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Meeting rituals definitely need refreshing    but the social interaction before and after is great! 

VFW Post 9951 (Bangkok) , holds monthly meetings on the JUSMAG compound (near Lumpini MRT) every second Saturday starting at 11:00.  The Cafe' is open for breakfast before and lunch after the meeting.  The American Veterans Wife's Club also meets the same time and location.   The annual VFW Christmas Party is planned for 17 December and tickets available.  POC:  <<<<Email removed, please PM function to contact>>>>

In response to the suggestion for a name change:  There are specific reasons the name was chosen and remains:  (Citation:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars)

1.  The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., is a federally chartered corporation formed on September 29, 1899 by Spanish–American War veterans of the 17th U.S. Infantry.^{[1]  Note:  Prior to that there was a little domestic dispute called the Civil War.}  

2. Membership in the VFW is restricted to any active or honorably discharged officer or enlisted person who is a citizen of the United States and who has served in its armed forces "in any foreign war, insurrection or expedition, which service shall be recognized by the authorization or the issuance of a military campaign medal".^[2]

3.  Many Americans served in the military during peacetime and many never deployed to a superfluous foreign location.