What’s VMF been up to lately?
VMF November 2025 Newsletter
VMF Member Opinion: Government Shutdown A Broken Promise To TRICARE Beneficiaries
VMF Statement (and Video) on the U.S. Marine Corps’ 250th Birthday
Statement from the VMF Chair Regarding the VA’s Recent Completely Inappropriate Online Posting
VMF Member Opinion: Looking at October 18th through the ‘Eye of the Lens’
New Podcast Episode: Checking In With DAG VMF Co-Chairs Robert Scott & Terese Sarno
VMF Member Opinion: The Issue of Food Insecurity in the Military Community
VMF Member Opinion: Caregivers at Landstuhl Need Backpay and Closed Centers Reopened
VMF Artwork: “Women Warriors and the Pinup” by M.B. Dallocchio, Photography by Terese Sarno, and Veteran’s Wreath by Michael Ramos
VMF Poem of the Month: “Will V-Day Be Me-Day Too” by Langston Hughes
What’s been on Americans’ minds lately?
Editorial: Rep. Perry has gone a step too far in defaming millions of veterans who just happen to be Democrats
Op-Ed: Washington politics shouldn’t determine if our troops get paid
Blog: 7 Things the No Kings Protests Accomplished
Opinion: I’m a veteran on disability. This reporting hurt me.
Editorial: Trump has no authority for military deployments to US cities
Opinion: We don't need to make it harder to vote
Opinion: ICE Is Hiring Literally Anybody, and It’s Terrifying
Editorial: In paying service members, White House invites a legal challenge
Opinion: Kehoe, Schmitt, Trump, and Hegseth have a warped view of the US military
Opinion: How New Technologies Are Making the Submarine Force More Lethal
Opinion: American Narcissus
Opinion: Veterans Deserve Better Than Governor DeWine’s Hemp Ban
Editorial: Military deployments are not justified in the U.S.
Opinion: When voting isn’t accessible, democracy isn’t equal
Opinion: Ohio Senate Bill 293 aims to eliminate the mail-in ballot grace period
Op-Ed: Keep inspectors general independent and on the job
Opinion: Government Shutdown and VA: Which Services Are Safe, Which Face Suspension
Op-Ed: The War Department has a new name, but no one to mind the store
Opinion: Veterans Groups Push Back After Washington Post Report on Disability Fraud
Opinion/Blog: The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause
Opinion: It may be up to the military to save our democracy
What else has been in the media lately?
Statement from Democrats Abroad's International Chair: Democracy Won Last Night - Thanks to You!
Dems Abroad Take-Action: Demand Dem Senators Stand Strong for Affordable Healthcare
Dems Abroad Take-Action: Urge Governors to Step Up for Hungry Families
2025 Dems Abroad Press Coverage
Dems Abroad Statement: Election 2025: Dems Abroad Getting Out the Vote
Press Release: Active-Duty Military Families Win Historic Legal Challenge to Block Executive Order Undermining Voting Rights
DNC Memo: Democrats Are Overperforming in Key Elections in Warning Sign for GOP
Article: “En tant que vétéran, je me sens 100% trahie”: en France, ces Américains expatriés que la politique américaine inquiète
Article: Kick in the shins’: DOD civilians’ finances upended by credit union clawback of shutdown aid
Article: Judges reject VA secretary’s request to pause veterans’ claims appeals
Article: From Front Lines to Protest Lines: Veterans Speak Out For 'No Kings' Events
Article: 3 Easy Expat Havens For U.S. Veterans Abroad
Article: AZ Republicans want to end overseas voting for some who have never lived here
Article: Lawsuit offers new details of VA’s anti-union EO implementation
Upcoming Virtual Event (11/20/25, 4PM ET): Military Exposures and Mental, Behavioral, and Neurologic Health Outcomes Among Post-9/11 Veterans
Upcoming Virtual Event (11/13/25, 6PM CT): Obama Presidential Center Virtual Information Session
Article: US Navy releases new social media guidelines for service members
Article: US military base cancels event celebrating Jewish woman cyclist, cites DEI claims
Article: 'Real panic': Military families in 'full-blown crisis' over being unable to afford food
Article: ‘I have no idea what I’m going to do:’ Feds abroad fret about making rent without pay or subsidies during shutdown
Article: Ohio GOP proposes restrictions on mail-in ballot deadline, prompting concern from veterans
Article: Some troops report mid-month pay issues after Pentagon shifts billions amid shutdown
Video: How the shutdown is impacting military families
Article: Some VA therapists and patients say their treatment sessions are being limited, raising alarm
Article: Project connects Americans to the Dutch people who honor their relatives at World War II cemetery
Article: North Carolina lawmakers approve map adding a GOP House seat
Photos: The Best "No Kings" Protest Signs
Article: Growing number of US veterans face arrest over ICE raid protests
Article: Marine colonel quits after 24 years, citing concern for the future of the US under Trump
Letter: AARO's Comments to the Election Assistance Commission
Article: Federal Websites Are Plastered With MAGA Propaganda. Is It Legal?
Article: Trump allies, undeterred by setbacks in courts and Congress, push anew for citizenship proof to vote
Article: In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?
Dems Abroad Germany VMF Caucus – October 2025 Newsletter
Article: Trump’s False Claims About Military Pay Raises and Recruitment
Article: 'Stale beer and stories from the past': Veterans posts seek new ways to stay relevant as membership declines
Article: Veterans Shop Tax-Free for Life
Article: A U.S. veteran spoke out against his wrongful arrest by ICE. Now he’s being accused of assault
Article: Pick-Up Cuts by Trump’s USPS Could Disenfranchise Mail Voters
Analysis: 150 Years of Military and Overseas Voting Now Under Threat
Article: 'Fear of complete incompetence' plagues Trump’s defense department: foreign policy expert
Public Comment: Secure Families Initiative Defends Voting Access for Military and Overseas Citizens
Article: Trump makes it hard for male vets to get cancer coverage, citing new 'biological truth' doctrine
Article: Navy looking into range of portable space to accommodate Rota school enrollment surge
Article: Feds may close Moffett commissary, a ‘vital’ resource for military families
Article: Meet the military families anxious about whether their next paychecks will arrive: ‘It’s almost like the service is taken for granted’
Article: 'SNAP Is Everything': Military Families, Vets Prepare for Empty Fridges
Report: A Summary of Veteran-Related Statistics
Article: Last-minute scramble over pay takes a toll on military families during the shutdown
Letter: Military and Veteran Organizations Urge to End Shutdown
Article: Veteran Resume Guide: Highlighting Military Experience
Article: 5 things you may not know about Mexico City National Cemetery
Letter: Takano Condemns Politically Driven Rollback of PACT Act Benefits
Article: Oregon Secretary of State Calls for Removal of Federal Election Commissioner Over False Claims
Article: VA announces furloughs for more employees as shutdown continues
Article: VA cancels plans for employee satisfaction survey this year
Press Release: [Sen.] Blumenthal & Veterans Service Organizations Slam Dangerous Narrative That VA's Disability Compensation Process Is 'Too Generous' at Hearing
Article: DODEA schools offering free or reduced meals amid shutdown
Article: US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
Article/Interview: Doctors, beware: AI threatens to weaken your relationships with patients
Video: Roundtable Discussion with House Democrats and Veterans Service Organizations: "Protecting the Promise: The Past, Present and Future of Veterans' Benefits"
Article: VA Services Impacted for Around 1 Million US Veterans
Article: DoDEA Virtual School Options
Article: Rebuking Trump, California passes Prop 50 to redistrict in favor of Democrats
Article: The history of trick-or-treating on military bases