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National Convention to be Streamed Live from Phoenix

HQ News

The National Convention will be streamed online (so you can watch it live during the day) on the National VFW website:

Live streaming is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. (MST) on August 17, during the call to order of the VFW/Ladies Auxiliary, Joint Opening Session. The live stream will continue for the duration of the session, including presentations of the VFW Hall of Fame Award to Connie Stevens, the VFW Eisenhower Distinguished Service Award to Gen. Michael Hayden (ret.), as well as appearances by many other notable guests.

Streaming of the VFW General sessions will continue live August 18 – 20, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Replays will run from approximately 1 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. the next day.

Don’t miss Buzz Aldrin, Scott Carpenter, World Wrestling Entertainment’s Sgt. Slaughter, the installation of our next VFW Commander-in-Chief Tommy Tradewell and much more!

We’ll have to see if we can spot Post Commander (and District 9 Commander) Carson Kauffman in any of the meetings!

Beginning 8:00 a.m. (MST) on August 17th, you’ll be able to view the feed on the VFW National Website. If possible, we’ll embed the feed from the VFW site on our site here.

Scam Artist Still Operating

Post News

From the national HQ website, the scam artist that’s been targeting VFW posts is still operating:

A con artist continues preying on the generosity of sympathetic veterans, managing to bilk numerous VFW Posts around the country out of as much as $400 each by posing as either a veteran who has “filled out an application” to join a specific Post or as a current VFW member.
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If you receive a call or an email from someone asking for help, don’t feel bad if you want to check out their story before offering aide – you can call the Post Office (or even the Post Commander Carson Kauffman) to check out anyone’s story. If he doesn’t know them off the top of his head, he will certainly be able to find out about them! A real member will understand and will have the patience while you verify their story!

LifeLock Teams Up with VFW to Help Protect Veterans’ Good Names

HQ News,

From the HQ website:

TEMPE, AZ – (June 2, 2009) For more than a century, the men and women of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) have given selflessly to defend those throughout the world who could not fight for themselves. True heroes, these veterans have earned their good names through great sacrifice, but their honorable deeds are of no consequence to identity thieves ready to tarnish their credit histories, perpetrate fraud and leave behind mountains of debt.

To read more, check out the article on the HQ website.