Meet the vets in your city
Lunches, range days, beach cleanups, Veterans Day gatherings. Members post events where they live, and anyone can host.
Online is the start. Meeting up is the point.
A group chat can answer a visa question. It can't sit across a table from you on a bad week.
Plenty of veterans abroad go months without talking to anyone who has worn the uniform. Meetups fix that. They're simple: a lunch, a coffee, a beach walk, a Veterans Day toast. No rank, no dues, no speeches.
Every event lives inside the free community so members get reminders and can RSVP. Join free to see what's on near you.
Three steps to your first meetup
Join free
Create your account in the community. It takes two minutes and there's no DD-214 upload.
Open Events & Meetups
Filter by your country group and RSVP. You'll get a reminder the day before.
Or host the first one
Pick a public place, a date and a time. We'll help promote it to every member in your country.
Cities with active veteran communities
These cities have large veteran populations, VFW or American Legion posts, or both. If yours isn't listed, that just means nobody has hosted yet.
Pattaya, Bangkok, Udon Thani, Korat, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Angeles City, Subic, Cebu, Dumaguete, Davao, Phnom Penh, Da Nang, Penang, Bali
Lake Chapala and Ajijic, Puerto Vallarta, San Miguel de Allende, Mérida, Boquete, Panama City, Medellín, Cuenca, San José, Antigua, Roatán
Kaiserslautern, Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Vicenza, Naples, Rota, Lisbon and the Algarve, London, Athens
Okinawa, Yokosuka, Fussa, Misawa, Iwakuni, Pyeongtaek, Osan and Songtan, Seoul, Taipei
Kinds of meetups that work
- Monthly lunch or breakfast: same place, same day, every month. The easiest to keep going.
- Veterans Day and Memorial Day: join the local VFW or Legion post ceremony, then eat together.
- Service days: beach cleanups, school visits, helping a vet move.
- Info sessions: a member who just finished an FMP claim or a visa renewal walks others through it.
- Family days: spouses and kids welcome. See Spouses & family.
Ground rules
- Meet in public places, especially the first time.
- Everyone pays their own way unless the host says otherwise.
- No selling, recruiting or pitching at meetups.
- Respect privacy. Ask before posting photos.
- Stolen valor isn't tolerated, online or in person.
Already a member of a local post? Find VFW and American Legion posts on our organizations page, or use the VFW foreign post locator.
No meetup in your city yet?
Be the one who starts it. We'll promote it to every member in your country group.
