Whether you're active duty or retired from the military, you
are eligible to join if you meet our eligibility
requirements.
Yes. VFW Accredited Service Officers are trained
professionals, skilled in navigating the complex VA claims process and helping
veterans to recover billions in VA benefits and compensation each year. Whether
you're just preparing to file a claim or considering filing an appeal to your
disability rating, find a VFW
Accredited Service Officer in your area to get the assistance you've
earned - free of charge. And you don't have to be a member to take advantage of
this service.
Since its founding in 1899, the VFW has enacted many
programs and services geared to meet the current needs of America's
service members, veterans and military families, as well to meet community
needs worldwide. VA claims assistance, legislative advocacy, troop support
programs, youth activities, community service and scholarship are a few of the
ways we work to give back to those who've given so much for all of us.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers only those
facilities in which the general public is allowed. While a VFW Post is
often considered a private establishment, and therefore not subject to the
ADA's requirements, it may still have to follow the ADA. If a Post is open to
the public, then it becomes a place of public accommodation under the law, and
it must follow the requirements of the ADA and, therefore, allow service
animals.
VFW Posts are not open to the public that are considered private
clubs and that do not fall under the authority of the ADA should bring the
question of service animal access within the Post to the general membership for
a vote. Generally, the VFW views it as essential that our members with
disabilities who may, for instance, be accompanied by a service animal, have
access to their Posts and thus the VFW embraces the provisions of the ADA as it
pertains to the rules governing service animals.
You can contact the National Personnel Records Center at
314.801.0800 or via its website.In addition to providing copies of military records, they are able to update
records to correct errors or reflect awards that may have been issued
retroactively.
No. The VFW's congressional charter prohibits the
organization from endorsing or otherwise supporting political candidates or any
individual running for a public office position.
The VFW Foundation accepts vehicle donations which
provide funds that support a variety of VFW programs and services for service
members, veterans and their families. It’s a simple and easy process and your
vehicle donation is tax deductible. While the VFW Foundation does not provide
the vehicles directly, your donation makes a positive difference in the lives
of America’s heroes.
You must be a veteran who has honorably served overseas in
an area of foreign conflict in order to join the VFW. However, if you are not
eligible for VFW membership but are the parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling,
child or grandchild of a qualifying veteran, you can apply for membership in
the VFW Auxiliary. Visit the VFW
Auxiliary website or call 816.561.8655 for more information.
You can contact the National Personnel
Records Center and they will be able to issue a DD-215 showing receipt
of the Korea Defense Service Medal. In the meantime, any sort of travel orders
or military documentation showing your service in Korea for at least 30
consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days will suffice as proof of eligibility for
VFW membership.
You can contact the Defense
Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for copies of your Leave and
Earnings Statements (LES) or they can direct you to your service-specific
finance office for those records.
