Fleet Veteran's Association

Fleet Veteran's Association – a Union chartered, non-profit corporation formed in 2099 OTT by Navy and Marine veterans of Terra's WWIII. Its motto: pro velox, pro iugum (for the Fleet, for the Union).

Purpose
The basic aims of the FVA are to: ensure the Union's security through military strength, to aid disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote patriotism by means of education and by constructive service to communities. The organization maintains both its Assembly liaison service and the central office of its rehabilitation service on Pluribus Unum. The latter program serves disabled veterans of all wars, members and nonmembers alike, in matters of compensation and pension claims, hospitalization, employment preference, and so on. The FVA has more than 10,000,000 local units, which are known as “posts.”

Membership
Membership in the FVA is restricted to active service members or honorably discharged officer or enlisted person who is a Union Citizen and who has served in its armed forces “in any foreign war, insurrection or expedition, as recognized by the Union.” Membership is not restricted to Fleet Veterans only, but is open to any Union veteran meeting the other criteria.