Post 244 - Sanatoga, PA 

 

bullet Next post meeting:

Post meetings are the 4th Thursday of the month

the next post meeting is

Thursday - May 22, 2008 at 7 pm

(nominations of next years officers
elections at the June 26 meeting)

at St. Gabriel Lodge

at the corner of

Jefferson St & Grosstown Rd, Stowe, PA.

 

bullet Membership:  
bullet Currently there are over 175 members in this post. 
bullet American Legion membership is open to honorably discharged Veterans who served in wartime eras,
bullet And anyone currently on Active Duty. 
bullet Dues are $25 per year.

 

bullet Facilities: 
bullet No permanent building yet.

 

bullet Activities include:  
bullet Boys State,
bullet Girls State,
bullet The Post,
bullet Department and National
High School Oratorical Contest,
bullet Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony,
bullet Certified Military Funeral Honor Guard,
bullet Veterans Legislative issues awareness,
bullet Financial Family Support & Emergency Assistance,
bullet On-going support of the area VA medical facilities,
bullet And many Local Charities and Community Events too numerous to mention.

 

bullet Social Events: 
bulletBi-monthly Bingo at Spring City VA Outpatient Clinic (4th Tuesday every other month 7 - 9 pm).
bullet And many other special occasions throughout the year.

 

 

Post 244

Officers

Commander

Mark Alexander

Adjutant

Billy Worrell

Sr. Vice Commander

Joan Alexander

Jr. Vice Commander

Ed Clark

Finance Officer

Chuck Kropp

Chaplain

Willard Bickel

Sergeant-At-Arms

Bradley Fink
Sergeant-At-Arms  Douglas Hawkins
Service Officer Ed Clark

Historian

 John Dubinski
Judge Advocate none

Executive

Committee
Mark Alexander Billy Worrell
 Joan Alexander Andy Staso
Chuck Kropp  John Cassidy
Bob Sassaman Willard Bickel
Wally La Coste  
 BG (Dr.) Elmer S.
Friedberg, O.D.
 (Ret.)
'Honorary'		  Dr. John Dubinski,
D.D.S.
'Honorary

 

Commander's Message:

            

        Mark Alexander
        Post Commander

 

Dear Fellow Legionnaires:

 

Lieutenant Colonel (R) Mark Stephen Alexander Sr.

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander was born in Wilmington, Delaware on 13 May 1958. In 1978 he attended Basic Training at Fort Knox Kentucky where he won a ROTC scholarship and upon completion of ROTC at the University of Delaware in 1980 as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Military Police Corps and awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. His military education includes completion of the Military Police Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Combined Arms Staff Service School and Command and General Staff College. He also attended the U.S. Army Countering Terrorism Course, the United States Air Force Dynamics of International Terrorism Course, the United States Army Drug and Alcohol Team Training Course, the United Sates Army Civil Affairs Officer Basic Course, the United States Army Jungle Warfare School, the United States Army Cold Weather Training Course, the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Landing School, the United States Army Instructor Training Course and the United States Army Observer/Controller Trainer Course.

He has held a wide variety of important command and staff positions culminating in his recent retirement as Chief of Training G3 78th Division Headquarters, Edison, New Jersey.

Other assignments include: Platoon Leader 101st Airborne Division Military Police, Officer in Charge of Military Police Investigations FORSCOM Fort Campbell, KY and Assistant Division Provost Marshal Operations Officer 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Provost Marshal Staff Officer and Company Commander and Commander of Troops, TRADOC Fort Monroe Virginia, Assistant MOS Director and S3 2076th USAR School Wilmington, DE, G3 Schools Officer 79th Division, Willow Grove, P A, S2/S3 367th MP Group, Ashley, P A, Staff Officer and S3 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, Norristown, P A, Assistant Director of Training 98th Division, Fort Dix, NJ, Battalion Commander 39pt Logistical Support Battalion 98th Division, Fort Dix, NJ, and Provost Marshall s! Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS, Professor of Military Science 18t Region ROTC, Drexel University, Philadelphia, P A and Chief of Training G3 78th Division Headquarters, Edison, NJ.

Awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Reserve Achievement Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), the Army Reserve Service Medal, War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Parachutist Badge, and the Air Assault Badge.

Mark is the current Commander of American Legion Post 244, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Marine Corps League, the Masonic Shrine Legion of Honor, the Royal Escort of the Green Garter and the Vice President of the Joint Veterans Council of Pottstown.

He is married to Joan former Commander of American Legion Post 244 who is a former Marine and President of the Women's Marine Association PA2. Mark and Joan also own and run A-Z Support Company LLC providing safety and computer consulting and training to surrounding businesses. They have 3 children: Jessica, Amy and Mark Junior.

 

For God and Country,

 

Mark Alexander
Commander
American Legion Post 244

 

                

 

 

Distinguished Post 244 members:

 

BG (Dr.) Elmer S. Friedberg, USAF (Ret)

 

TSGT Willard Bickel (a Pottstown Draftee of '43)

 

CPL Mahlon L. Fink (IWO JIMA: a rememberance)

 

(coming soon Dr. John Dubinski, D.D.S.)

 

 

 

Post 244   Officers

 

Mark Alexander

'Post Commander'

 

 

 

Billy Worrell

'Adjutant'

 

 

 

 

Joan V. Alexander

'Sr. Vice Commander'

 

 

 

 

 Ed Clark

'Jr. Vice Commander'

 

  

 

 

 

Charles Kropp

'Finance Officer'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willard Bickel

'Post Chaplain'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradley E. Fink

'Sergeant-At-Arms'

 

 

 

 
 

Douglas Hawkins

'Sergeant-At-Arms'

 

  

 

Ed Clark

'Service Officer'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Dr. John Dubinski, D.D.S.

'Historian'

 

  

 

Executive

Committee

Mark Alexander

'Post Commander'

(see photo above)

 

Joan Alexander

'Sr. Vice Commander'

(see photo above)

 

 

 Ed Clark

'Jr. Vice Commander'

(see photo above)

 

 Billy Worrell

'Adjutant'

(see photo above)
 

Charles Kropp

'Finance Officer'

(see photo above)

 

 Bob Sassaman

(Committee Member at Large)

 
 

John Cassidy

(Committee Member at Large)

 

  

Willard Bickel

(Committee Member at Large)

 
 

Wally La Coste

(Committee Member at Large)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BG (Dr.) Elmer S. Friedberg, USAF (Ret)

(Honorary Committee Member)

 

  Dr. John Dubinski, D.D.S.

(Honorary Committee Member)

 

 

link to the American Legion, National Headquarters web site

link to the American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania web site

 

 

                                      

 

 

The American Legion is a Service Organization.  Post 244 of Pottsgrove is helping folks and veterans in our community with a number of diverse issues.  Call the office at 610-326-1768 or e-mail the Service Officer with questions regarding the VA, we have most VA forms.

Or, if you need anything. 

Give us a chance to assist you.