WELCOME TO TX - DISTRICT 17

Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) District 17 is home to 16 VFW Posts through Texas (Normangee, Jewett, Grimes County [Navasota], Caldwell, Brazos County [Bryan], Montgomery County [Conroe], Porter, Huntsville, Bellville, Brenham, Katy, Hearne, The Woodlands, Magnolia, College Station, Montgomery).
As yesterday's defenders of freedom, we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group. Our common bond is the battlefield, whether it is service in the Persian Gulf, Korea, Vietnam, Kosovo, the Global War on Terrorism, or peace-keeping expeditionary campaigns. Your courage and sacrifice have made a difference in preserving and defending world peace.
 
 
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Announcements

New Topics of Interest
 

 

Redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry:  https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/registry.asp

VA and the Biden Administration announce new government-wide website, call center to protect Veterans from fraud and scams:  https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-and-the-biden-harris-administration-announce-new-government-wide-website-call-center-to-protect-veterans-from-fraud-and-scams/

VA to expand benefits access for US vets of K2 Uzbekistan base:  https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/08/14/va-to-expand-benefits-access-for-us-vets-of-k2-uzbekistan-base/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Homeless vets set to receive more housing help:  https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/08/09/homeless-vets-set-to-receive-more-housing-help/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

VA awards over $800 million in grants to help homeless and at-risk Veterans and their:  https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-awards-over-800-million-in-grants-to-help-homeless-and-at-risk-veterans-and-their-families/

In two years of the PACT Act, VA has delivered benefits and health care to millions of toxic-exposed Veterans and their survivors:  https://news.va.gov/press-room/in-two-years-of-the-pact-act-va-has-delivered-benefits-and-health-care-to-millions-of-toxic-exposed-veterans-and-their-survivor/

Vets may see only a small cost-of-living boost in benefits next year https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/08/19/vets-may-see-only-a-small-cost-of-living-boost-in-benefits-next-year/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Former VFW commander gets probation for stealing $40,000 from his Oklahoma post https://www.vetthenews.com/former-vfw-commander-gets-probation-for-stealing-40000-from-his-oklahoma-post/

Urgent Care Benefits: What You Need to Know:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuBW06LG3s

GOP military veteran lawmakers sign letter denouncing Walz:  https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/republicans-congress-tim-walz-military-service-00175282?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

Vets’ PACT Act claims continue to rise, two years after law’s passage https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/08/20/vets-pact-act-claims-continue-to-rise-two-years-after-laws-passage/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb

The VA withheld $84M from eligible disabled veterans. Now nonprofit legal clinics are stepping in https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/the-va-withheld-84m-from-eligible-disabled-veterans-now-nonprofit-legal-clinics-are-stepping-in/

A golden ticket: Florida veterans awarded free homes https://www.arcamax.com/homeandleisure/consumer/home/s-3376069

 
 
RENEW YOUR VFW MEMBERSHIP
 
Online:
www.vfw.org  (create an account or login (You can use Troop ID!!)> My VFW > Membership Quick Links)
 
Or by phone (current members only): 1-833-VFW-VETS or 1-833-839-8387 to safely renew or convert to Life Membership over the phone with credit or debit card. Monday - Friday 8:15 am until 5 pm.
Thank you in advance for renewing and being a member of the greatest foreign war veteran organization in the world!
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As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

Assistance & Benefits

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The Veterans of Foreign Wars is dedicated

 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

District News

Important Info for District 17 Members

Service Officer Support

Bob Plummer, District 17 Service Officer, discusses benefit updates.

Chaplain's Chapel

Update from Foy Day, Texas VFW State and District Chaplain

National News

Important info from National VFW

VFW Joins TikTok's 'Veteran Voices' Initiative

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the launch of

VFW Action Alert: Pass the Dole Act Now

H.R. 8371, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, would provide enhancements to critical health ...

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"That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies."