October 2026
| Date | Event |
| TBD | Oct – Dec (2nd Fiscal Quarter Service Project)
0900-1100 Flag Retirements – National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, |
| 3-4 | 1000-1700 The Gun Show: Neal Blaisdell Center |
| 6 | 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: TBD |
| 8 | 1900-2030 VFW Post 970 Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center |
| 9 | VFW Commemorative date: Start of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan 2001 |
| 13 | U.S. Navy’s 251st Birthday, Established 1775 |
| 18 | VFW Commemorative date: Recognition of Women in the Military Service |
| 23 | VFW Commemorative date: Beirut Bombing 1983 |
| TBD | 0900-1100 Oahu Veterans Council Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center |
| 31 | Smart/Maher Citizenship Education Teacher Nomination to the Post due |
| 31 | Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen student entries due to the Post |
November 2026
| Date | Event |
| 3 | 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: TBD |
| 3 | Election Day |
| 7-8 | 0930-1500 VFW Post 970 Buddy Poppy Drive: Hickam Commissary (Tentative) |
| 10 | U.S. Marine Corps 251st Birthday, Established 1775 |
| 11 | Veterans Day (Federal Holiday) |
| 11 | Veterans Day Ceremonies:
0700 WWII Memorial (next to the King Kamehameha Statue Downtown) 0730 Korean/Vietnam Memorial (on the State Capital grounds) 1000 National Memorial of the Pacific (Punchbowl) TBD Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (in Hawaii Memorial Park Cemetery Kaneohe) |
| 11 | VFW Commemorative date: Signing WWI Armistice 1918 |
| 12 | 1900-2030 VFW Post 970 Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center |
| 15 | Smart/Maher Citizenship Education Teacher Completion of Post judging |
| 15 | Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen completion Post judging |
| 15 | Community Service Report for May 1 – October 31 due to Department |
| 26 | Thanksgiving (Federal Holiday) |
| – | No Oahu Veterans Council Meeting in Nov-Dec |
December 2026
| Date | Event |
| 1 | VFW Special Project Record Book Department deadline to National |
| 1 | VFW 6 month Community Service report Department deadline to National |
| 1 | 1700-1900 VFW Post 970 Leadership Meeting: The Row Kaka’ako |
| TBD | VFW Department of Hawaii Council of Administration (COA) Meeting: Oahu Veterans Center (Tentative) |
| 7 | VFW Commemorative date: Pearl Harbor Day 84th Anniversary 1941 |
| 7 | TBD Memorial Service at JBPH-H and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl |
| 10 | TBD VFW Post 970 Meeting/Post Birthday Dinner: TBD |
| 13 | National Guard of the U.S. 390th Birthday, Established 1636 |
| 13 | VFW Post 970, 46th Birthday, Chartered 1980 |
| 25 | Christmas Day (Federal Holiday) |
| – | No Oahu Veterans Council Meeting in Nov-Dec |