WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN LEGION DO?

The American Legion is the nation’s most influential, effective, and dependable advocate of veteran affairs fighting for better active-duty pay, improved housing for active-duty families, and helping to ensure that the VA’s medical system can properly care for veterans.

Our nation’s leaders speak directly to citizens on the pages of The American Legion Magazine. The American Legion’s organizational goals are promoted using the words of talented writers, professional journalists, and world leaders.

The American Legion offers expert advice, support, and representation for veterans and families seeking government benefits they are eligible to receive at the federal, state, and local levels.

Hundreds of job fairs and career events every year, all across the map, are coordinated, sponsored, promoted, or produced by The American Legion. American Legion business workshops also help veterans and their families pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

Operation Comfort Warriors helps active-duty military personnel and newly discharged veterans recover and adjust to lifestyle changes.

The American Legion conducts student-veteran roundtables, networks with Student Veterans of America as well as college campuses, and works with agencies to better apply military experience toward professional and vocational licenses and certification credits.

Cash grants and volunteer aid are among the ways The American Legion reaches out to families of military service members and veterans during times of financial difficulty, short-handedness at home, or natural disaster.

​The American Legion and USAA, two organizations driven by the same values for nearly a century, are allied through a “preferred provider” relationship that connects Legionnaires with the best advice and service in banking, insurance, and personal finance.

The American Legion offers hundreds of opportunities for homeless veterans across the country, including temporary housing, mentoring, and job training.

American Legion honor guards provide official services at thousands of veteran funerals around the world each year. The Legion is also a leader at every level in the establishment and maintenance of memorials and monuments that honor military sacrifice.

The American Legion offers members and their families practical, money-saving discounts that can easily save many times the cost of annual membership dues.