Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3103

01/18/2025

Good to know.

The website features the names of millions of veterans buried in VA cemeteries and military-run sites, as well as those buried in private cemeteries who have requested grave markers through the VA.

01/18/2025

❄️𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕❄️

Forecast Update: While it looks like the winter precipitation forecasted to impact the area on Sunday is forecasted to be a low-impact event, EXTREMELY COLD air will blanket the area late Sunday Night, Monday, Tuesday, and potentially Wednesday.

If you must be outside, remember to dress in layers, limit your time and take frequent breaks, know the signs of frostbite and hypothermia, protect any exposed skin. Actual High Temps are forecasted to be in the Single Digits to Lower Teens, and “Feels Like” High Temps could be in the Low Single Digits. Overnight lows could see actual temps dip below ZERO. Take the time to prepare yourself, your house, and your business. Remember to check on your neighbors and family members. Also, remember to take care of your pets, and take any necessary to protect any farm animals. For additional information on things you can do to protect yourself, please check out the National Weather Service’s Winter Weather Page: https://www.weather.gov/safety/winter

The City of Fredericksburg is forecasted to experience 1-2 inches of snow between 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. We expect frigid temperatures with the winter weather. Please keep warm for the next couple of days. This event will impact the mountain regions and areas further north of the City.

Please allow our plowing teams the space to clean off the streets tomorrow and Monday.

If you have plans to be on the road on Sunday or Monday, please exercise caution as you may encounter periods of high snow rates. Any leftover ice from Winter Storm Blair will be hidden under the blanket of any new snowfall. Please continue to exercise caution when driving and walking.

Stay safe, FXBG

01/16/2025

American service members can once again display the U.S. flag horizontally at sporting events and other official ceremonies, the Pentagon said in a memo that reverses restrictions enacted two years ago.

Defense Department personnel may now show the flag “regardless of its size or position, at eligible public sporting and other community events, provided that such displays are done in a respectful manner,” a DOD memo said.

01/16/2025

01/15/2025

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Hubert Yeary, 20, of Richmond, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 20, 2024.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Hubert Yeary, 20, of Richmond, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 20,

01/15/2025

Join us this Friday, 17 January 2025, from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm! This week’s Canteen Dinner will feature Beef Stew, Rolls, and Banana Pudding for dessert. Dinner is just $13.00 each.

We’ll also have our Queen of Hearts game.

The Ship’s Store will also be available.

Must be a member or a guest of a member.

If you'd like more information about becoming a VFW member, or a member of the Auxiliary, please message us.

VFW qualifications: http://www.vfw.org/join/eligibility
VFW Auxiliary qualifications: https://vfwauxiliary.org/join-us/eligibility-information/

01/15/2025

The VFW's 2025 Priority Goals are in. We will continue to advocate diligently to ensure the newly seated Congress provides the resources and care our nation’s veterans and their families have earned and deserve.

https://www.vfw.org/-/media/vfwsite/files/advocacy/prioritygoalsbrochure.pdf

01/15/2025

The fires in California have caused catastrophic damage. Please consider making an emergency gift today to the VFW's Disaster Relief Fund. Your support will provide direct assistance to veterans and military families who have been forced to flee their homes. https://heroes.vfw.org/page/164026/donate/1

01/14/2025

Medal of Honor Monday with Tara Ross.

*** Medal of Honor Monday! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 ***

At about this time in 1969, a hero engages in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. John Earl Warren, Jr. is credited with saving the lives of three of his fellow soldiers.

He was just 22 years old.

The young man had been drafted into the Army while still a student at Brooklyn College. His family remembers that he didn’t grumble about being pulled out of school. Instead, he described Army training as difficult but also something he’d been proud to complete.

By then, he was a black man living off-post with white officers, but his family felt welcomed when they came to visit. They could also tell that Warren was liked and respected.

Warren was deployed to Vietnam in October 1968. Before he left, he threw himself the “party of all parties,” as his mother Lillian would say. He invited 200 people to his three-day bash. Lillian later concluded that Warren must have felt in his gut that he wasn’t coming home.

His sister Gloria came to a similar conclusion because of what happened the last time she saw him, as he departed for Vietnam. “I said to him, ‘Don’t be no hero,” she recollected. “But he never looked back at us. He just kept going, and years later I thought about it. Did he know he wasn’t coming home?”

Perhaps he did?!

First Lt. Warren’s heroism came on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh province, South Vietnam. He was serving as a platoon leader as his company moved to reinforce another unit. Suddenly, our boys came under heavy fire.

