2007 Dues Renewal

Starting January 2007 the Annual Dues will increase by at least 50%.  Life membership is expected to double.  If you are currently an annual member and are considering going Life, now is the time to do it.  Once you become a life member of the VFW, you are a life member at every VFW around the world.  You can easily transfer anywhere in the world and you will never be charged dues again. 

                                                                   Jim Spiker

                                                                   Post Quartermaster

On October 9, 2005, the National Council of Administration approved an amendment to Section 101 of the VFW Manual of Procedure to include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (ACM), the Iraq Campaign Medal (ICM), the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border (AFESR w/GB), the Combat Action Badge (CAB), and the SSBN Nuclear Deterrent Patrol Breast Insignia.

Senate Approves Changes
in VFW Membership Qualifications
Opens Door to Hostile Fire and
Imminent Danger Pay Recipients

Kansas City, MO, Oct. 4, 2002-Yesterday, the Senate unanimously approved the VFW Charter Bill HR 3838 that extends VFW membership to service members who receive hostile fire or imminent danger pay.

The House already approved the legislation, clearing it for the president's desk, which VFW officials expect the president to sign. Representatives Chris Smith and Lane Evans introduced the bill, with support from Representatives George Gekas and James Sensenbrenner, as well as Senators Charles Schumer and Patrick Leahy.

"This is a monumental decision for our organization," said VFW Commander-in-Chief Ray Sisk. "Our grass-roots efforts have paid off, and our organization will be better off because of this new legislation."

Checking eligibility

Checking eligibility is comparatively simple. Assuming that a person is a United States citizen and has an honorable  discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces, it only remains to be proven that the person served outside the continental  limits  of the U.S. and has earned a campaign or service medal recognized by the VFW as meeting the campaign  medal  requisite for VFW Membership. (The only exception is for service in Korea after June 30, 1949, until present.)

Discharges issued during and immediately after the close of World War II have a section on the back listing the medals  and decorations which have been earned. Persons discharged later received a DD-214, "Report of Separation" form,  which has a space showing medals and decorations. Lost separation documents can be replaced by completing and  submitting GSA Standard Form 180, "Request Pertaining to Military Records.

There is always a possibility of an omission on the separation documents. If an applicant claims entitlement to a medal  which is not shown on the individual's separation papers, that person may request verification and correction of records  by submitting a GSA Standard Form 180.

The GSA Standard Form 180 is available from any office of the Veterans Administration or state Veterans Departments.  The form must be completed and signed by the veteran in order to receive the information requested or authorize the  release of the information to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

VFW eligibility listing chart is used as a guide in determining eligibility for membership, and is furnished as a matter of information concerning the periods during which campaign and/or service medals were authorized.

Campaign medals, and the periods for which issued, have been authorized by the United States of  America, and the holder of any such medal or medals is recognized as possessing the campaign medal requisite of eligibility.  Check  this link to confirm VFW Eligibility

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If you Rate one of these Campaign Ribbons, or Badges, you Belong in the

Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States

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Expeditionary	Spanish Campaign	Army of Cuban Occupation
Army of Puerto Rican Occupation	Philippine Campaign	China Campaign China Relief Expedition
Army of Cuban Pacification	Cuban Pacification Navy	Mexican Service
First Nicaraguan Campaign	Haitian Campaign	Dominican Campaign
W.W. I Victory (with Clasp)	Army of Occupation of Germany	Second Nicaraguan Campaign
Yangtze Service	China Service	American Defense (with Clasp)
American Campaign (with Foreign Service)	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign	European-African-Middle Eastern
Army of Occupation of Germany, Italy, Austria, Korea, Japan Navy Occupation	Korean Service	Southwest Asia Service Medal
Marine Corps Expeditionary	Armed Forces Expeditionary	Combat Action
Vietnam Service	Kosovo Service Medal	Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal	Global War on Terrorism Medal	Korean Defense Service Medal
Combat Action Badge	Combat Infantry Badge	Combat Medical Badge
Service on the Korean peninsula or tour in its territorial waters for 30 consecutive days or for sixty days total, 1949 to a date indeterminate (No ribbon or badge given).

Last modified: 02/10/08