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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 4, 2008 – Four states along the East Coast are employing their National Guards as Tropical Storm Hanna nears.
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have almost 40,000 Army and Air National Guard members available to their governors, if needed. This includes almost 11,000 in North Carolina, 9,000 in Florida, 11,000 in South Carolina and 9,000 in Georgia.
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The American Legion signed an agreement last week with the War Veterans Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (nine of 15 former Soviet republics), supporting activities of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POWs/MIAs. The Legion's National Executive Committee passed a resolution last May at its Spring Meetings to sign on with the commission, formed in 1992 by Washington and Moscow.
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A research metallurgist and U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam era has been elected national commander of the nation's largest veterans organization.
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PHOENIX (Aug. 27, 2008) -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio, admittedly, is not the most popular person in Maricopa County, Ariz. He has been the recipient of death threats – he travels with a bodyguard – and has a Web site, www.arpaio.com,...
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More than 200 motorcyclists roared into downtown Phoenix Friday, culminating a cross-country ride of 1,800 miles to make a college education possible for the children of thousands of U.S. military men and women who have died defending our freedoms since...
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PHOENIX – Mason, Ariz., resident Jennett Vega already has one nephew serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. A second, 17-year-old Gabriel Valdez, will soon head off to boot camp in the U.S. Marine Corps. Vega didn’t see the older nephew’s...
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Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., recently granted exclusive video interviews on military, national security and veterans' issues to The American Legion Magazine. Some of their responses to questions on veterans, military and national security issues will be launched Aug. 19 on Military.com's "Debate 2008" Web site.
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Hundreds of motorcyclists will take the concept of "veterans helping veterans" to a new level next week when The American Legion Riders kick off the third annual American Legion Legacy Run to raise money for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship program.
The riders, who are wartime veterans themselves, will travel 1,800 miles to make possible a college education for the children of those who have died defending our freedoms since September 11, 2001.
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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for veterans on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Home of the Angels). This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the stadium on 2000 Gene Autry Way, Orange County, CA.
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USA SHOOTING RANGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Xentri Garza, a seventeen year-old female shooter from Ft. Worth, Texas, capped off a championship year to capture the sporter crown at the 18th annual American Legion Junior Air Rifle National Championship, August 7-9.
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The House of Representatives passed its fiscal year 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill on Aug. 1 in a strong bipartisan vote of 409 to 4. The 2009 legislation (H.R. 6599) builds on historic increases for veterans and troops passed into law last year, which saw the largest funding increase in VA's 77-year history.
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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for veterans on Thursday, Aug. 14, in Milwaukee’s Bradley Center. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the center on 1001 N. Fourth St.
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Attitude, leadership and accountability are crucial to recruiting new members and retaining current ones, American Legion National Commander Marty Conatser told the 45th Annual Membership Conference in Indianapolis July 31 to Aug 2.
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There’s a saying I once heard: “You can’t talk a hog into slaughtering itself.” I am not sure I believe that anymore, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to give detained enemy combatants the ability to sue us in our own judicial system.
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The U.S. Coast Guard traces its roots to U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, which was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton on Aug. 4, 1790. At the time, the Revenue Cutter Service was the only naval force of the United States.
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Capt. Dale Dye, U.S. Marine Corps, retired, could be any other white-haired veteran among the many visiting Normandy the first week of June. He sits alone on a bench outside a stone manor and squints across the quiet meadow where the Merderet River flows. He imagines what it must have been like 64 years earlier when, for three days, the air whizzed with bullets, and the narrow causeway road was soaked with the blood of fallen American soldiers. Dye, a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, has a unique way of imagining such things.
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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, July 31, 2008. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Events Center, 425 East California, Oklahoma City, OK 73104. RecruitMilitary urges all job seekers who have military backgrounds to attend--veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses.
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Most high-school students learn about the past by memorizing text in history books. Teacher Terry McLeod's class experiences history firsthand through the eyes and voices of the men and women who lived it. Building on a six-year educational partnership, Richland Northeast High School and American Legion Richland Post 6 in Columbia, S.C., are bridging more than 60 years of history by bringing veterans into the classroom.
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The 2008 session of American Legion Boys Nation got under way last week at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. The program officially began when 98 "senators" arrived July 18, representing 49 state programs. Three days later, they elected new leaders: President Joseph Riley of Tennessee, Vice President Dominick LoBraico of New Jersey, President Pro Tempore Joseph "Wells" Ellenberg of Georgia and Secretary of the Senate Travis Nordgaard of Minnesota.
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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, July 24, 2008.
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Periodically, The American Legion reviews its insurance programs to ensure that Legionnaires are offered the best possible coverage at competitive rates. Accordingly, The American Legion recently sought competitive bids for the brokerage and administrative service for all insurance plans offered by the national American Legion. After a comprehensive review of all bids, Gallagher Benefit Services was selected as the new broker effective June 1, 2008.
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Six times a year, history repeats itself off the coast of San Pedro, Calif., when the SS Lane Victory disembarks on a 26-mile, round-trip cruise that gives hundreds of passengers an up-close look at what life was like serving on board a World War II cargo ship.
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Many U.S. states have dedicated sections of their highways to veterans of the Korean War. While these stretches of road are a tribute to those who served, they are unlinked and disparate.
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WASHINGTON (July 15, 2008) – As Major League greats line up today for one final All-Star Game in legendary Yankee Stadium, one former All-Star is headed to an even more historical venue – the White House.
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