by caLegion Contributor | Jun 13, 2023
Camp of Champs team (USA) in Incheon, Korea for the 2023 FIDA DroneSoccer World Championship This article was written by Amado C. Salinas II, National Legislative Council Liaison and Area 5 Judge Advocate I was invited to attend and speak at the 2023 Federation of...
by Kevin Burns | Feb 1, 2023
The astronauts Robert L. Behnken, left, and Douglas G. Hurley, donning their spacesuits during a dress rehearsal of SpaceX’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test in January (NASA photo). Robert Behnken earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology, and...
by Kevin Burns | Jan 23, 2023
Joshua Lang, a member of the Ronald Reagan Pacific Palisades Post 283, was influenced by stories of his grandfather Oscar, who used to work at Travis Air Force Base as a flying mechanic; a crew chief who would do all the maintenance test flights. Unfortunately,...
by Kevin Burns | Sep 8, 2022
It’s been said that war is the realm of uncertainty. The declaration was made by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz in his 1832 collection of manuscripts, titled “Vom Kriege,” or “On War.” Almost two centuries later, the sentiment was revisited in the 2017...
by Scott Marshutz | May 6, 2022
Looking for a way to embrace our nation’s newest branch of service, Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283 Commander Jim Cragg reached out to the US Space Force to set up a Legion-sponsored family day for Legion Family and USSF families. As a focal point, he requested a...
by Kevin Burns | Mar 14, 2022
Eddie Rickenbacker, a beloved veteran of the American Legion,[1] first rose to prominence as a race-car driver having appeared in every Indianapolis 500 race before World War I, and as a driver for the factory teams of Peugeot and Maxwell. Rickenbacker wasn’t...
