Deadline for Retroactive Stop Loss Pay now 10/21/12

March 22, 2012 vfwpost2713 1 Comment

The 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act established Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP), providing $500 for each month/partial month served in stop loss status. Service members, veterans, and beneficiaries of servicemembers whose service was involuntarily extended under Stop Loss between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009 are eligible for RSLSP.

To receive this benefit, those who served under stop loss must submit a claim for the special pay. Throughout the year, the services have been reaching out to servicemembers, veterans and their families through direct mail, veteran service organizations, and the media. But there is still money left to be claimed, and the deadline is approaching. The average benefit is $3,700.

For more information please visit the DOD website.

Events

Pat’s Run

March 20, 2012 vfwpost2713 1 Comment

Pat’s Run is the signature fundraising event for the Pat Tillman Foundation. Held annually in April at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium, the event attracts more than 35,000 participants, volunteers and spectators from across the country. Together they Run, Walk and Honor Pat’s legacy while raising important funds to support the programs created to pay tribute to his commitment to leadership and service.

If you are unable to participate in the 8th Annual Pat’s Run in Tempe on Saturday, April 21, 2012, you can still Run, Walk and Honor. Proceeds from Pat’s Run directly support the Tillman Military Scholars program.

Through a partnership with the ASU Alumni Association, Pat’s Run Shadow Runs will be held in cities across the country on or near April 21.

Pat’s Run Shadow Runs are casual, fun runs held in community parks, schools and recreational areas. Register online and select the Shadow Run team representing the city you wish to participate in.

For those interested click for more information about the Pat Tillman Foundation.

Meetings

Post Updates & Meeting 3/6

February 29, 2012 vfwpost2713 1 Comment

There have been a lot of changes recently at our Post. Commander Zuber has moved on to Philly with a new and exciting job and Senior Vice Ray Fairbanks will be taking over for him in the interim. Also Quartermaster/Hall Manger Steve Strand has passed on his duties as the Hall Manager to Adjutant Nick Sullivan.

The biggest changes come soon when next week, at the next Post Meeting, nominations begin for all Post leadership. All members who want to help shape the future of our post are welcome to come. We look forwarding to seeing as many of our members there as possible.

Regards,

Adjutant/Hall Manager

Nick Sullivan

Obituaries

‘Band of Brothers’ soldier dies at 90

February 29, 2012 vfwpost2713 1 Comment

BURLINGTON, Wash. — Lynn D. “Buck” Compton, a veteran whose World War II exploits were depicted in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” has died, his family said.

Compton died Saturday in Burlington, Wash., after having a heart attack last month, the family told the Los Angeles Times in a story Tuesday.

In January, nearly 200 guests, including actors from the miniseries, attended his 90th birthday party, the Skagit Valley Herald reported.

“To us he wasn’t really a war hero, he was just a hero, period,” Tracy Compton told the Herald.

Lynn Compton also is remembered for his legal career in California. He headed the team that prosecuted Sirhan B. Sirhan for the slaying of Robert F. Kennedy and was appointed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in 1970 by Gov. Ronald Reagan. He retired from the bench in 1990.

New approach to helping vets on tap at renovated VFW post

February 22, 2012 vfwpost2713 1 Comment

One of the first things a visitor to VFW Post 1 notices is the beer tap. It’s disassembled and discarded, in a pile of junk on the floor.

It’s a symbol of the change underway at the nation’s oldest Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter, now moving into a building being renovated at 4300 Pecos St. in Denver.

A great reason to drink a great beer!!!

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Elysian Men’s Room Original Red Generates $193,547 in Donations to Puget Sound Fisher House.

$193,000 is a staggering amount of money for a local business to donate in any scenario. But, that is exactly what KISW and Elysian Brewing have generated for the Puget Sound Fisher House over a two year period, with the help of local be

er drinkers, of course. Cheers to both Elysian and KISW for taking the initiative to put together this program, and cheers to everyone who continues to buy the beer. Keep it up.