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OT Veterans: VFW vs American Legion
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:05 pm
What exactly is the difference in the American Legion and the VFW?
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:09 pm to monroe71201
Almost anyone can join the Legion (women's auxiliary, son/grandson of legionaires, veterans, etc), but only veterans can join VFW.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:09 pm to monroe71201
Doesn't VFW stand for Veterans of Foreign Wars?
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:15 pm to heypaul
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Doesn't VFW stand for Veterans of Foreign Wars?
Yes. Veterans of the Civil War are not allowed to join.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:17 pm to monroe71201
I believe it has to do with cheap beer.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:22 pm to monroe71201
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.
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.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:25 pm to monroe71201
I like the VDW
Veteran of domestic wars. Like War on Drugs and such.
Veteran of domestic wars. Like War on Drugs and such.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:35 pm to monroe71201
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.
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.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:36 pm to SuperSaint
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War on Drugs
Good Band:
Posted on 4/3/15 at 10:41 pm to soccerfüt
Warren Drogues is a good construction worker
Posted on 4/3/15 at 11:50 pm to monroe71201
AL is a "club". VFW is not.
Posted on 4/3/15 at 11:55 pm to Sal Minella
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?
So what exactly do you do/how does it work? Just walk in and drink cheap beer?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:18 am to indytiger
Unless you're prepared to answer a lot of vetting questions about your service, I wouldn't try it.
Bad form, sir.
Bad form, sir.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:44 am to yankeeundercover
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.
Like anything, each post is a reflection of its leadership.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 5:57 am to Sal Minella
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Sal Minella
Nice username. Goes with chicken. How did Chicken let you on this site?
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Member since Nov 2006
1361 posts
Only 1300 posts? Hmmm ... maybe you are a Chicken alter?
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:17 am to foshizzle
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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.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:20 am to SuperSaint
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War on Drugs
Greggs: Fighting the war on drugs, one brutality case at a time.
Carver: You can't even call this shite a 'war'.
Hauk: Why not?
Carver: Wars end.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 11:21 am
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