DAV Magazine — November/December 2017
CHAPTER & DEPARTMENT
Investing in our veterans...
(From left) Washington Headquarters Executive Director Garry Augustine, National Commander Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester and National Legislative Director Joy Ilem met during a visit to Capitol Hill to discuss DAV’s legislative agenda and to thank him for his role in helping to pass provisions to replenish the Veterans Choice fund and make other key investments in VA functions
Strong showing at national convention...
DAV Department of Florida members came in droves to the 96th DAV National Convention in New Orleans. Among them were current DAV National 3rd Junior Vice Commander Andy Marshall (far left) and members of Florida’s Chapter 7, including Past Commander Sheila Sanders, Chapter Service Officers Doris Coats and Gary Townsend, Commander Darwin Driscoll, Senior Vice Commander George Brown, Cherlyn Gause and Treasurer Alphonso McCall.
Soldiers reunite 75 years after OCS...
The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) celebrated 75 years of service at its annual reunion in Columbus, Ga. Among the alumni present were DAV members Lt. Col. Harold A. Fritz (back row, fifth from left) and Lt. Col. Michael J. McCarson (back row, second from right). The reunion included inducting new Hall of Fame honorees, including retired Lt. Col. Charles (Chuck) Kettles, who was, at the time, the last Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War.
Not forgotten...
In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, DAV members from Chapter 9 in Dayton, Ohio, paid tribute by organizing a missing man honor table at the Dayton VA Medical Center, manned by DAV member and hospital representative Vincent Dec (pictured), Michael Frantz and Jerry Hays. This annual event honors missing service members and their families, and highlights the government’s commitment to account for them. Held on the third Friday of September each year, Congress passed the resolution authorizing National POW/MIA Recognition Day in 1979.
(From left) Washington Headquarters Executive Director Garry Augustine, National Commander Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester and National Legislative Director Joy Ilem met during a visit to Capitol Hill to discuss DAV’s legislative agenda and to thank him for his role in helping to pass provisions to replenish the Veterans Choice fund and make other key investments in VA functions
Strong showing at national convention...
DAV Department of Florida members came in droves to the 96th DAV National Convention in New Orleans. Among them were current DAV National 3rd Junior Vice Commander Andy Marshall (far left) and members of Florida’s Chapter 7, including Past Commander Sheila Sanders, Chapter Service Officers Doris Coats and Gary Townsend, Commander Darwin Driscoll, Senior Vice Commander George Brown, Cherlyn Gause and Treasurer Alphonso McCall.
Soldiers reunite 75 years after OCS...
The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) celebrated 75 years of service at its annual reunion in Columbus, Ga. Among the alumni present were DAV members Lt. Col. Harold A. Fritz (back row, fifth from left) and Lt. Col. Michael J. McCarson (back row, second from right). The reunion included inducting new Hall of Fame honorees, including retired Lt. Col. Charles (Chuck) Kettles, who was, at the time, the last Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War.
Not forgotten...
In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, DAV members from Chapter 9 in Dayton, Ohio, paid tribute by organizing a missing man honor table at the Dayton VA Medical Center, manned by DAV member and hospital representative Vincent Dec (pictured), Michael Frantz and Jerry Hays. This annual event honors missing service members and their families, and highlights the government’s commitment to account for them. Held on the third Friday of September each year, Congress passed the resolution authorizing National POW/MIA Recognition Day in 1979.
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