Membership Qualifications

Where You Awarded one of the following ribbons?

If you Rate one of these Campaign Ribbons, or Badges, you Belong in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States No Amount of Money can Buy this Privilege!

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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	Service in Bosnia Peacekeeping Force
Combat Infantry Badge	Combat Medical Badge

Or

Did you serve in one of the following?

Campaign Medal	Military Service	Period During Which Issued
Expeditionary	Navy Marine Corps	12 Feb. 1874 Indeterminate
Spanish Campaign	Army	11 May 1898 16 Aug. 1898
	Navy	20 Apr. 1898 10 Dec. 1898
Army of Cuban Occupation	Army	18 July 1898 20 May 1902
Army of Puerto Rican Occupation	Army	14 Aug. 1898 10 Dec. 1898
Philippine Campaign	Army	04 Feb. 1899 31 Dec. 1913
	Navy	04 Feb.1899 15 Sept. 1906
China Campaign	Army	20 June 1900 27 May 1901
China Relief Expedition	Navy	05 Apr. 1900 27 May 1901
Army of 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
	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 (with Battle or Service Clasp including Siberia and European Russia)	Army	06 Apr. 1917 01 Apr. 1920
	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 (with Foreign Service Clasp)	Army-Navy	08 Sept. 1939 07 Dec. 1941
American Campaign (30 consecutive days or 60 days non-consecutive 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
European-African Middle Eastern Campaign	Army-Navy	07 Dec. 1941 08 Nov. 1945
Army of Occupation 30 consecutive days	Italy	09 May 1945 15 Sept. 1947
	Germany (except West Berlin)	09 May 1945 05 May 1955
	Germany (West Berlin)	09 May 1945 02 Oct. 1990
	Austria	09 May 1945 27 July 1955
	Korea	03 Sept. 1945 29 June 1949
	Japan	03 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952
Navy Occupation Service Medal	Italy	08 May 1945 15 Dec. 1947
	Trieste	08 May 1945 26 Oct. 1954
	Germany (except West Berlin)	08 May 1945 05 May 1955
	Austria	08 May 1945 25 Oct. 1955
	Asiatic Pacific	02 Sept. 1945 27 Apr. 1952
Korean Service Medal	Army, Navy, Air Force	27 June 1950 27 July 1954
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 30 consec. or 60 non-consec. days of duty	Berlin	14 Aug. 1961 01 June 1963
	Lebanon	01 July 1958 01 Nov. 1958
	Quemoy & Matsu Island	23 Aug. 1958 01 June 1963
	Taiwan Straits	23 Aug. 1958 01 Jan. 1959
	Congo	14 July 1960 01 Sept. 1962 23-27 Nov. 1964
	Laos	19 Apr. 1961 07 Oct. 1962
	Vietnam	01 July 1958 03 July 1965
	Cuba	24 Oct. 1962 01 June 1963
	Dominican Republic	28 Apr. 1965 21 Sept. 1966
	Korea	01 Oct. 1966 30 June 1974
	Cambodia	29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973
	Thailand (in direct support of Cambodia Operation)	29 Mar. 1973 15 Aug. 1973
	Operation Eagle Pull-Evacuation of Cambodia	11-13 Apr. 1975
	Operation Frequent Wind-Evacuation of Vietnam	29-30 Apr. 1975
	Mayaguez Operation	15 May 1975
	Operation Urgent Fury-Grenada	23 Oct. 1983 21 Nov. 1983
	Lebanon	01 June 1983 01 Dec. 1987
	Libyan Operation- El Dorado Canyon	12-17 Apr. 1986
	Persian Gulf-Operation Earnest Will	24 July 1987 02 Aug. 1990
	Panama-Operation Just Cause	20 Dec. 1989 31 Jan. 1990
	Somalia-United Shield-Operation Restore Hope	05 Dec. 1992 31 Mar. 1995
	Haiti-Operation Uphold Democracy	16 Sept. 1994 31 Mar. 1995
	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
	El Salvador	01 Jan. 1981 01 Feb. 1992
	Bosnia-Operation Joint Endeavor(Bosnia, Croatia, the Adriatic Sea & airspace)	20 Nov. 1995 20 Dec. 1996
	Operation Joint Guard (Bosnia, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace)	20 Dec. 1996 June 20, 1998
	Operation Vigilant Sentinel (Persian Gulf, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait)	01 Dec. 1995 1 Sept., 1997
	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
	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
	Operation Joint Forge - (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Adriatic Sea & airspace)	21 Jun. 1998 31 Dec. 2000
	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
	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
Navy & Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal	Thailand Military Operation	16 May 1962 10 Aug. 1962
	Cuban Military Operation	03 Jan. 1961 23 Oct. 1962
	Iranian, Yemen & Indian Ocean Operation	08 Dec. 1978 06 June 1979 21 Nov. 1979 20 Oct. 1981
	Lebanon	20 Aug. 1982 31 May 1983
	Libyan Expedition	20 Jan. 1986 27 June 1986
	Persian Gulf	01 Feb. 1987 23 July 1987
	Panama - (pre and post invasion)	01 Apr. 1988 19 Dec. 1989 01 Feb. 1990 13 June 1990
	Liberia(Operation Sharp Edge)	05 Aug. 1990 21 Feb. 1991
	Rwanda (Operation Distant Runner) (11th Marine Expeditionary Unit USS Peleliu)	07-18 Apr. 1994
Vietnam Service Medal		04 July 1965 28 Mar. 1973
Southwest Asia Service Medal	(Operation Desert Shield/ Operation Desert Storm) Combat areas of operation only	02 Aug. 1990 30 Nov. 1995
	Personnel assigned to support units serving in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan	17 Jan. 1991 -Apr. 11, 1991 30 Nov. 1995
Combat Action Ribbon		01 Mar. 1961 Indeterminate
Combat Infantry Badge & Combat Medical Badge		06 Dec. 1941 Indeterminate
Korean Service (no campaign medal issued)	Service on the Korean Peninsula, or in its territorial waters for thirty (30), consecutive or sixty (60) nonconsecutive days.	30 June 1949 26 June, 1950. 28 July, 1954 - 20, Sep, 1966 01 Jul, 1974 - Open
Kosovo Campaign Medal (KCM)	Allied Force	24 Mar. 1999 10 June 1999.
	Joint Guardian	11 June 1999 indeterminate.
	Allied Harbour	4 April 1999 1 Sept 1999.
	Sustain Hope Shining Hope	4 April 1999 10 July 1999.
	Noble Anvil	24 Mar. 1999 20 July 1999.
	Kosovo Task Force Hawk	5 April 1999 24 June 1999.
	Kosovo Task Force Saber	31 Mar 1999 8 July 1999.
	Kosovo Task Force Falcon	11 June 1999 indeterminate.
	Kosovo Task Force Hunter	1 April 1999 1 Nov 1999.
	Kosovo Air Campaign Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovenia, Adriatic & Ionian Seas	24 Mar. 1999 10 June, 1999.
	Kosovo Defense Campaign Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Adriatic Seas	11 June 1999 indeterminate.

If the Answer is “Yes”

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