WE REMEMBER

Our POW/MIA Program is held on POW/MIA Day and a couple other times throughout the year. It is truly something special to witness! Come by and check it out!

VFW RIDERS GROUP

Join the Largest VFW Riders Group in the Department. Help us raise awareness and funds for VFW programs and our Community of Veterans!

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Honor Guard

The Purpose of the Honor Guard To Serve all Honor Guard functions of the home organization and the Community. The Honor Guard will offer service to all Veterans and Veteran functions when possible. The Honor Guard will hold the highest level of respect for all that wore the uniform of this Country. VFW honor guards are made up mainly of honorably discharged veterans. The most common service they provide is at funerals of fellow veterans, where they fold and present an American flag to next of kin, perform a gun salute and play Taps.

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Buddy Poppies

The VFW Buddy Poppy program provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans' rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home For Children. Show your support today.

Veteran Outreach

Coming home doesn't mean the battle is over. With over 10 times the amount of veterans lost to suicide than to combat operations in the same time period, there has never been a more important time to TAKE A STAND and DO something to support our Veterans!! If you or someone you know is suffering from PTSD, we have people that have shared a similar experience and are ready to help.

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Membership

Membership is the lifeblood of the Organization, numbers mean power when sitting in front of Congress pushing Veteran related bills. Please come be a part of the Largest Combat Veterans Organization in the world!

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WELCOME TO COLE-MIERS VFW POST 3619

Cole-Miers, VFW Post 3619, Deridder Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars
As yesterday's defenders of freedom, we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.  Our common bond is the battlefield, whether it is service in the WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Korea, Kosovo, the war on terrorism or peace-keeping expeditionary campaigns. Your courage and sacrifice have made a difference in preserving and defending world peace.  The Veterans of Foreign Wars is more than just a bar and bingo, we are in the community, supporting our Veterans and representing ALL Veterans on Capitol Hill fighting for your benefits and rights.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

   
   
 
   

   
 

 

Announcements

 Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Officers!
Randy Carson- Commander; Chester Thurston- Sr Vice; Lori Bates- Jr. Vice;
Shane Fowler- Quartermaster; Mike Liles- Adjutant; Ted Stoneburner - Chaplain;
Bob Connor - 1 Yr Trustee; Matt Haller- 2 Yr Trustee; Christine Anderson- 3 Yr Trustee;
Johanna Federkeil - Service Officer; Ken Blankenship - Judge Advocate; Shirly Kuczenski- Surgeon;
Ken Gresham- SGT at Arms; Lori Bates- PAO.

 

News & Events

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Membership

Membership Details

As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

Assistance & Benefits

Assistance & Benefits

The Veterans of Foreign Wars is dedicated

 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

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National News

Important info from National VFW

VFW Calls on VA Secretary After Second Suicide at VA Facility in 2025

WASHINGTON - We are saddened by the tragic loss of a veteran who died by suicide in the parking lot of the Audie L. Murphy Memoria...

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VFW Commemorates National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Dec. 7, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins a grateful nation as...

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OUR MISSION

That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.