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Veterans Day in Washington, DC

VetsFirst’s Terry Moakley attended the Veterans Day events last Friday in Washington, DC. He shares his experience with our [...]

Obtaining Military Medals and Decorations

Need information on obtaining military service medals and decorations? Here’s all you need to [...]

VetsFirst Honors the Sacrifice of Our Nation's Wounded Warriors

VetsFirst honors the sacrifice of our Nation’s wounded warriors on Veterans [...]

Veterans Day and Ultimate Sacrifice

Many of our best and brightest men and women have been killed or injured in service to their country. Whatever higher power you believe in, on Veteran’s Day please pray for our service members who have made the ultimate [...]

Cheerios Honors Veteran Wheelchair Games Champion

U.S. Army veteran David Fowler, of Cinco Ranch, TX., was the gold medal winner in power soccer, power slalom, Power 200 and Power Chair Relay at the 2007 National Wheelchair Games held in Milwaukee, WI.

Fowler is one of 12 gold medal winners from last year’s National Veterans Wheelchair Games who will be featured on [...]

Beirut Peacekeeping Stamp Initiative

Action alert from: Beirut Stamp Initiative

Type of Action: Petition

On Sunday October 23rd,1983 at approximately 6:20am Lebanese time over 241 U.S. Marines,Sailors and Soldiers were killed,hundreds were wounded or disabled. This was the result of a suicide driven truck laden with over 12,000 pounds of explosives that detonated in the BLT 1/8 24th MAU headquarters [...]

United States Coast Guard Pacific Veterans Memorial Project

Alert from: Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association

Type of Action: Fundraising

This project is being sponsored by Coast Guard organizations of the 14th Coast Guard District. The published mission is to: “To design and dedicate two memorials in honor of Coast Guard Veterans of the Pacific Theater.
Read the entire article from the Coast Guard Combat [...]

Cold War Victory Medal

Alert from: Cold War Veterans Association

Type of Action: Letter to legislator.

The following provision has been included in H.R. 1585: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as reported in the U.S. House of Representatives).

Recognize America’s victory in its longest war by bestowing Cold War Victory Medal recognition on every man and [...]