October 2017 FREE “VFW - Honoring Our Past, Securing Our Future”
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A non-profit official publication the Department of the Pacific Areas, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Volume XXI – Number 04 October 2017 FREE “VFW - Honoring Our Past, Securing Our Future” Typhoon / Around the Pacific Table of Contents 2017-2018 Section: Page: Department of Pacific Areas Council of Administration Department Officer’s Comments 2 and Commander 2 Senior Vice Commander 3 Grand of Pacific Areas Scratch Junior Vice Commander 4 08-10 December 2017 Quartermaster 5 Department Committee Reports 6 Parklane Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines Clark Cemetery Committee Chairman 7 Life Membership Chairman 8 National Home for Children Chairman 9 Outreach Chairman 10 Roving Ambassador - United Kingdom 11 Veterans Assistance Committee Chairman 12 Voice of Democracy / Patriots Pen / Teacher Award Chair 13 Editor 15 Around the Pacific - Community Report 16 VFW Pacific Areas General Announcements 22 Cootie Corner Announcements 27 Pacific Areas Photo of the Edition 28 Pacific Areas Joke of the Edition 28 Register today! http://vfwdeptpacific.org/index.php/cofa2017 Happy Birthday U.S. Navy 13 October 1775 Inputs for the November edition are due on 05 Nov 2017. VFW Department of Pacific Areas Page 1 Volume XXI - Number 04 TYPHOON / AROUND THE PACIFIC October 2017 DDeeppaarrttmmeenntt OOffffiicceerr’’ss CCoommmmeennttss From the Commander: Greetings Comrades: “VFW - Honoring Our Past, Securing Our Future” Living as we do in disaster prone areas on the “Pacific Ring of Fire”, I was very pleased when our Council of Administration approved a $1000 donation to the VFW National Disaster Relief Fund. The donation was in response to an initiative by VFW National Adjutant General Brian Duffy to establish this fund, which will be immediately available to support relief efforts in any affected area. We now have Memstat numbers that reflect our actual membership status, and our Department has moved to number three in membership percentage among the 52 Departments with 89.23%. Two Posts are already over 100%, Post 124, Baguio City with 112.41%, and Post 12146, Banchang-Utapao with 105.55%. Congratulations to both Posts. Several structural changes have been made within the Department. Based on demographic realities, and to insure our continued presence in Taiwan to assist Veterans and families, Post 727 consolidated with Post 9957 in Taipei. Relocation of US Forces in Korea led to the consolidation of Post 10216 in Osan and Post 8180 in Seoul, The Post will be located in Osan, with Post 8180 designation and the Post 10216 name. Viewing the recent Facebook and website entries from around the Department, I’m impressed not only by the level of activity, but by the range and value of our involvement in Veteran and Community activities. In all cases the level of professionalism in all our events is obvious, and I take pride being a part of a high performing Department. Give your activities widest possible exposure on social media and utilize hashtags #vfwpostpride and #vfwstrong on Facebook posts to increase viewers. Increase the number or scope of your activities or projects by utilizing VFW Foundation Grants, or NMS funding where appropriate. These sources of VFW National assistance are excellent supplements to local resources, and increase funds available for your projects. The application process for the Foundation Grants is not complex. Visit the Foundation website at: https://www.vfw.org/grants Look forward to seeing many of you at the C of A at the Parklane Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines. Web registration is available now. Yours in Comradeship and Service, John Gilbert Commander Department of Pacific Areas VFW Department of Pacific Areas Page 2 Volume XXI - Number 04 TYPHOON / AROUND THE PACIFIC October 2017 From the Senior Vice Commander: Comrades, The VFW National Membership Report numbers have been published by the National Membership Team. Life Membership Payouts have been made to the Department, Districts and Posts. The DPA currently stands in 3rd place at VFW National with 89.12% as of 30 September 2017. We have two posts (Post 124 – Baguio City & Post 12146 – Bang Chang) over 