| Membership
Qualifications
Ready to become a member?
Are you eligible?
Maybe you just returned from
flying missions over as part
of Operation Southern and
Northern Watch. Perhaps you
did a stint in Bosnia or
completed a tour in Korea.
Maybe you saw service during
missions in Somalia, Haiti
or Rwanda in 1994. In any
case, your Korea duty or
overseas campaign medal makes
you eligible for the VFW.
Who can join?
Veterans who served overseas
in Foreign Wars, Expeditionary
Campaigns, Occupation Duty
or served in Korea anytime.
If you have earned
one of these, then you can join Qualifying
Campaigns, Ribbons or Medals Expeditionary
Spanish Campaign Army of Cuban Occupation
Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Philippine
Campaign China Campaign Army of Cuban
Pacification Cuban Pacification Mexican
Service First Nicaraguan Campaign
Haitian Campaign Dominican Campaign
World War I Victory Army of Occupation
of Germany Second Nicaraguan Campaign
Yangtze Service China Service American
Defense Service American Campaign
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign European-African-Middle
Eastern Campaign Army of Occupation
Navy Occupation Korean Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary
Medal Vietnam Service Medal Southwest
Asia Service Medal Service on the
Korean Penninsula (30 Consecutive
Days) Kosovo Eligiblity Combat Action
Ribbon Combat Infantry Badge Combat
Medical Badge
We know what it's like
to be far from home serving your
country. WE'VE BEEN IN YOUR BOOTS.
To make sure you receive the recognition
and support you deserve, we fight
in Washington to protect your rights
and work hard on the local level
to make your tours easier. Some of
VFW's more recent assistance includes:
AFEM for troops in
Bosnia.
Hardship pay for
Joint Task Force Full Accounting
personnel.
100,000
care packages worth more than $1
million to troops overseas during
the Gulf War.
Pre-paid
telephone cards to active duty troops
and hospitalized veterans via VFW's
Operation Uplink.
Why join? GOOD
QUESTION.
Do you respect the flag?
Do you consider yourself
patriotic?
Are you proud of your service?
Do you care about the quality
of life in your community?
Do you enjoy the company
of other veterans?
Do you think it's imperative
to find the cause of Gulf
War Syndrome?
Do you think a strong national
defense is needed?
If these
issues are important to you, THEN
THE VFW IS YOUR ORGANIZATION. For
the rank and file membership, these
are the core reasons for becoming
a VFW member. If you want to protect
you and your buddies' hard earned
benefits, then you have to get involved.
How will veterans benefits be protected
in the future if there are no veterans
groups around to do it? It was VFW
and other veterans advocates who
made today's benefits a reality.
Join today
and become a member of the elite
- the VFW.
Join the many Veterans, Active-duty,
National Guard and Reserve troops who
have already become VFW members.
Join the
elite. Join today.
YOU CAN MAKE the difference today by
completing our application. We invite
you to join the elite and continue
the tradition of excellence that has
come to symbolize the VFW.
Complete
our Online
Application
To receive
information by mail send name and
address information to info@vfwca.org
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