Salvo- April 2021
FULL VERSION with Images
COMMANDERS CORNER
News Flash: Our April regular meeting has been moved to Tuesday, 6 April at
12:00 pm to accommodate the very busy schedule of our speaker, Major General
Garrett Yee, Assistant to the Director of DISA. See note and bio below.
Congratulations to Bob Landy who will be recognized as Chamber of Commerce
Ambassador of the Year at the State of the Town event on 1 April 2021!!
Congratulations also (belated) to Michelle Lee who has been elected to the San
Ramon Valley Fire Protection District Board of Directors!! I feed safer already!
Nominations for elected officers will be opened at our April meeting for
Commander, 1st Vice Commander, 2nd Vice Commander, and 3 members of the
Executive Committee. These officers will lead the Post for the 2121-2022 year. If
you are interested in serving your post and the American Legion as either an elected
or appointed officer, please contact us now! This is your post so come help us make
it bigger and better!
The election of officers will be held at our regular meeting in May with installation
of officers at the first live regular meeting, hopefully this summer.
The Veterans Memorial Building’s High School Swearing-in Ceremony is being
planned for 23 May 2021 at 1:00pm on the Library Green on Front Street in
Danville. Attendance may well be somewhat limited but currently we know of six
recruits and several appointees to the military academies. We are asking all VSOs
to provide help in setup, ushering, and cleanup along with a contingent of our Boy
Scouts. Please contact me if you will help.
Vaccine information is really encouraging, and live meetings may now be on the
horizon. But keep wearing a mask and social distance. Let us do our part and wear
them in any public setting.
We still want to say hi to Robert Denison, Ken Duley, David Horton, William
House, Sally Malone, Dr. Conrad Rougeux, Lee Sarty, Kenneth Winters, and
Richard Zaslove. We want to make sure you are doing well and ask if you need any
assistance. We will keep trying to reach you, but if you would, please give us a call.
We are almost to 100% membership: now at 96.7% of members as of 3/12/21! Our
goal is 153; we currently have 35 PFULs, 41 members paid online, 66 members paid
through the Post, and 6 transfers from Post 1000. That is 148 out of 153 members
that continue support of our post and the Legion. Thank you!!
We are going to start a fourth round of Buddy Calls and focus on those members
who we have not been able to reach so far and those members who we have not
talked since last year. We would really love if those who would like to help
Please say Hi! to our new members Grady High and Charles Noland, transfers from
Post 1000; and Mike Yura, a transfer from Post 517. I hope we get to meet them in
person very soon.
Be sure to see our new website at www.americanlegionpost246.org. Check it out!!
Stay safe and wear your masks!!!
Eric, Commander
UPCOMING EVENTS
**** Every Saturday 9 to 12 Coffee at the Vets Hall **** Back soon!!
April 6th, Tuesday Regular Zoom meeting with speaker, 12:00 pm
Nominations for Officers/Exec Committee
April 17th, Saturday Executive Committee meeting, 8:30 am
May 5th, Wednesday Regular meeting with speaker, 12:00 pm
TBDSpeaker – Nathan Johnson, CCC Veterans Service Officer
Election of Officers/Exec Committee
May 15th, Saturday Executive Committee meeting, 8:30 am
May 23rd, Sunday VMB High School Swearing-in Ceremony
May 30th, Sunday VNVDV Memorial Day Ceremony, Cancelled
May 31st, Monday Memorial Day
June 2nd, Wednesday Regular meeting with speaker, 12:00 pm
In-Person Installation of Officers (TBD)
June 19th, Saturday Executive Committee meeting, 8:30 am
June 19th to 25th California Boys State (virtual)
June 28th to July 3rd California Girls State (virtual)
July 4th, Sunday Independence Day
Kiwanis Parade (status unknown)
July 7th, Wednesday Regular meeting with speaker, 12:00 pm TBD
July 17th, Saturday NO Executive Committee meeting
August 4th, Wednesday NO Regular meeting
August 21st, Saturday Executive Committee meeting, 8:30 am
September 1st, Wednesday Regular meeting with speaker, 12:00 pm TBD
September 18th, Saturday Executive Committee meeting, 8:30 am
October 3rd, Sunday Boys & Girls State Recognition Luncheon, 1:00 pm
SPEAKER FOR APRIL
It is our distinct honor and pleasure to have as our speaker for
our regular April meeting Major General Garrett Yee of DISA.
Army Maj. Gen. Garrett S. Yee is the assistant to the director of
the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). In this role, he
helps to lead a global organization of 8,000 military and civilian
personnel who plan, develop, deliver, and operate joint,
interoperable, command and control capabilities and a global
enterprise infrastructure, in direct support of the President,
Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, Department of
Defense components, and other mission partners across the full spectrum of
operations.
Prior to this assignment, Yee served as the military deputy to the Army CIO/G-6
and senior information security officer in the Office of the Chief Information
Officer (CIO)/G6, Headquarters, Department of the Army in the Pentagon.
Yee, a native of Fremont, California, received his commission in the Army upon
graduation from Santa Clara University. He later earned a Master of Business
Administration from Golden Gate University and Master of Science in Strategic
Studies from the Army War College.
POST PHOTOGRAPHER
Still no takers? Like to take pictures with an iPhone or camera? We need YOU!!
We are looking for a post photographer(s) to help capture pictures and videos of our
post activities. There is a need to attend many our functions. Please give me a call.
FLAG & EMBLEM STORE
The post now has a Tax-Free account with the Flag & Emblem Store. Alan
Scharlach is our post “Supply Officer” and is available to order items for individual
post members. Go to https://emblem.legion.org/ to do your shopping; then email
Alan with the item number, quantity, color, and any other item details needed to
purchase the item you want.
TOWN OF DANVILLE
The Town of Danville website contains links to notices, alerts, news flash, calendar,
etc. about all things Danville: http://www.danville.ca.gov/list.aspx
AMERICAN LEGION BASIC TRAINING COURSE
Learn about the American Legion in this self-paced online course; go to
https://www.legion.org/alei.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says anytime there is a
deficit of more than 3% of GDP. All sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection."
--
Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha
POST OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Post Officers for 2020-2021:
Commander: Eric Ardell
1st V. Cmdr: Mark Heinemann
2nd V. Cmdr: Alan Scharlach
3rd V. Cmdr: Randy Reid
Adjutant: Bob Landy
Finance: Phil Connolly
Chaplain: Jon Heinson
Historian: Gerald Lindahl
Judge Advocate: Ron Lowe
Sgt-at-Arms: Floyd Cox
Service Officer: Leroy Vares
Executive Committee:
Gary Soto
Dick Seavey
Ron Roe
Neil Giles
Michelle Lee
Appointed Officers & Committee Chairpersons
Asst Adjutant: vacant
Asst Finance: Raoul Miranda
Asst Sgt-at-Arms: Raoul Miranda
Supply Officer: Alan Scharlach
Boys State: Eric Ardell
Girls State: Michelle Lee
Oratorical: Neil Giles
Pgm Dir: Michelle Lee
Scouting Rep: Alan Scharlach
VMB Ops Committee: Bob Landy
Museum Committee: Ron Farrell
Protocol Officer: Floyd Cox
Board of Trustees: Ron Lowe / Eric Ardell
East Bay Standdown Rep: Mark Heinemann
Veterans Outreach: Mark Heinemann
Post Website: www.americanlegionpost246.org Post Webmaster: Rusty Orvik
Salvo Editor: Eric Ardell
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 133, Danville, CA 94526 Message Center: (925) 272-8480
Keep saving your pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters for Helmut for Heroes at a future live
meeting!!
