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VFA Thanks the Broadway Cast of West Side Story

Veterans for America would like to thank the Broadway cast of West Side Story for their Backstage Lottery donation to VFA. Much gratitude for helping support our work!

VFA and the Institute of Medicine to Assess Troops, Veterans and Families’ Readjustment Needs Tonight at Ft. Hood

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee to Assess the Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans, and their Families will hold a public town-hall meeting from 7 to 9 PM on Monday, April 27 at the Hilton Garden Inn (2704 O.W.…

VFA on the Afghanistan Announcement

Veterans for America (VFA) has spent years tracking the strain our troops are suffering as a result of repeated deployments with too little rest, or dwell time, in between. The strains are piling up. New deployments to Afghanistan are only…

Our Military Families: VFA Working with Blue Star Families

In the wars that America has been fighting since 2001, almost two million soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen from our all-volunteer military have served in Iraq and Afghanistan with courage and valor. Less visible but no less honorable are the…

Veterans for America Salutes First Lady Michelle Obama’s Visit to Fort Bragg: Help Bring Attention and Relief to Our Strained Military Families

Washington, DC, March 12 – First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, today sends a powerful message that the new administration will be paying attention to the growing and dire needs weighing on our service members and…

The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide

Update: Due to overwhelming demand, we are issuing printed copies of The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide.

Please contribute to help put this important information in the hands of all that need it, and to get copies of the Survival…

Initial Findings Released:
Alaska’s National Guard Has Reached a Crisis Point, Veterans for America Finds

The post-deployment challenges facing Alaska’s Army National Guard are more daunting and widespread than any seen by Veterans for America (VFA).

VFA’s National Guard Program just completed a week in the state reviewing the needs of Alaska’s citizen-Soldiers and the resources…

VFA To Release Preliminary Findings on Alaska National Guard Tomorrow

VFA has been on the ground in Alaska researching the effects of deployments of their National Guard on local communities and Guard families, and the readjustment of National Guard members upon their return home from war. Our National Guard is…

Veterans for America Urges Recognition of National Guard Sacrifices

When the presidential candidates met tonight for their first debate, each spoke about their commitment to the military — but avoided talking about the dire situation now facing our National Guard, which has shipped off more than 660,000 members to…

Let Ohio Troops and Vets Vote!

IT IS UNTHINKABLE that anyone from any political party would try to block our servicemembers and wounded veterans from voting, but a new lawsuit in Ohio is threatening to do just that.

Ohioans are allowed by law to register to vote…