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Navy searches for missing crew member after helicopter makes emergency landing in Arabian Sea
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (268+ words) The U. S. Navy was searching Wednesday for a missing crew member after an MH-60 S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to USS George H. W. Bush conducted an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea, U. S. Naval Forces Central Command/U. S. 5th Fleet said in a post…...
Indiana prison post takes on USA 250 Challenge with pushups
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (603+ words) Pushups " 2, 542 of them to be exact " are what 25 incarcerated veterans fulfilled in support of The American Legion's USA 250 Challenge as members of the American Legion Department of Indiana stood and cheered alongside them, even doing pushups themselves." American Legion and…...
Notes from Michigan Boys State: "This is a great bunch right here
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (585+ words) A Medal of Honor recipient. Michigan's first blind Supreme Court justice. Elected officials from both sides of the political spectrum. Amidst their own government simulation, the delegates at Michigan Boys State heard from a variety of speakers, either in person…...
Michigan Boys State honors veterans, Hillsdale with community service project
20+ hour, 12+ min ago (476+ words) Behind only West Point among Northern universities, Hillsdale College had the highest percentage of its student body killed while fighting in the Civil War. That means the Michigan city's Oak Grove Cemetery includes plenty of Civil War-era graves, many in…...
Hillsdale College welcomes Michigan Boys State
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (519+ words) Since 2024, Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich. , has hosted two of The American Legion's premier youth programs in the National Oratorical Contest and the Junior 3-Position Air Rifle National Championships. So it was "kind of a no-brainer," as Michigan Boys State…...
Bring Sgt. Stubby's story to your community
23+ hour, 47+ min ago (114+ words) The American Legion In 2018, Fun Academy Motion Pictures released the critically acclaimed animated family film "Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero," and invited American Legion posts to screen it in their communities. A remastered version has been released in honor of…...
VA Community Care contributed more than $36 billion to local economies in fiscal 2025
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (194+ words) The U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal 2025 as part of'the bipartisan VA MISSION Act. While community care is an important option for many veterans,…...
Sons squadron brings PTSD awareness to area veterans
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (496+ words) Sons of The American Legion Squadron 189 in Sebastian, Fla. , has made it a regular occurrence to not only support the veterans at Post 189 and in its community, but to honor them as well. This has included Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home…...
Taking Be the One training to "broader, younger audience
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (390+ words) Having lost a number of friends and fellow veterans to suicide, The American Legion's Be the One veteran suicide prevention mission has become a passion for New Hampshire Legionnaire Myron Crossley. That's why in 2024, when asked to make a presentation…...
Reserve your spot at the FODPAL Breakfast
2+ day, 12+ min ago (176+ words) The American Legion Reserve your spot at the FODPAL Breakfast Meeting, officer installation set for Aug. 31, during the national convention. The FODPAL Breakfast and officer installation, held each year during the American Legion national convention, has been set for Monday,…...