Warren and a handful of his men began working their way through the intense barrage, seeking to take out the enemy bunkers that were causing so much trouble. They were within six feet of one enemy position when a gr***de suddenly landed nearby.

“Thinking only of his men,” Warren’s Medal citation concludes, “1st Lt. Warren fell in the direction of the gr***de, thus shielding those around him from the blast. His action, performed at the cost of his life, saved three men from serious or mortal injury.”

It was a simple act—but a stunningly heroic one. Warren’s bravery was soon recognized with a Medal of Honor. His family was proud, although Gloria thought her mom “never was the same after losing her only son.”

In 1995, the Moving Wall, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, came within a few miles of Lillian’s home. She had never visited the real wall, but she went to visit the replica. “You know you’ll never forget losing your son,” she told a reporter, “but this helps ease the pain.”

What would she have thought if she’d lived long enough to see a street named for her son at Fort Hamilton, in Brooklyn, nearly three years ago? She’d passed away by then, but Gloria was at the naming ceremony.

Gloria was asked how her brother would want to be remembered.

“He might want people to know that he was proud to be a Soldier in the United States Army,” Gloria concluded, “and to not be afraid to help your fellow man.”

Rest in peace, Sir.

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01/11/2025

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01/11/2025

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The City of Fredericksburg is under a Winter Weather Advisory. Forecasts indicate snow starting around 9 pm or 10 pm 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 and will continue into the early morning hours on Saturday. The expected total snow for the City of Fredericksburg is less than 2 inches. This event is expected to be impact areas further east and south of the City.

Public Works has already been preparing the roads by spraying them with brine. Please allow our plowing teams the space to clean off the streets tonight and tomorrow.

If you have plans to be on the road in the evening hours today or early in the morning on Saturday, please exercise caution as you may encounter periods of high snow rates. Any leftover ice from Winter Storm Blair will be hidden under the blanket of any new snowfall. Please continue to exercise caution when driving and walking.

Stay safe, FXBG!

01/10/2025

Our hearts are with the countless individuals impacted by the and with those at the local, state and federal-level who are working hard to safeguard California and its communities from the raging fires.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/09/governor-newsom-deploys-california-national-guard-to-los-angeles-fires-looting-will-not-be-tolerated/

01/10/2025

“The will expand VA benefits, modernize healthcare delivery, and cut through much of the red tape that prevents veterans, caregivers and other beneficiaries from receiving the care and services they deserve.” – VFW National Commander Al Lipphardt on The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act officially being signed into law https://www.vfw.org/media-and-events/latest-releases/archives/2025/1/vfw-celebrates-long-overdue-victory-as-dole-act-signed-into-law

01/10/2025

The Honoring Our PACT Act, passed in August 2022, provides veterans who served in countries such as Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq with expanded access to VA health care and earned disability benefits due to exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances. Some consider the PACT Act to be the most s...

01/10/2025

Hope to see you Friday evening. You have to admit that this has been soup, or chili, kind of weather. 🍜

01/09/2025

Calendars! 🗓️
For January 2025.

- 9 Jan 2025 (Thurs) - Public Servant/1st responder packages due to Dept of VA
- 10-12 Jan 2025 (Fri-Sun) - Dept Winter Council Meeting in Williamsburg
- 16 Jan 2025 (Thurs) - Post General Membership Meeting @ 1930
- 18 & 19 Jan 2025 (Sat & Sun) - SGK Gun Show/Recruiting @ F'burg Fairgrounds. Sat 09-1600, Sun 10-1500. Volunteers sign-up at: https://vfw3103.org/ (See the link for VFW Post 3103: January Gun Show)
- 19 Jan 2025 (Sun) - Post Cleanup 1000-1200 (Volunteers needed & appreciated. No sign up required)
- 20 Jan 2025 (Mon) - MOC Fred Gnats PT # 19 Scratch @ 1900

VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3103,VFW Post 3103 is an All-State and All-American Post within the state of Virginia. We are also the fastest growing Post within the State of Virginia.

01/09/2025

Join us this Friday, 10 January 2025, from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm! This week’s Canteen Dinner will feature Steve's Chili, Tomato Basil soup, Corn Muffins/Hushpuppies, Salad and Dessert. Dinner is just $13.00 each.

We’ll also have our Queen of Hearts game.

The Ship’s Store will also be available.

Must be a member or a guest of a member.

If you'd like more information about becoming a VFW member, or a member of the Auxiliary, please message us.

VFW qualifications: http://www.vfw.org/join/eligibility
VFW Auxiliary qualifications: https://vfwauxiliary.org/join-us/eligibility-information/