by Christian Southards | Jan 16, 2023
California veterans news for the third week of January, 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. Happy Martin Luther King Day...
by Christian Southards | Jan 9, 2023
California veterans news for the second week of 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. All California Veterans News As...
by Jared Morgan | Sep 19, 2022
‘Be The One’ is a national campaign to help lower the suicide rate among veterans. There is great hope that our Legion Family members will “Be the One” to Save a Veteran. The American Legion wants to change the narrative. Instead of talking...
by Jared Morgan | Sep 16, 2022
On Friday we receive an American Legion Legislative Update from Katie Isaacson, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Division of The American Legion and it is promptly posted on the Legislative Commission webpage. This week an article in the Legislative Update pointed...
by Military Times | Jul 21, 2022
Defense Department officials would be required to better track whether certain military jobs lend themselves to higher incidents of mental health distress and suicide attempts under language inserted in the Senate’s annual defense authorization bill draft. The...
by Michael Toschak | Jul 8, 2022
On Saturday, July 2 was the 3rd annual Suicide Prevention Ride in Redwood City. The Independence Day weekend ride raised almost $5,000 for the Palo Alto VA Suicide Prevention program. This was a 22-mile ride from The American Legion Post 105 to the Palo Alto VA to...
