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VMF Member Opinion: A Sad Day For America When Veterans Get Excluded From SNAP, Medicaid

Vienna, Austria—The below opinion piece is authored by George Bottorff, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, retired. The author’s commentary is in response to Congressional Republicans ramming through the President’s priority......

VMF July 2025 Newsletter

July 2025 ⭐ Next VMF Meeting: July 12, 2025, at 7:00 AM ET on Webex. ⭐ Link to attend here; Meeting number 23136097204; password: dems * VMF meetings are......

VMF Member Opinion: The VA Is Putting Profit Over Patients, Didn’t You Get The DOGE Memo?

San Francisco—C. Isa Kocher, a service-connected disabled veteran of the U.S. Air Force, offers the following opinion piece. With uncertainty on benefits and health care surrounding the VA, this piece......

Recent News of VMF Interest for June-July 2025

What’s been on Americans’ minds lately? VMF Member Opinion: Reflecting on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and comparing them to the present VMF Member Opinion: By recklessly involving DoD......

VMF Member Opinion: We Are The Ones Who Must Save Ourselves From the SAVE Act

Oslo, Norway—The below opinion piece is offered by U.S. Navy veteran Andy Stites. The author touches on H.R. 22 (and S. 128), voter suppression legislation currently pending in Congress known......

VMF Member Opinion: The Negative Impact This Administration Has On Today’s Recruitment And Retention

Vienna, Austria—The below opinion piece is authored by George Bottorff, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, retired. Having spent decades in uniform and having been involved in the military recruiting process,......

VMF Member Opinion: This Administration can sink no lower as it tries to erase a courageous veteran’s legacy of courage

Ottawa, Canada—The below opinion piece is in regards to the Department of Defense (DoD) re-naming the U.S. Naval Ship named after American icon Harvey Milk. The following piece is offered......

VMF Member Opinion: Reflecting on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and comparing them to the present

Vienna, Austria—The following opinion piece contains the reflections provided by George Bottorff, Gunnery Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, retired. He compares the 1992 riots and the 2025 immigration protests in Los......

VMF Member Opinion: By recklessly involving DoD in the June 2025 LA unrest, Hegseth continues his trend of undermining military readiness

Vienna, Austria—The below opinion piece discusses how U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s poor decision-making continues to undermine military readiness. The piece is written by Gregory Cromwell, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army,......

Statement From The Chair On The Passage Of VMF’s Pershing Hall Resolution

Melbourne, Australia—On Day 1 of the 2025 Democrats Abroad Global Meeting this past weekend, Democrats Abroad passed by unanimous consent the Veterans and Military Families (VMF) Caucus’s resolution urging Congress......