VFW Eligibility Requirements - Are You Eligible? It's not the price you pay for membership - it's the price you pay to be eligible |
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| Expeditionary | Navy - Marine Corps | 12 Feb. 1874 Indeterminate |
| Spanish Campaign | Army | 11 May 1898 16 Aug. 1898 |
| Spanish Campaign | Navy | 20 Apr. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 |
| Army of Cuban Occupation | Army | 18 July 1898 20 May 1902 |
| Army of Puerto Rico Occupation | Army | 14 Aug. 1898 10 Dec. 1898 |
| Philippine Campaign | Army | 04 Feb. 1899 31 Dec. 1913 |
| Philippine Campaign | Navy | 04 Feb.1899 15 Sept. 1906 |
| China Relief Expedition | Army | 20 June 1900 27 May 1901 |
| China Relief Expedition | Navy | 05 Apr. 1900 27 May 1901 |
| Cuban Pacification | Army | 06 Oct. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 |
| Cuban Pacification | Navy | 12 Sept. 1906 01 Apr. 1909 |
| Mexican Service | Army | 12 Apr. 1911 16 June 1919 |
| Mexican Service | Navy | 12 Apr. 1914 07 Feb. 1917 |
| First Nicaraguan Campaign | Navy | 29 July 1912 14 Nov. 1912 |
| Haitian Campaign | Navy | 09 July 1915 06 Dec. 1915 01 Apr. 1919 15 June 1920 |
| Dominican Campaign | Navy | 04 May 1916 05 Dec. 1916 |
| World War I Victory (w/Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia) | Army | 06 Apr. 1917 01 Apr. 1920 |
| World War I Victory (w/Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia) | Navy | 06 Apr. 1917 30 Mar. 1920 |
| Army of Occupation of Germany | Army | 12 Nov. 1918 11 July 1923 |
| Second Nicaraguan Campaign | Navy | 27 Aug. 1926 02 Jan. 1933 |
| Yangtze Service | Navy | 03 Sept. 1926 21 Oct. 1927 01 Mar. 1930 31 Dec. 1932 |
| China Service | Navy | 07 July 1937 07 Sept. 1939 02 Sept. 1945 01 Apr. 1957 |
| American Defense Service (w/Foreign Service Clasp) | Army-Navy | 08 Sept. 1939 07 Dec. 1941 |
| European-African- Middle Eastern Campaign | Army-Navy | 07 Dec. 1941 08 Nov. 1945 |
| American Campaign (30 consecutive days or 60 days non-consecutive days of duty outside continental limits of the United States) | Army-Navy | 07 Dec. 1941 02 Mar. 1946 |
| Asiatic-Pacific Campaign | Army-Navy | 07 Dec. 1941 02 Mar. 1946 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Italy | 09 May 1945 15 Sept. 1947 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Germany (except West Berlin) | 09 May 1945 05 May 1955 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Austria | 09 May 1945 27 July 1955 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Germany (West Berlin) | 09 May 1945 02 Oct. 1990 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Korea | 03 Sept. 1945 29 June 1949 |
| Army of Occupation (30 consecutive days of duty) | Japan | 03 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 |
| Navy Occupation Service Medal | Italy | 08 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947 |
| Navy Occupation Service Medal | Trieste | 08 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954 |
| Navy Occupation Service Medal | Germany (except West Berlin) | 08 May 1945 05 May 1955 |
| Navy Occupation Service Medal | Austria | 08 May 1945 25 Oct. 1955 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal | Asiatic Pacific | 02 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952 |
| Korean Service Medal | Army, Navy, Air Force | 27 June 1950 27 July 1954 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Cuban Military Operation | 03 Jan. 1961 23 Oct. 1962 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Thailand Military Operation | 16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation | 08 Dec. 1978 06 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Lebanon | 20 Aug. 1982 31 May 1983 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Libyan Expedition | 20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Persian Gulf | 01 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Panama - (pre and post invasion) | 01 Apr. 1988 19 Dec. 1989 01 Feb. 1990 13 June 1990 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Liberia(Operation Sharp Edge) | 05 Aug. 1990 21 Feb. 1991 |
| Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal |
Rwanda (Operation Distant Runner) (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Peleliu) | 07-18 Apr. 1994 |
| Vietnam Service Medal | 04 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973 |
