08 Apr 2022

Veteran History in Wenatchee
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Recently, VFW Post 3617 celebrated the Centennial anniversary of the signing of the Post Charter. To commemorate the occasion, Commander Brad Pieratt did some research on the history of veterans in the Wenatchee Valley and wrote this story. Originally published in their Centennial Edition newsletter, Vol 14 Issue 2, March 2022. Re-published here with permission. On the centennial anniversary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars serving veterans here in the Wenatchee Valley, I’d like to share a look back at ...

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03 Apr 2022

Civil Air Patrol updates – March 2022

On the 20th of March Pangborn Memorial Airport hosted one of the largest aircraft ever to have landed at our airport. A Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker a part of the Alaska Air National Guard Wing located at Fairbanks Alaska, landed at Pangborn Memorial Airport Saturday afternoon, and departed on Sunday morning. The aircraft’s 4-day mission took the aircrew to several distinct locations within Washington State, with Pangborn Airport being their second stop over. Major Boesche, with the assistance of Major Josh ...

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29 Mar 2022

From Your Service Officers – Douglas County

Spring is upon us and things are opening again! I am excited to be working closely with Tony and the Chelan County Office to address issues facing our local veterans including homelessness and access to VA Healthcare. We are reaching out to discuss needed changes with local organizations including LINK Transit. If you have questions on how to help or where to go, please reach out to Tony or myself and we will get you plugged in. Thank you all ...

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24 Mar 2022

American Legion 103rd Birthday

March 15th is the American Legion’s “birthday”, honoring the establishment of the organization. As is tradition at Post 10 in Wenatchee, a large dinner is held on this date and the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Royalty join in for the celebration.   This year, over 80 individuals were in attendance to share in the food and camaraderie of the evening.   Pictured are the 2022 Apple Blossom Royaly (L to R) Queen Rianne Salcido, Princess Ainsley Shearer, and Princess Presley Nelson ...

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21 Mar 2022

Leading the Way at the Top Dog Parade
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35th Annual Wayne Kelly Memorial Top Dog Parade Members from the Lake Chelan Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6853 and the Manson American Legion, Post 108 combined forces and lead the Top Dog Parade through downtown Chelan on Saturday – March 19, 2022. For several days leading up to the event, rain was forecasted but when the Chelan Country Fire Department’s siren signaled the start of the parade at 12:00, not a drop was felt. Even with the questionable forecast, ...

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09 Mar 2022

Veteran Phishing Warning from the VA

Taken directly from an email sent by the Department of Veterans Affairs on 07 March 2022: — If you receive a suspicious email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, DO NOT open the email or click on any attachments or links. VA does not send emails asking for personal information, threatening emails, or emails claiming to take adverse actions on claimants or beneficiaries (jail or lawsuits). If you receive any of these emails or are in doubt about any communications ...

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09 Jan 2022

Civil Air Patrol updates – January 2022

Pangborn Cadets had a busy month in December. The parents of the Cadets put together a great Christmas party for the Cadets and Senior staff members. The food was outstanding. Cadet/2nd Lt Elijah Rinke and C/SMSgt Isaac Black won gift cards in the drawing contest for sponsoring five or ten wreaths for the Wreath Across America program. The squadron received 414 sponsors this year. Cadet Lt Col Emmanuel Larsen, C/2nd Lt Elijah Rinke, Cadet/Chief Master Sergeant Austin Jeffris, Cadet/Senior Master ...

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26 Nov 2021

Veterans Day 2021 – Returning to Normal

As vaccination numbers increase and COVID case counts decrease, a lot of our usual events are “returning to normal” albeit with additional safety precautions still in place. Veterans Day events around the region were a good example of this. A lot of Parades returned, as gathering outdoors seems to be somewhat safer than indoors. Check out some of the local news coverage: Wenatchee World Photo Gallery and brief article about the Wenatchee parade KPQ article and photos about the Wenatchee ...

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19 Nov 2021

News from The Bunker – Nov 2021

Renovations Since our last report, the Bunker has undergone a complete redo of its physical layout. In addition to the creation of a new wall-mounted shelving for books, the floor has been scrapped and re-painted. What a different that made! Completely brightened up the place and made the other changes even more pronounced. The once cluttered, crowded, and uncomfortable feeling has been erased. There is now an open, spacious feeling. The large “T” shaped conference table(s) have been repainted and ...

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17 Nov 2021

Congresswoman Schrier wants to fix the CBOC

Washington’s 8th District congresswoman, Kim Schrier, M.D., has heard the stories from countless veterans who are frustrated with the processes surrounding the use of Wenatchee’s VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). Now she is taking action. For the past few months, Dr. Shrier and her office have been collecting stories and investigating the issues Veterans in our region have been having accessing and using our local VA Clinic. Ranging from phone calls being bounced around or unanswered to appointments being ...

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15 Nov 2021

Civil Air Patrol updates – November 2021

On the 5th of October, Cadet Airman Zachary Ritzke received the Airman of the Quarter Award. This award was given for outstanding performance, participation, his search for more knowledge and for his demonstration of leading by example in the Cadet Program. Congratulations to C/Airman Ritzke. We had two new Cadets promoted to Cadet Airman in November, Cadets Jameson Graham and Maverick Moss, congratulations.     On November 9th, C/Lt Col Emmanuel Larsen and C/CMSgt Austin Jeffris presented the United States ...

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06 Nov 2021

American Legion National Commander tours Rural Washington
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American Legion National Commander, Paul E. Dillard, recently toured smaller posts in Eastern Washington. His roots being in the more rural areas, this was an important trip for him to make. During this tour, Commander Dillard stopped and visited with a number of the Posts that are in the North Central Washington region. On 01 Nov, he started in Reardon at Post 113 with a meet and greet. Next stop was Electric City at Post 157 where he met with ...

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