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Serving With Pride

All Veterans of Foreign Wars members take great pride in our organization's eligibility requirements. It is these membership qualifications that sets our order apart from other veteran groups. To become a V.F.W. member you need to be a citizen of the United States, be of good standing in the community, have been honorably discharged from or are currently a member of the armed forces of the United States.

Your military service must include being deployed in a particular theater of operations recognized as military service that qualifies you for membership or you must have been awarded a recognized campaign medal as set forth in the V.F.W. Charter and/or By-Laws.

Your discharge papers or other official military records must reflect your campaign medal and/or show clearly that you served in a particular theater of operations that would qualify you for membership.