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| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Lebanon | 01 July 1958 01 Nov. 1958 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Taiwan Straits | 23 Aug. 1958 01 Jan. 1959 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Quemoy & Matsu Island | 23 Aug. 1958 01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Vietnam | 01 July 1958 03 July 1965 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Congo | 14 July 1960 01 Sept. 1962 23-27 Nov. 1964 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Laos | 19 Apr. 1961 07 Oct. 1962 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Berlin | 14 Aug. 1961 01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Cuba | 24 Oct. 1962 01 June 1963 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Dominican Republic | 28 Apr. 1965 21 Sept. 1966 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Korea | 01 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Cambodia | 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Thailand (in direct support of Cambodia) | 29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Eagle Pull-Cambodia (includes evacuation) | 11-13 Apr. 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Frequent Wind-Vietnam (includes evacuation) | 29-30 Apr. 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Mayaguez Operation | 15 May 1975 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | El Salvador | 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Lebanon | 01 June 1983 01 Dec. 1987 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Urgent Fury- Grenada | 23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov. 1983 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | El Dorado Canyon-Libya | 12-17 Apr. 1986 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Persian Gulf-Operation Earnest Will (only those participating in, or in direct support) | 24 July 1987 02 Aug. 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Panama-Operation Just Cause (USS Vreeland and other SVS-designated aircrew members outside the Conus in direct suppport) | 20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan. 1990 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Somalia-United Shield-Operation Restore Hope | 05 Dec. 1992 31 Mar. 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Haiti-Operation Uphold Democracy | 16 Sept. 1994 31 Mar. 1995 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Bosnia-Operation Joint Endeavor(Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 20 Nov. 1995 20 Dec. 1996 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Vigilant Sentinel (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) | 01 Dec. 1995 1 Sept., 1997 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Southern Watch (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq Arabian Gulf, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Yeman, Egypt, Jordan | 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Maritime Intercept operations(Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman W of 62" E Long, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan) | 01 Dec. 1995 Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | El Salvador | 01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Northern Watch (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf W of 56" E Long., and Incirlik AB, Turkey (only pers. TDY to ONW) | 01 Jan. 1997 Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Joint Forge - (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace) | 21 Jun. 1998 Indeterminate |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Desert Thunder (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea support | 11 Nov. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 |
| Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (30 consecutive or 60 non- consecutive days of duty) | Operation Desert Fox (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf of Oman, USF Red Sea support | 16 Dec. 1998 22 Dec. 1998 |
| Southwest Asia Service Medal | Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm (combat areas of operation only) | 02 Aug. 1990 30 Nov. 1995 |
| Southwest Asia Service Medal | Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan | 17 Jan. 1991 11 Apr. 1991 |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal | Operation Allied Force Kosovo Air Campaign | 24 March 1999 10 June 1999 |
| Kosovo Campaign Medal | Kosovo Defense Campaign- Ground Action | 24 March 1999 10 June 1999 |
| Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge | Army | 06 Dec. 1941 Indeterminate |
| Combat Action Ribbon | Navy, Marine, Coast Guard | 01 Mar. 1961 Indeterminate |
| Combat Action Badge | Army | 18 Sep. 2001 Open |
| SSBN Nuclear Deterrent Patrol Breast Insignia | Navy | 21 Jan. 1961 Open |
| Korea Duty | Service on the Korean Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30 consecutive or sixty 60 non-consecutive days) | 30 June 1949 Open |
| Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay | http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42959 |
(NOTICE: Annual/yearly membership dues are $30.00.
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