RHODES RAIDER

EDWARD B. RHODES/PARKLAND POST # 2

11204 PARK AVENUE SOUTH

P.O. BOX 44364

TACOMA, WA 98448

(253) 536-6999

E-Mail - alwapost2@comcast.net Website - http://post2.w2usa.org

Regular Meeting Nights

Enjoy Hot Dogs and a soda/beer for $2.00 after every Regular Meeting.

News Letter

If you wish to receive the news letter by e-mail, please send an e-mail to

alwapost2@comcast.net with the subject news letter. We will send you the

news letter and add you to our list.

COUPON CUTTERS

We continue to say thanks to Dee Ragazzo for all the coupons she has cut for

soldiers.

POST/AUXILLARY OFFICERS AND NUMBERS

COMMANDER RON RICH 846-8017

1ST

VICE CDR GEORGE PHILLIPPE 846-0746

2ND

VICE CDR ROD HOLLAND 446-1403

ADJUTANT KEITH FOLEY 536-0087

FINANCE OFFICER PAMELA RICH 846-8017

CHAPLAIN FRANK WHITT 383-5469

HISTORIAN BOB MATSON 536-7328

SGT AT ARMS NATHAN CAMPBELL 301-3351

SERVICE OFFICER PEEWEE HERANDY Out until further

notice

NEWS LETTER TONY DEMARIA 846-2783

E-BOARD

3 YEAR MEMBER

2 YEAR MEMBER LISA STENGARD 678-4334

1 YEAR MEMBER JEFF RAVET 535-0836

AUXILLARY

PRESIDENT

1st VICE PRESIDENT CORKY CUNNINGHAM 227-2512

MEMBERSHIP JEAN FORTSON 752-2579

TREASURER BARB PETTINGER

CHAPLAIN

Proud Sponsors

Post 2 is proud to announce that we are the sponsor of the 4-2 Brigade, 1-38th Infantry Battalion

“C” (Chaos) Company stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. They just deployed to Iraq for a

one year tour of duty. The post will assist the families and rear detachment. There will be a

time the post will call upon you for assistance. As veterans we need to support our troops and

their families. The post is planning on sending cards to them this year. Cards are available at

the post for those who need them. Their mailing address is:

Any Soldier C Co, 1-38 IN BN, 4-2 BDE

Camp Liberty APO AE 09344

Post 2 Clean Up

On 21 November, Bethel HS JROTC has volunteered to assist in the tear down and clean up of

a building located behind the Post. We are looking for volunteers with pick up’s and trailer to

haul the debris to recycling center or the sanitation facility. We also wish to thank all those

who participated in cleaning the post in September.

How to Request Your Medals

If you are a Veteran or the next-of-kin (un-remarried widow, eldest child, parent, eldest sibling,

eldest grandchild) of a veteran, you may request a set of authorized medals and decorations by

sending a written request along with a copy of the DD Form 214 or other discharge papers (if

available) to:

National Personnel Records Center

9700 Page Avenue

St. Louis, MO. 63132-5100

Or you can visit the National Personnel Records Center website at: http://vetrecs.archives.gov

If you have never received a set of your medals before, your request will be processed free-of-

charge. If this is a replacement set, there will be a nominal fee. If you are the primary next-of-

kin, only one request for medals will be honored.

Christmas Party

This year we will be hosting two Christmas Parties.

1. Post 2’s Christmas party will be held 11 December at JR’s Whistle Stop, located in the

Bethel Shopping Center on the coroner of 224th St and Mountain Highway (St Route 7),

Starting time 1800 hours. Please contact the post to make a reservation. Also there will be a

gift exchange, gifts are not to exceed $20, men bring a man’s gift and women bring a woman’s

gift. Food is order off the menu.

2. 6 December Post 2 will host a Christmas party for the 1-38 “C” Co’s families and rear

detachment at the post. The post would appreciate any and all donations of children (ages new

born to ?) gifts (toys or games).

New Years Eve Party

This year Post 2’s New Years Eve party, ticket price will be the same as last year $20/adult with

a pay as you go bar. The ticket price covers the party favors, Champaign, music and finger

food. The location will be the post. Contact the post for further information and to make a

reservation.

Trip to Leavenworth, WA

See attached flier for details.

Auxiliary News

Welcome to a new year…we are hoping to make goal this year and find a few more active

members. Our goal for this year is 55 and at this time we have 27 members. Remember the

dues are now $25. If your dues are paid by November 9th, you are an early bird and your name

is put in a drawing to have your 2011 dues paid, so let’s all get our dues paid…thank you.

Legionnaires, PLEASE Help us, remember your wife, daughter, step-daughter, granddaughter,

mother, and sister can be an Auxiliary member, through your membership. That is 5 members

you can sign up, they can live anywhere in the US. We really need some members that will

come to meetings and help with projects….PLEASE help us. We want to be able to help the

Legion with the projects they have adopted at Fort Lewis.

I want to “THANK” all the people that have been sending in grocery labels. I send them to the

commissary overseas. We have in the last 5 months sent $5119.91 worth. It cost $4.95 each

month to send them. Please help me by adding up how much the coupons are worth as I have to

declare the amount before mailing. THANK YOU!!!

I will be mailing a newsletters to all of our Auxiliary members in October as I am not sure all

our members get the Post Newsletter.

We really need our members to come to our meetings, the 2nd

Monday of each month (except

Dec as we are busy helping with the Gift Shops). We had 4 members at our September

meeting. If we want to have a Unit #2 Auxiliary then we need active members.

Corky Cunningham, Acting President.

