As of Mar 2, 2026
- VFW Post 970 Leadership meetings are normally held every first Tuesday of each month at 1700 location TBD. For more information, go to “About VFW Post 970” Meetings page.
- VFW Post 970 Regular Members’ meetings are normally held every second Thursday of each month at 1900 at the Oahu Veterans Center.
For more information about our regular members’ meeting, go to “About VFW Post 970” Meetings page.
With a current VFW Post 970 membership number, you can access the regular members’ meeting via Zoom. By going to “About VFW Post 970” Members Only page. The password is your membership number.
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.
- Mar 12, 2026: Regular meeting: Start of Nominations of Post officers: Commander, Senior Vice Commander, Junior Vice Commander, Quartermaster, Chaplain, and 3rd Year Trustee at the regular Post March meeting.
- Mar 21-22, 2026: 1000-1700 The Gun Show at the Neal Blaisdell Center for recruitment and Veterans outreach.
- 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 on Hickam.
- Apr 9, 2026: Regular members’ meeting: Election of Post officers.
- Apr TBD, 2026: Flag Retirements at the National Memorial of the Pacific at Punchbowl. 4th Quarter Service Project.
- May 1, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Loyalty Day.
- May (Begins 2, 2026: 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 8, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: VE Day, German surrender WWII signed 1945.
- May 23-24, 2026: VFW Post 970 Buddy Poppy Drive (Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam)
- May 25, 2026: Veterans Day Ceremonies:
0700 WWII Memorial (next to the King Kamehameha Statue Downtown)
0730 Korean/Vietnam Memorial (on the grounds of the State Capital)
- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
TBD Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (in Hawaii Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaneohe
- May 30, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Memorial Day Traditionally.
Past Events
- Feb 28, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Liberation of Kuwait-Operation Desert Storm 1991.
- Feb 15, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Sinking of USS Maine 1898.
- Jan TBD, 2026: Flag Retirements at the National Memorial of the Pacific at Punchbowl. 3rd Quarter Service Project.
- Jan 27, 2026: VFW Commemorative date: Signing of the Vietnam Peace Accord 1973.
- Dec 11, 2025: TBD VFW Post 970 Meeting/ Post 45th Birthday Dinner TBD (actual birthday Dec 13, 1980.
- Dec 7, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Pearl Harbor Day 84th Anniversary 1941.
- Dec 7, 2025: TBD Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, ceremonies at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
- Dec 6, 2025: 0900-1100 VFW Department of Hawaii Council of Administration Meeting at the Oahu Veterans Center.
- 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)
- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
TBD Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (in Hawaii Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaneohe
- Nov 11, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Signing WWI Armistice 1918.
- Oct TBD, 2025: 0900-1100 Flag Retirements at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. 2nd Fiscal Quarter Service Project cancelled due to government shutdown.
- Oct 23, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Beirut Bombing 1983.
- Oct 18, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Recognition of Women in the Military Service.
- Oct 7, 2025: VFW Commemorative date: Start of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan 2021.
- Oct 4-5, 2025: 1000-1500 The Gun Show at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Recruiting and Veterans’ outreach.
- Sep 21, 2025: 0900-1100 Flag Retirement at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). 1stFiscal 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.