36 U.S.C. § 230102 — Purposes

1. (1)to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;
2. (2)to assist worthy comrades;
3. (3)to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;
4. (4)to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;
5. (5)to foster true patriotism;
6. (6)to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and
7. (7)to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.