What will get you to join the American Legion?

There's been a few similar questions like this posted over the years on RallyPoint and they all have a similar theme in the replies: younger veterans don't feel welcome at VFW's and Legions. It's viewed as the place where older male veterans drink beer away from their families and complain about politics and younger veterans. They don't feel welcome because of how they've been treated by the older folks, how their views/values don't align with the existing members, the services and mission of the legion's don't align with what younger veterans want, etc. Additionally people under 50 have a ton of stuff going on in their lives already - kids, family, careers, personal health - and to get them to take on yet another obligation will take some serious convincing. To get me to join a Legion, they would need a serious rebrand from top to bottom.

Nothing with our local chapter...went a couple of times to check it out and it was nothing but boozed up chain smoking filled room and I was there to be seen and not heard. So I never went back. Turn it into something meaningful with a real purpose other than drinking and bingo. Good men and solid brothers but it really needs a huge makeover.

You need a way to reach them and convince the younger Vets why they should. What that is, it's going to be different between Vets. I joined the VFW, am a Lifetime member and I haven't been to a meeting in years. Turns out the Post Commander got outted for SV. I stopped going. Between this possibility and lack of incentives listed.... the youngers just aren't interested