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Married Couple 'Passes the Gavel' at Texas Post SUNSHINE STATE DRAWS VFW MEMBERS TO NATIONAL CONVENTION REMEMBERING AFGHANISTAN’S OUTPOST KEATING ‘REBEL VETS’ HIKE NEVADA DESERT Married Couple ‘Passes the Gavel’ at Texas Post Be a Flu Fighter Protecting yourself protects them Free Just walk into your local Walgreens flu shots and show your Veterans Health Identification Card. We’ll update your records with the VA.* to VA-enrolled veterans* *This wellness benefit is only for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system. Family members and Tricare members are not eligible. No-cost flu shot option is for quadrivalent vaccine only, available now through March 31, 2020. Vaccines subject to availability. State-, age- and health-related restrictions may apply. Vaccine may be in limited supply after March 1, 2020. This does not constitute an endorsement of Walgreens or Walgreens products. Patients will also be asked to complete a vaccine consent form at time of service. ©2019 Walgreen Co. All rights reserved. | 1100263 SUNSHINE STATE DRAWS VFW MEMBERS TO NATIONAL CONVENTION REMEMBERING AFGHANISTAN’S OUTPOST KEATING ‘REBEL VETS’ HIKE NEVADA DESERT Married Couple ‘Passes the Gavel’ at Texas Post OCTOBER 2019 ‘HELL OF A YEAR’ CAPPED OFF IN ORLANDO Vol. 107 No. 2 COVER PHOTO: Carlo and Lee Ann Davis VFW delegates gathered in the Sunshine State to elect leaders, formu- 16 are photographed in July at the Orange late policy and renew old ties. This year’s 120th national convention County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., featured a unique event celebrating membership growth and the fi rst site of VFW’s 120th National Convention. appearance by a Secretary of State in nearly 50 years. BY JANIE DYHOUSE AND DAVE SPIVA Carlo, an active-duty soldier, recently ended his term as commander of VFW Post 9191 in Killeen, Texas, and his wife, Lee Ann, was elected as his successor. TEACHERS EXTOLL (Photo by Lauren Goldman/VFW) VETERANS VIRTUES ON THE COVER Every year at its national convention, 14 VFW recognizes and rewards three Couple Passes Gavel 16 outstanding educators with the Smart/ 2019 VFW National Convention 36 Maher VFW National Citizenship Afghanistan’s Outpost Keating 42 Education Teacher Award. Here are ‘Rebel Vets’ Hike Desert this year’s winners and their stories. 32 BY KARI WILLIAMS IN THIS ISSUE 28 i>`iÀë*Àwià ‘HIS ACTIONS SAVED LIVES’ 32 Teacher Award Winners Outnumbered nearly 3-to-1, a troop of U.S. 38 Beirut Bombing Anniversary cavalrymen were nearly overrun in Octo- 44 Council of Administration ber 2009 at their position in Afghanistan’s mountains on the border with Pakistan. IN EVERY ISSUE Here is an account of the bravery and 2 Command Post valor at Combat Outpost Keating. 4 Mail Call BY JANIE DYHOUSE 6 Now Hear This 36 8 Issues Up Front 10 Washington Wire RUCK MARCH HONORS 46 Member Corner 57iLiÀ i iwÌà WAR’S ULTIMATE SACRIFICE 60 Reunions and Claims For the second year, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Student Veter- ans of America chapter, Rebel Vets, remembered those killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with a 370- mile walk through the desert. 42 BY DAVE SPIVA CHECK OUT OUR DIGITAL VERSION AT WWW.VFWMAGAZINE.ORG NEW! NOW ON FACEBOOK NEED HELP? VETERANS CRISIS LINE: 1-800-273-8255 OCTOBER 2019 • WWW.VFW.ORG • 1 COMMAND POST FROM THE CHIEF Chief Tells Convention Attendees VFW magazine is the offi cial publication of the to ‘Confront’ Their Challenges VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES STAFF ometimes we ask ourselves, “Why are we here? PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Why are we still alive?” I’d like to thank the United Tim Dyhouse States Navy and the United States Marine Corps for SENIOR EDITOR Sall of the training they gave me. I’d like to thank my Janie Dyhouse Marines for keeping my big rear-end alive through a lot of ASSOCIATE EDITOR stuff, and they were always there for me. Kari Williams I’d especially like to thank Staff Sgt. Robert J. Choquette Jr. SENIOR WRITER He was a drill instructor and a basic engineer training sergeant Dave Spiva at Camp Lejeune, N.C., when I was there. He was a mentor. I ART DIRECTOR took care of him and his family when they were sick. Lauren Goldman COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF He decided he’d teach me how to be a Marine Corps ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT William “Doc” Schmitz engineer. And I received a Marine Corps engineering Tina Clark degree 1371 and a Meritorious Mast from Col. Reed at Camp ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Lejeune. Those skills probably helped me and some of my GLM Communications, Inc. Jacqueline Tobin, Vice President, Digital/Print Media jarheads stay alive. 500 1st Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Later, when I was in Vietnam, I identifi ed Staff Sgt. (212) 929-1300 FAX 212-929-9574 Email: Choquette’s body at graves registration. It was the 6th of July, [email protected] 1970, the last month of my tour of duty of 13 months in Vietnam. EDITORIAL OFFICE Address all communications for publication to: He resides on The Wall in Washington, D.C., and in my heart. The Editor, VFW Magazine This year’s motto is “Dare to Care.” Sometimes you face 406 W. 34th St., Suite 523, Kansas City, MO 64111 (816) 756-3390; www.vfw.org; [email protected] adversities or diffi culties you don’t like. Sometimes as a VFW magazine is protected through trademark reg is tra- leader you have to confront those challenges. If you don’t tion in the United States and in the foreign countries where VFW magazine circulates. 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