OT Veterans: VFW vs American Legion

Almost anyone can join the Legion (women's auxiliary, son/grandson of legionaires, veterans, etc), but only veterans can join VFW.

quote:

---

Doesn't VFW stand for Veterans of Foreign Wars?

---

Yes. Veterans of the Civil War are not allowed to join.

The American Legion anyone can join. You can join as a social member, veteran, auxilary(if female) or as a son of a legioinaire. As a son of a legionaire, you can join under that if your dad, grandfather or great grandfather was a legionaire.


The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) will only allow you to join if you are a veteran of a foreign war. You had to serve. It is not like the American Legion.

Most of these answers are wrong.

American Legion: You must have served on federal active duty during a qualifying period of conflict. The current qualifying period has been ongoing since 1990. The American Legion Auxillary is a women's group and you have to be a qualifying relative of someone who was a member of the American Legion or a deceased member of the Armed Forces.

Veteran's of Foreign Wars: Pretty much the same except that you have to been deployed to a combat zone or hostile area.

ISWYDT

Anybody ever been to the vfw in gonzales on churchpoint rd?

So what exactly do you do/how does it work? Just walk in and drink cheap beer?

I'm a member of both. In my opinion it all depends on the town on which is better. I've lived in towns where the VFW is a better post and vice versa.

Like anything, each post is a reflection of its leadership.

quote:

---

Only 1300 posts? Hmmm ... maybe you are a Chicken alter?

---

No. Set up an account and pretty much avoided the place until 2010. Then become more of a lurker. The expansion of the sites outside of the TR has drawn out more posts.