The cornerstone of AMVETS membership is the local post. Varying in size from 10 members to more than 2,000 in some cases, each AMVETS post conducts programs and activities related to the state and national organization’s goals and objectives.
To be eligible for membership in AMVETS you must have served in the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard and Reserves any time after Sept. 15, 1940.
Additionally, unless still serving, your discharge must have been under honorable conditions. If you served as an American citizen in the armed forces of an allied nation under honorable conditions between September 15, 1940 and May 8, 1975 you are also eligible as are wartime members of the Merchant Marine. Proof of eligibility can take the form of a DD-214, an honorable discharge certificate or other appropriate document.
To download an application for AMVETS membership click here.
You are probably eligible for membership for one of three additional levels of the AMVETS.
Information and application forms are here:
Ladies Auxiliary Click here
Sons of AMVETS Click here
Riders Click here
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