The membership meeting will take place at the Gold Star Museum on December 12, 2015 beginning at 10 AM. Please note the change in time.
Our speaker, Faye Dickerson RRT, RPFT is Clinical Supervisor at Chest, Infectious Diseases & Critical Care Associates, P.C. She will discuss health issues we all are confronted with.
There will also be an installation of the new officers.
The board will meet at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Gold Star Museum – Camp Dodge.
The board will meet at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Gold Star Museum – Camp Dodge.
The Quartermaster Store is operated by a Korean War Veteran who lives in Florida. This is a link to his catalog which contains unit patches, shirts, caps, decals and pins. It is a good source for such items and he provides good service.
Membership meeting will take place at the Gold Star Museum on September 12, 2015 beginning at 11 A.M.
There will be a hilight of activities since the inception of Chapter 323.
Election of officers will take place. See the July issue of the newsletter for the slate of officers.
The board will meet at 10:00 AM Saturday, August 1, 2015 at the Gold Star Museum – Camp Dodge.
The Board will meet at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 11, 2015
at the Gold Star Museum – Camp Dodge.
WASHINGTON — Veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month.
“The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who have served in our nation’s armed forces,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. “This provision allows the application of that honor in all events involving our nation’s flag.”
The new provision improves upon a little known change in federal law last year that authorized veterans to render the military-style hand salute during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, but it did not address salutes during the national anthem. Last year’s provision also applied to members of the armed forces while not in uniform.
Traditionally, members of the nation’s veterans service organizations have rendered the hand-salute during the national anthem and at events involving the national flag while wearing their organization’s official head-gear.
The most recent change, authorizing hand-salutes during the national anthem by veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel, was sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, an Army veteran. It was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed on Oct. 14.
The earlier provision authorizing hand-salutes for veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, was contained in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which took effect Jan. 28, 2008.
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