List Of Veterans' Organizations
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List of veterans' organizations


International veterans' organizations

* Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League * War Veterans Committee
The Greatest Generations Federation
* World Association of Home Army Soldiers * World Veterans Federation


National veterans' organizations


Australia

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Returned and Services League The Returned and Services League of Australia, also known as RSL, RSL Australia and the RSLA, is an independent support organisation for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. History The League was formed in ...


Canada

* Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada * Canadian Airborne Forces Association *Canadian Military Intelligence Association * The Royal Canadian Legion


France

* French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation


Hungary

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Hungarian Royal Gendarme Veterans' Association The Hungarian Royal Gendarmerie, Gendarme Veterans' Association (), commonly known by its initialism of MKCsBK or Csendor, is an international veterans' organization founded in its initial form in 1947, with the goal of maintaining an association ...


Indonesia

* Veterans' Legion


Japan

* Kaikosha


Myanmar (Burma)

* Myanmar War Veterans Organization (MWVO)


New Zealand

* Returned and Services Association


Philippines

* Association of Veterans of the Revolution


South Africa

* Memorable Order of Tin Hats * The South African Legion * South African Defence Force Association (SADFA) * Council for Military Veteran Organisations (CMVO) * South African National Military Veterans Association (SANMVA)


United Kingdom

* The Royal British Legion * SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity * Victory Services Club


United States

* Academy of United States Veterans * Air Force Association * Air Force Sergeants Association * American Ex-Prisoners of War * American G.I. Forum *
American Legion The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an Voluntary association, organization of United States, U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises U.S. state, state, Territories of the United States, U.S. terr ...
* AMVETS * American Veterans Committee (dissolved 2008) * American Veterans Committee (2013–present day) * American Veterans for Equal Rights * Army and Navy Union * Association of Military Surgeons of the United States *
Association of the United States Army The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) is a private, non-profit organization that serves as the professional association of the United States Army. Founded in 1950, it has 121 chapters worldwide. Membership is open to everyone, not ju ...
* Aztec Club (organized by officers of the Mexican War) * Blinded Veterans Association *
Catholic War Veterans Catholic War Veterans (officially called the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America) is a national service organization of baptized Catholics that have served or are currently serving in the United States Armed Forces. Founded in ...
* Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association * DAV * Fleet Reserve Association * Forty and Eight *
Grand Army of the Republic The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (United States Navy, U.S. Navy), and the United States Marine Corps, Marines who served in the American Ci ...
(dissolved 1956) * Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America * Iraq War Veterans Organization * Jewish War Veterans *
Marine Corps League The Marine Corps League is the only congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States. Its congressional charter was approved by the Seventy-fifth United States Congress, 75th U.S. Congress an ...
* Military Officers Association of America * Military Order of the Carabao (organized by officers of the Philippine Insurrection) * Military Order of the Cootie * Military Order of the Dragon (organized by officers of the China Relief Expedition) * Military Order of Foreign Wars (organized by veterans of the Mexican War) * Military Order of the Loyal Legion (organized by Union army officers) * Military Order of the Purple Heart * Military Order of the Stars and Bars (organized by
Confederate army The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fi ...
officers) * Military Order of the World Wars (organized by officers of
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
) * Montford Point Marines *
Navy League of the United States The Navy League of the United States, commonly referred to as the Navy League, is a national association with nearly 50,000 members who advocate for a strong, credible United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard and ...
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National Association for Black Veterans The National Association for Black Veterans (NABVETS) is a nationally certified Veterans Service Organization and a United States Department of Veterans Affairs claims representative. NABVETS has membership and chapters throughout the United State ...
* National Guard Association of the United States * Navy Musicians Association * Navy Mutual Aid Association * Paralyzed Veterans of America *
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA), founded in 1958 and recognized by the United States Congress in 1985, was a World War II veterans organization whose members were on Pearl Harbor or three miles or less offshore during the Japanese at ...
(dissolved 2011) * Polish Legion of American Veterans * Society of American Military Engineers *
Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is a lineage society, fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of milita ...
(organized by American
Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ...
officers) * State Guard Association of the United States * Student Veterans of America * Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) * Ukrainian American Veterans * United Confederate Veterans (dissolved 1951) * United Spanish War Veterans (dissolved 1992) * United States Submarine Veterans * United States Submarine Veterans of World War II (dissolved 2012) * Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy * Veterans for Common Sense * Veterans for Peace *
Veterans of Foreign Wars The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is an Voluntary association, organization of United States Armed Forces, United States war veterans who fought in wars, Military campaign, campaig ...
* Vietnamese American Armed Forces Association * Vietnam Veterans of America


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