STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - Republican lawmaker blasts VFW messaging as ‘dangerous political rhetoric’ | Stars and Stripes
The illustration promoted by the VFW depicts a firing line of men in suits holding rifles and taking aim at service members.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - VFW commander blasts blocked Senate vote on key veterans bill as ‘procedural games’ | Stars and Stripes
Sen. Ron Johnson, who blocked the Major Richard Star Act from a full Senate vote, noted a sharp increase in the cost of veterans benefits since 2019.
STRIPES (Eric Kayne) - Nearly a century after Bonus Army, veterans demand that promises are kept | Stars and Stripes
The march memorialized the Bonus Army, who marched on Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of service certificates due in 1945.
STRIPES (Linda F. Hersey) - VFW urges crackdown on ‘claims sharks’ illegally offering help to veterans | Stars and Stripes
Carol Whitmore, VFW commander-in-chief, said an absence of fines and other court-ordered penalties enables unaccredited companies to flourish.