Eligibility Qualifications: The fundamental differences between our organization and other veterans organizations and one in which we take great pride, are our eligibility qualifications. There are three primary requisites for membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: (1) U.S. Citizen or U.S. National, (2) Honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, (3) Service entitling the applicant to the award of a recognized campaign medal or as set forth in the Congressional Charter and By-Laws and Manual of Procedure and Ritual. 

Eligibility Regulations: The following is to be used as a guide in determining eligibility for membership. The following campaign medals and periods 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.