100%. There are 15 Posts and 5 Districts with more than 90%. You can see your current numbers by doing a Post Query! I encourage you to set your priorities on working the unpaid or expiring annual memberships. Our goal this year is 12,000 members for the Department. That will require each Post and District to push their recruiting efforts NOW! I’m confident this goal can be met! Let’s work as a Team! The Typhoon has been delayed again for September. All Department Officers and Committee Chairmen should submit their input to the Typhoon Editor by the 5th of each month. In addition we ask that you continue to send a copy of your reports to the Department Website Manager, Shawn Watson, so that he can upload your reports on the new section of the DPA Website. This will ensure that your reports get distribution to all in the Department. I have attached a copy of the Membership Standings as of 30 September 2017 for your review. The DPA needs less than one percent to go over 90%. Continue working your All-State and All-American “Checklists”. Once you have achieved a requirement that has been verified by the appropriate Committee Chairman – send it to me! Don’t wait until the end of the year. Post Dst Life New Reinst Cont Total Prior Year Percent Div RS City State N/R LM Prior Annual Retention Pacific Areas 9723 1 682 4 0 9 695 750 92.66% 1 OKINAWA, JAPAN 0 56 17.86% District Totals 1 682 4 0 9 695 750 92.66% 0 Pacific Areas 1054 2 723 3 0 3 729 819 89.01% 1 YOKOSUKA CITY, JAPAN 0 77 6.49% Pacific Areas 9555 2 339 1 0 4 344 368 93.47% 2 YOKOTA AFB, JAPAN 2 31 12.90% Pacific Areas 9612 2 447 5 0 2 454 553 82.09% 2 CAMP ZAMA, JAPAN 6 113 7.08% District Totals 2 1509 9 0 9 1527 1740 87.75% 8 Pacific Areas 8180 3 1607 22 3 23 1655 2009 82.37% 1 SONGTAN-SI, KOREA 2 154 4.55% Pacific Areas 9985 3 193 1 0 8 202 369 54.74% 2 TONGDUCHON-UP, KOREA 1 180 5.56% Pacific Areas 10033 3 501 5 0 6 512 547 93.60% 2 TAEGU, KOREA 2 38 23.68% Pacific Areas 10223 3 234 13 0 3 250 281 88.96% 3 CAMP HUMPHREYS, KORE 4 53 7.55% Pacific Areas 12147 3 123 9 0 3 135 171 78.94% 5 SEONGNAM, KOREA 10 58 13.79% District Totals 3 2658 50 3 43 2754 3377 81.55% 19 Pacific Areas 9957 4 345 0 0 8 353 368 95.92% 2 TAIPEI, TAIWAN 0 8 37.50% District Totals 4 345 0 0 8 353 368 95.92% 0 Pacific Areas 9876 5 357 2 3 17 379 416 91.10% 2 PATTAYA CITY, THAILA 1 44 38.64% Pacific Areas 9951 5 230 0 0 4 234 254 92.12% 3 BANGKOK, THAILAND 1 30 20.00% Pacific Areas 10217 5 125 0 0 2 127 142 89.43% 6 KORAT AF BASE, THAIL 0 15 13.33% Pacific Areas 10249 5 237 2 0 10 249 275 90.54% 3 UDORN, THAILAND 1 43 34.88% Pacific Areas 11575 5 98 0 0 3 101 110 91.81% 7 PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA 1 14 21.43% Pacific Areas 12074 5 90 0 0 6 96 111 86.48% 7 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND 1 22 36.36% Pacific Areas 12146 5 125 3 0 5 133 126 105.55% 6 BAN CHANG, RAYONG TH 7 19 52.63% Pacific Areas 12163 5 23 1 0 0 24 36 66.66% 10 PERTH, WESTERN AUSTR 2 22 9.09% District Totals 5 1285 8 3 47 1343 1470 91.36% 14 Pacific Areas 1509 6 331 2 0 3 336 361 93.07% 2 YIGO, GUAM 2 29 13.79% Pacific Areas 2917 6 177 4 0 2 183 198 92.42% 4 AGAT GU 0 20 10.00% Pacific Areas 3457 6 225 6 1 6 238 264 90.15% 3 SAIPAN, CNMI 2 40 17.50% District Totals 6 733 12 1 11 757 823 91.98% 4 Pacific Areas 124 7 171 0 0 1 172 153 112.41% 5 BAGUIO CITY,PHILIPPI 16 0 100.00% Pacific Areas 2485 7 1576 10 3 22 1611 1655 97.34% 1 ANGELES CITY, PHILIP 17 86 34.88% Pacific Areas 9892 7 222 0 0 0 222 232 95.68% 4 BAUANG,LA UNION PHIL 0 9 11.11% Pacific Areas 11447 7 441 1 0 3 445 465 95.69% 2 SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPIN 9 29 20.69% Pacific Areas 12130 7 61 0 0 3 64 100 64.00% 7 CEBU, PHILIPPINES 1 41 9.76% District Totals 7 2471 11 3 29 2514 2605 96.50% 43 Pacific Areas 15055 99 476 4 3 9 492 575 85.56% 2 PACIFIC AREAS PI 2 District Totals 99 476 4 3 9 492 575 85.56% 2 State Totals 10159 98 13 165 10435 11708 89.12% 90 VFW Department of Pacific Areas Page 3 Volume XXI - Number 04 TYPHOON / AROUND THE PACIFIC October 2017 I look forward to seeing all of you in Cebu for the Mid-Term Council of Administration Meeting from 8-10 December 2017. The Department Leadership will be coming to your area in full force in the next few months. Please keep in touch and check your email accounts.