Michigan Legion Media Room

On Aug. 24, during the 43rd Sons of The American Legion national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Mike Moss was elected the SAL's national commander for the 2014-2015 membership year. Moss lives in Colorado and has been and still is very active in the Colorado Detachment. He has served on the national level as the Mid-West national vice commander and is a past chairman of the National Children & Youth Commission. Moss' eligibility for SAL membership is through his father, a Korean War Air Force veteran who flew B-29s and a 54-year member of The American Legion. One of Moss' earliest memories of The American Legion was when he was 8 years old and going to the local grocery store with his mother, also a 54-year member of the Legion Auxiliary, to sell poppies to raise money. Moss' motto is "Building Bridges To The Future." He knows that our future lies with our young people, and he would like membership to be at 100 percent by May 1, 2015 and ...

Today is Feb 16 th , 2012 Welcome to the Michigan Legion Update This Friday, Saturday and Sunday Legionnaires from all over Michigan will gather in Flint Michigan for their Annual Winter Meeting.  Friday we will welcome our Special guest for the weekend, National Commander Fang Wong at the evening’s Commanders banquet.  Commander Wong will be with us all weekend. The President of the United States released his budget for 2013, Commander Wong had comments released by The American Legion.  Be mindful that the US Senate has not passed a budget for the over 3 years, the government has been working from continuous budget resolutions all this time.  American Legion to DoD: Budget Breaks Promise Pointing out that President Obama just pledged a month ago to "keep our Armed Forces the best-trained, best led, best-equipped fighting force in history," the top leader of The American Legion warned that if the administration's 2013 defense budget is enacted, America will once ag...

Welcome to the Michigan Legion Update For the week of Jan 30 th 2012 On Tuesday Jan 31 st in a Lansing a joint committee meeting was held in the Capitol building. Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State Police and Military Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Home land Security Michigan National Guard Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais testified to the Joint Committee it will take a combination of federal and state programs, along with the help of veterans' service organizations, to put the growing number of servicemen and women to work after they leave active or reserve duty. At 30 percent, Michigan's jobless veterans rate is the highest in the nation - nearly double the national rate of 16 percent. "We gotta fix this," Vadnais said. "As I move around the state, I'm constantly engaged by industries and people who want to step up to the pla...