To All Veterans:

Veterans Day, November 11, 2009, there will be a reception at Tacoma’s war memorial park,

6th Ave and MacArthur St. (near Narrows Bridge) at 2pm. Preceding the event the American

Legion, Edward b. Rhodes/parkland post #2 will hold its annual free breakfast for all veterans

from 8 - 11 am at the address listed above. After the reception there will be the annual spaghetti

dinner at Doughboy Memorial Post #138, (from 4 - 7 pm) corner of Bridgeport and Cirque

Drive behind 7-11.

Memorial calls for photos of Vietnam vets

WASHINGTON (AFRNS) -- The National Call for Photos, a campaign to gather images of the more than

58,000 men and women whose names are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was launched recently at a

Newseum event here hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and FedEx Office.

FedEx Office will use its locations across the country to help in gathering photos.

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam

Veterans Memorial here, promoting healing and educating people about the impact of the Vietnam War.

The fund's latest initiative is The Education Center at The Wall, an underground facility near the memorial that

is being designed to help visitors discover the stories of those named on The Wall and celebrate the values

embodied by service members from all of America's wars.

Exhibits will include a wall of photographs of people whose names are on The Wall, a selection of the more

than 100,000 items that have been left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a timeline of key military events of

the Vietnam War and a history of the memorial.

The center also will celebrate the values embodied by America's service members: loyalty, duty, respect,

service, honor, integrity and courage, officials said. An exhibit will show images of those who have served in

America's conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to Iraq.

More than $20 million has been raised for the education center, including a $10 million gift from Time Warner.

It is estimated that the center will cost $85 million to build.

Other Memorial Fund initiatives include educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall

replica that honors veterans and a humanitarian and mine-action program in Vietnam. (Courtesy of American

Forces Press Service)

For more information, visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund site.

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VA warns of telephone scam

WASHINGTON (AFRNS) – Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs are warning people not to

give credit card numbers over the phone to callers claiming to be updating VA prescription

information.

Kevin Secor, a Veterans Service Organizations liaison with the office of the secretary of Veterans

Affairs, sent an e-mail recently that outlined the scam.

“I have received many reports that veterans are being contacted by „Patient Care Group‟ representing

that they are helping administer VA prescriptions and stating that the pharmacy billing procedures

have changed and they are therefore requesting veteran credit card numbers for prescription

payments in advance of filling their prescriptions,” Mr. Secor wrote. “This is false. VA does not call

veterans asking to disclose personal financial information over the phone. VA has not changed its

processes for dispensing prescription medicines.”

Anyone who receives a call from someone claiming to work for the Patient Care Group who is seeking

a credit card number should simply hang up.

Veterans with questions about VA services should contact the nearest VA medical center or call toll-

free 877-222-8387.

Tricare Standard pays for prevention

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFRNS) – Obtaining clinical preventive services can help prevent illness before

major health problems occur so Section 711 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2009

encourages eligible Tricare Standard beneficiaries to use preventive health services by waiving all cost

shares for certain types of these services starting Sept. 1.

These services include screenings for colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer and prostate

cancer; immunizations; and well-child visits for children younger than 6.

Also, for all beneficiaries older than 6, when a visit to a health care provider includes one or more of

the benefits listed above, the cost share for the visit is waived; however, other services provided

during the same visit are subject to cost shares and deductibles.

Beneficiaries who received certain clinical preventive services in the past several months may be

entitled to reimbursement.

“Early disease detection and chronic condition management programs result in the prevention of

long-term health conditions and add savings for beneficiaries and the government in the long term,”

said Navy Rear Adm. Christine S. Hunter, deputy director of the Tricare Management Activity. “It‟s a

great new benefit under Tricare Standard.”

The cost-share waiver applies to non-Medicare eligible, Tricare Standard or Extra beneficiaries; even if

the beneficiary has not met the annual deductible. Beneficiaries enrolled in Tricare Prime are

unaffected, since they do not have copayments for preventive services.

Medicare-eligible beneficiaries are covered by Tricare For Life which generally pays the remainder of

any costs not paid under Medicare, including amounts for the listed preventive services; however,

preventive services and all immunizations not covered by Medicare require Tricare Standard cost

shares and deductibles for TFL beneficiaries.

Criteria such as age, frequency of care and family history have to be met in order to waive cost shares

for the six clinical preventive services. All other preventive services not included in the services listed

in Section 711 are subject to cost shares and deductibles. This benefit can be applied to any services

received on or after Oct. 14, 2008. Beneficiaries can request reimbursement for services received after

Oct. 14, 2008, and before the implementation date of Sept. 1.

Reimbursement requests can be made by phone or in writing to the region where the beneficiary

lives.

For requests by phone:

North Region

Net Federal Services, LLC

877- 874-2273

South Region

Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.

800-444-5445

West Region

TriWest Healthcare Alliance

888-874-9378

Requests submitted in writing to the regional claims processor should include the sponsor‟s Social

Security number, full names and dates of birth of all dependents and current mailing address. For

written requests:

North Region

Health Net Federal Services, Inc.

c/o PGBA, LLC/TRICARE Claims Correspondence

PO Box 870141

Surfside Beach, SC 29587-9741

South Region

Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 740062

Louisville, KY 40201-7462

West Region

West Region Customer Service

P.O. Box 77029

Madison, WI 53707-7029

(Courtesy of Tricare)

A special “THANK YOU” goes out to the following businesses for their

support.

Parkland Transmission, 131 114th

St. S., (253) 531-2622

Safeway, 2411 Proctor St., (253) 752-5570

Albertsons, 2401 N. Pearl St., (253) 752-7800

Market Place (SAARS), 13322 Pacific Ave S. (253) 531-3711

The American Legion NON-PROFIT ORG

Edward B. Rhodes/Parkland Post #2 U. S. POSTAGE PAID

P.O. BOX 44364 TACOMA, WA

Tacoma, WA 98448 PERMIT NO. 1059

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