As of Oct 29, 2025
- VFW Post 970 Leadership meetings are normally held every first Tuesday of each month at 1700 at the Row Kaka’ako. For more information, go to “About VFW Post 970” Meetings page
- VFW Post 970 Members meetings are normally held every second Thursday of each month at 1900 at the Oahu Veterans Center. For more information, go to “About VFW Post 970” Meetings page.
- Oahu Veterans Council meetings are normally held the fourth Saturday of each month at 0900 at the Oahu Veterans Center. No OVC in November and December.
- Nov 9-10, 2025: Buddy Poppy Drive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (Tentative approval from the JAG)
- Nov 11, 2025: Veterans Day Ceremonies:
- 0700 WWII Memorial (next to the King Kamehameha Statue Downtown)
0730 Korean/Vietnam Memorial (on the grounds of the State Capital)
1000 National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
TBD Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (in Hawaii Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaneohe)
- 0700 WWII Memorial (next to the King Kamehameha Statue Downtown)
- Dec 6, 2025: 0900-1100 VFW Department of Hawaii Council of Administration Meeting at the Oahu Veterans Center.
- Dec 7, 2025: TBD Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, ceremonies at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
- Dec 11, 2025: TBD VFW Post 970 Meeting/ Post 45th Birthday Dinner TBD (actual birthday Dec 13, 1980.
- Jan 27, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Signing of the Vietnam Peace Accord 1973
- Jan TBD, 2026: Flag Retirements at the National Memorial of the Pacific at Punchbowl. 3rd Quarter Service Project
- Feb 15, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Sinking of USS Maine 1898
- Feb 28, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Liberation of Kuwait-Operation Desert Storm 1991
- Mar 12, 2026: Start of Nominations of Post officers: Commander, Senior Vice Commander, Junior Vice Commander, Quartermaster, Chaplain, and 3rd Year Trustee
- Mar 21-22, 2026: 1000-1700 The Gun Show at the Neal Blaisdell Center
- Mar 24, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Start of Kosovo Campaign 1999
- Mar 29,2026: VFW Commemorative date: National Vietnam War Veterans Day
- Mar 31, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: End of Operation Restore Hope – Somali 1995
- Apr 4, 2026: TBD End of Operation Homecoming ceremony (Retured POWs from Vietnam) at the POW/MIA monument across the Firestone Station
- Apr 9, 2026: Election of Post officers
- Apr TBD, 2026: Flag Retirements at the National Memorial of the Pacific at Punchbowl. 4th Quarter Service Project
Past Events
- Oct TBD, 2025: 0900-1100 Flag Retirements at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at (Punchbowl).
- Oct 23, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Beirut Bombing 1983
- Oct 18, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Recognition of Women in the Military Service
- October 7, 2025:VFW Commemorative date: Start of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan 2021
- Oct 4-5, 2025: 1000-1500 The Great Gun Show, recruiting and veterans outreach at the Neal Blaisdell Center.
- Sep 21, 2025: 0900-1100 Flag Retirement at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). 1st Fiscal Quarter Service Project
- Sep 19, 2025: 1000 POW/MIA Recognition Day at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl).
- Sep 13, 2025: 0900-1100 VFW Department of Hawaii Council of Administration Meeting at the Oahu Veterans Center.
- Aug 9-13, 2025: VFW National Convention in Columbus, Ohio
- Jul 2025: Received National honors and designated as an “All American Post” for the twelfth time
- Jun 14, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Flag Day
- Jun 12-15, 2025: VFW Department of Hawaii Convention at the Kilauea Military Camp
- Jun 6, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: D Day, Allied invasion of Europe WWII 1944
- May 30, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Memorial Day Traditionally
- May 8, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: VE Day, German surrender WWII signed 1945
- May 5, 2025: 0830 VFW Day of Service. Clean up the Korean and Vietnam War Memorials at the Hawaii State Capital with VFW Post 1540. See events for past cleanups.
- May 1, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Loyalty Day