About Us

The DAV Department of Arizona has a proud tradition of leadership and teamwork dating back to 1923, just three short years after the Disabled American Veterans organization was founded by Judge Robert Marx, a disabled World War I hero and Cincinnati Superior Court Judge, who saw the need to care and advocate for Veterans injured or made ill by the service in The Great War and their spouses. 

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Today, DAV has a national membership about one million Veterans, with nearly 24,000 of the 460,000 Arizona Veterans members in our 14 Chapters; however, we believe that, in keeping with the mission of DAV and the admonition we are all given when installed as officers, our mission is not complete until every disabled Veteran and their dependents are adequately cared for.

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Teaming with our State American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders, as well having founded the Unified Arizona Veterans (UAV) organization in 1981, which comprises a membership and collaboration of over 50 Veteran organizations and Veteran-focused nonprofits across the state, we help Veterans and their families have the resources to be able to live high-quality lives with dignity and respect. One organization alone cannot solve all our Veterans' needs--but as a consortium of well over 140,000 members statewide, we are a powerful team for assisting Veterans and their families, by advocating on all Veterans' behalf at local, state, and federal legislatures, and working to support and improve service to our Veterans by supporting and working with the VA Healthcare System Executive Directors and their staffs in Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson.