The Mesquite American Legion Post 24 will be holding a charity garage sale on Saturday

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INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 2, 2010) – The American Legion’s Operation Comfort Warriors is competing for a $250,000 grant to be awarded by Pepsi Cola, Inc. There are 729 charities competing for grants, which are determined by number of votes received online. As of this morning, Operation Comfort Warriors was third in voting. The top two vote getters will receive quarter-million dollar grants. Rules allow voters to vote for Operation Comfort Warriors once a day through the month of February.
Visitors can cast their votes at http://www.refresheverything.com/operationcomfortwarriors.
Since December 2008, the American Legion family has raised funds for Operation Comfort Warriors, a program dedicated to meeting the needs of wounded military personnel, providing them with comfort items not usually supplied by the government. OCW ensures that patients at U.S. military hospitals and warrior transition units are given items like sweat suits, DVDs, puzzles, electronic devices, books, calling cards and more.
“The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue. Military service will always include inherent dangers from training and other hazardous duties,” American Legion National Commander Clarence E. Hill said. “As long as our men and women are in harm’s way, there will continue to be wounded warriors. The American Legion needs to be there for our heroes. Operation Comfort Warriors is an excellent way to show our appreciation for their sacrifices. I urge all Americans to show their appreciation by voting for it on the Pepsi Refresh Everything Web site.”

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All administrative and marketing costs for Operation Comfort Warriors are paid for by The American Legion, meaning 100 percent of all donations and grants received go to the troops.
With a current membership of 2.5-million wartime veterans, The American Legion was founded in 1919 on the four pillars of a strong national security, veterans affairs, Americanism, and youth programs. Legionnaires work for the betterment of their communities through more than 14,000 posts across the nation.

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Media contacts: Washington, D.C.: Marty Callaghan or Craig Roberts (202) 861-2700; Indianapolis: Joe March or John Raughter (317) 630-1253, Cell (317) 748-1926 /(317) 441-8847. A high resolution photo of National Commander Hill is available at www.legion.org.

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PRESS RELEASE 09-01-2009

Attention current and prospective members:

Pay your annual membership dues by September 19, 2009 and receive one free admission to our first annual "Early Bird Banquet".

Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy dinner in the company of our American Legion Family. Date and time of this event will be announced soon.

PRESS RELEASE 8-19-2009

The American Legion, Arlo Q. Leavitt Post 24 from Mesquite, Nevada recently donated five-hundred dollars to the Charles A. Hughes Middle School, to help defray some of the costs that teachers incur when purchasing supplies for their classrooms.

Principal Cliff Hughes, who accepted the donation from Post 24 Commander Derek Davis and Legionnaire Torres Ramey on behalf of all the teachers, said that they could certainly use the money and would put it to good use right away. “The American Legion believes in supporting America’s youth and doing all that we can to insure our children get a solid education,” said Davis.

*The Arlo Q. Leavitt Post 24 meets at the Falcon Ridge Hotel every 3^rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm sharp, and invites all veterans and their guests to attend.

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There will be a Veterans Health Fair at the Mesa View Hospital October 17. There will be numerous technicans available to do blood test, heart beat rate and numerous other clinic test and it's all free. Watch out local papers for more information..

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At the American Legion general meeting held Tuesday May 19th at the Falcon Ridge Hotel, the following persons were installed as the Post #24 Officers for 2009-2010. Department of Nevada NEC Sam Ruvolo conducted the swearing in ceremony. There were four other Department and District members present, they were Paul Deifenbach, Ken Roberts, Jack Ford and Vic "Doc" Moss.

The new Post Officers are as follow:

Derek Davis Commander

Bruce Hughes 1st Vice Commander

Norm Wolf Chaplain

Ron Rigatti Sgt at Arms

John Nettle Historian

George Hicks Service Officer

Don Muse Adjutant

Art Hammerschmidt Finance Officer

Bill Lilienthal Trustee

Tony Hardway Trustee

Vern Petry Trustee

IN GOD WE TRUST

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DD-214's are now on line. The national Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website to veterans to gain access to their DD-214's online:

http://vetrecs.archives.gov/ This will make it veterans with computers and internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files. Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents.

DO YOU NEED A HELPING HAND?

Veterans, read this program and get involved by finding property owners that would greatly benefit from it directly by saving money and labor by removing their decorative lawns and secondly by meeting their Weed abatement obligations to the City. If they can't afford the cost of the weed abatement we will do it for nothing as a public service. The labor for the Lawn removal is free, a donation to the American Legion is mentioned but not required. Some people have decided they simple can't cannot afford to have the lawn removed yet they keep on paying water and maintenance expenses. We can help them these people.

Get involved here, contact your friends and neighbors , advise them of the service we are providing, see if we can help them, that is all you have to do. Just advise me and I will contact them promptly. Volunteers from the American Legion and the Youth groups will do the actual work.

Lead the way

Contact

Don Muse

email address, muse33online@yahoo.com

346-6624

PRESS RELEASE
The National Personnel Records Center has made it easy for military veterans and next of kin of former veterans to go online and request documents such as your DD 214. Go online to http://vetsrecs.archives.gov You will be asked to provide all information essential for NPRC to process the request. Some may be asked to fill in Standard Form 180 which can be downloaded from the web site.

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There will be a Veteran’s Day Health Fair at the Mesa View Hospital at a date yet to be determined. Last year over 700 folks came to the affair. There will be officials from the various departments of the VA and several medical offering a variety of tests for veterans. Stay tuned for more information.

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Members of Arlo Q. Leavitt Legion Post #24, pat yourselves on the back. Post #24 is the only military organization in the entire United States that donated funds to the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project in Germany. As you know his hospital is “the emergency room for seriously wounded military service members. That is they are taken directly from the battle field and air-vaced to this hospital with only what they have in their possession. The money is used to purchase personal hygiene items and clothing. The Ladies Auxiliary of both the Legion and the VFW also made donations.
WELL DONE GUYS!

PRESS RELEASE
The VA has received increased funding to alleviate some of the restriction on priority group 8 enrollment. The adjustment applies to veterans who were not allowed to enroll in the VA health care system in the past because their income fell above the VA’s means test threshold (MTT).
Veterans who apply for enrollment starting January 1, 2009 but before June 2009 and whose income surpasses the MTT or geographic means test (GMTT) by 10 percent will not be enrolled in the VA health system. However, the VA will make a re-determination after the effective date. Veterans whose applications were submitted prior to January 1, 2009 and were disapproved due the MTT and GMTT will have to be re-submitted in order to be considered for the new provision. For more information call 1-800-827-1000 or go on line www.va.gov/health_benefits.

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The American Legion is sponsoring a new program designed to assist high school/non-high school teenagers, 16 and above to attend a college level computer technology class consisting of two semesters, one software, the second hardware at the Virgin Valley High School. A minimum of nine students are required. Each student will be interviewed for interest, ability and dedication. Upon completion of the two semesters, the student will be given a Certification Exam. This Certification will open many new career fields in a critical employment field. For more information or to make a donation contact Don Muse at 702-346-6624 or e-mail him at muse33online@yahoo.com.