What would make American Legions and Veteran of Foreign War posts more appealing to join for you?

We at the Tifton, Ga. Pist of VFW are begging the younger veterans to join. We aren't all old geezer buttheads

The American Legions posts I visited were specifically for smokers and drinkers. Since I don't do either I didn't stay. I pay my dues every year, because I know they help other vets.

Well, remember the younger crowd is mostly voluntary these days, the older groups nam and back was either draft, some voluntary and some jail sentence or join a branch, so how they could look down there nose at cold War Era and Iraq and Kuwait and Afghanistan vets as not vets us abhorrent. Then maybe do some more events including helping vets and non vets through charity.

Please visit http://www.vfw.org or https://www.legion.org/ for current info.

As a member of both organizations, don't let a few "bad apples" color your take on the groups. If your still interested try again with someone elses post, we aren't all like that.

Yet another reason why this is a bogus chat room

I currently am with a post in Florida and we want younger persons to join. So of the comments I get is they don't want anything to do with the milk anymore. So of the comments about Nam Vets are true but it imwont change unless you make it happen. Also the national headquarters is looking at this issue.

Several years ago I joined the American Legion for one year. Several times a week I received mailings asking for donations. I never received anything advising about who I can contact if I need assistance, what assistance the American Legion offers or how I can help other veterans, it was about donating more money. Now for a brief history that very few people know. The original commander of the American Legion, and is considered founder is none other than British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Yes, the same Benedict Arnold that double crossed George Washington. The American Legion was actually a Calvary and Infantry British unit.

Our battles don't rate

I have to echo this with some additional comments. I was a member in North Carolina, and also a Scout leader with the troop the legion post sponsored. However, the legion member who became the liaison with the Scouts decided during the transition between Scoutmasters that the Scout units were going to basically answer to his whims, and when we pushed back he became more and more belligerent to the point that the program suffered at the post, and an overwhelming number of youth left to form a new unit elsewhere. My son was verbally attacked during a Board of Review for rank by this individual, and when I backed my son and the troop leaders that disagreed with his conduct, he became belligerent and threatening towards me as well. I found that the unit had a clique of older members, and the "Sons", and if you were not part of that clique you were not part of the post except as a source of money. I transferred to at-large status under the state post, and when the membership lapsed I did not renew, even though I had moved from North Carolina to Fort Myers, FL. The whole experience left a bitter taste in my mouth, especially when that same individual wound up as post commander and made no secret of the fact that he felt anyone who disagreed with him on anything needed to exit the post and seek membership elsewhere.