Offer a Unique Twist on War

Remembering Somalia

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{6F1C3A0C-D958-4FBF-BB7E-2701A80C0E14} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/october-2017 October 2017

‘No Ordinary Donkey’

‘We Can Prevent Homelessness’

Veterans Health Care Issues Take Center Stage in ‘The Big Easy'

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{72A2D8A0-2643-4543-BE28-961A218A3366} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/april-2017 April 2017

The Great War 100 Years Later

World War I Veterans Who Shaped Future Decades

A Monumental Task

Close Relationships with Active-Duty Troops Propel Top 10 Post

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{D3A6B11A-55AF-418B-BA7E-30601D125F4C} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/august-2017 August 2017

Their Brothers’ Keepers: Medics and Corpsmen in Vietnam

Comic Books Draw Veteran Interest

Telegraphing Treachery

Veterans: ‘Fix – Don’t Dismantle –’ VA System

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{8E53EB1E-2A63-46E2-BC48-43A63438FBCB} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/february-2017 February

Outdoor Challenge Provides Inner Strength

Reckless: Not Just a Horse, But a Marine

Purple Heart Vets Bag Antelope in ‘Big Sky’ Country

New Study Explores Causes of Military Divorces

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{9F0DCE50-064D-46FE-A002-73EC71CF6F4A} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/january-2017 January 2017

VFW Proactive in Battle Against Potential ‘Tsunami of Mental Health Issues’

Gentling Wild Mustangs

Outside Partnerships Benefit Veterans

Carrying On: West Virginia Posts Help Rebuild After Historic Flooding

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{82A3FF6D-70C6-40DE-AA5D-6F0C33D974CB} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/june-july-2017 June/July 2017

It’s a Pinning Combination

VFW Members Head to ‘The Big Easy’ in July

The Camaraderie of CrossFit

Post-9/11 GI Bill Study Shows Vets are Serious Scholars

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{7ECD2456-BA4D-440D-83B7-E6E8BCF02C53} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/march-2017 March

Establishing a Balance with Yoga

Homeless Female Veterans

Guitars for Vets: Relieving Stress One Chord at a Time

Women in Combat Roles and their Quest for Equality

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{8106485D-B47C-4430-8C9C-5F4B70167CC2} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/may-2017 May 2017

Hollywood Stars Glamourized Buddy Poppies

Traveling Wall Captures Spirit of America

Veterans Throughout History Take to the Mat

Questions about USS Stark attack still Unanswered

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{66A7D2E5-0DE5-40C0-9D13-DD3E0C4D58B6} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2017/september-2017 September 2017

Two Great Passions: Veterans and Golf

Fishing as Therapy: Veterans Find Relief on Rivers and Lakes and in the Camaraderie of Fly Fishing

Pedaling with a Purpose Across America

Swift Takes a Toll on the Enemy

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{BA4C2C36-66B9-468F-813A-A37A3593368B} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2010/august-2010 August 2010
  • The War Within
  • Fort Hood Program Lessens Combat Stress
  • Desert Shield-August 1990: A 20th Anniversary Look Back
  • Hell Night at Henderson
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:54 -0500
{669251E8-6177-488A-A626-DA532A4F0FDA} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2014/february-2014 February 2014
  • War Vets Showed Athletic Prowess in Winter Olympics
  • 10th Mountain Division: Born of Sport
  • Military Ski Patrol Race': The Olympic Biathlon
  • Newest War Vets Show Their Stuff in Winter Olympics
  • Ski Warfare Through the Ages
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500
{C510EE57-0FDE-4282-8487-DA117A329532} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2014/november-december-2014 Nov-Dec 2014
  • Therapeutic Outdoor Program Captures 'Warrior Spirit'
  • Fallujah: Battle for the 'City of Mosques'
  • How to Discover Your WWI Veteran Ancestors
  • 'In the Eye of the Cold War Hurricane': Detachment A, Berlin Brigade
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500
{4F6D2BBB-7977-441A-9897-5FF82F6383A1} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2010/march-2010 March 2010
  • Korean and Cold War MIAs: Renewing Hope for the Families of the Missing
  • Vets Connect, Heal at All-Female Retreat
  • Female Engagement Teams: Building Trust in Afghanistan and Iraq
  • America's Deadliest Occupation: Commercial Fishing as a 'Special Brotherhood'
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500
{1B5AA573-04D5-495A-8444-8B43B87555E8} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2010/april-2010 April 2010
  • Calamity at Desert One
  • Iran's 'Foreign Legion' Takes On America
  • National Infantry Museum: 'Finest Tribute to the American Soldier'
  • Ode to Coal Miners
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500
{D6627688-6518-44E1-8808-245B89E7A884} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2010/february-2010 February 2010
  • A Unique Rehab Unit
  • An Expanding VA Safety Net
  • Debunking the Myth of the 'Addicted Army'
  • VFW: Employing Young Vets for the Future
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500
{ED478677-BE2A-4E8F-99E6-6869E28F0BDF} https://www.vfw.org/settings/content/publications/magazineissues/2010/january-2010 January 2010
  • Survivor Stories of Pearl Harbor
  • A 'Just Cause': Remembering Panama 20 Years Later
  • Heading Off Epilepsy
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:08:53 -0500