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Veterans’ voices shape report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons, impact
Veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission that their experience was not only hell, but but also confounding and demoralizing.
Man arrested in cargo ship crash with tanker carrying US military fuel
U.K. police have opened a criminal investigation into a collision between two ships in the North Sea and have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter.
Cargo ship hits tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military
The collision set both vessels ablaze and sent fuel pouring into the North Sea.
VFW condemns federal layoffs as ‘indiscriminately harming’ veterans
Veterans accounted for 30% of the federal workforce in 2021. "These veterans are now being told their skills are no longer useful," the VFW commander said.
Opinion
America must ‘honor the contract’ on veterans’ benefits
In this opinion piece, Al Lipphardt of VFW responds to a recent Economist article that labeled veterans' benefits as "absurdly generous."
By Al Lipphardt