Editorial Opinion - TVV - July '10

Well here I go on my monthly rant. First, every member needs to understand how and why we allow events to occur at the post. The biggest reason is we need the money to support the advantages we all enjoy at our post. The revenue comes in two ways, from the actual rental (when we lease the facilities) and in some cases we just get a lot of additional people spending money on alcohol sales - or a combination of both. Some events are sponsored by the post and we obviously get no rental income so we need a lot of participation to cover the expenses of putting on the event. Remembrance Day would be an example of this type of event.
Some events are sponsored by an outside group that just brings in a lot of people that spend money and don’t pay us a rental fee. This trade-off works for both organizations (The Blues Society is one example). Most groups or companies that are looking for a more private party or where there would be a smaller group must pay the post a rental fee. We have lease agreements that are simple for small groups to complex for a much larger event. Please, if you are aware of anyone that would like to use our facilities, have them contact Jack or Connie to determine what needs to take place for a commitment by both parties.
Here are some general rules if an event is taking place. No one may bring any firearms onto post property. No one is allowed to bring any alcoholic beverage onto our property. No one is allowed to bring or use any illegal substance or drugs on post property. No one is to do anything that would damage post property. Everyone must respect our monuments, displays and flag area. If anyone sees someone (member or guest) breaking any of these rules you may do one of three things: 1 - Do nothing (understand that you are then a part of the problem)
2 - Respectfully request the offender stop whatever rule they are breaking. 3 - Report the incident to a post officer and let them handle it. If anyone (member or guest) continues to break these rules they are subject to being reported to the police. We cannot allow these actions to put our post at risk.
Since we are having issues with maintaining records including DD214s, here is something interesting. You may request records from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, but Army personnel records were destroyed by a fire and from a period from 1912 through 1959 were lost. Air Force records were lost from 1947 to 1963 with surnames beginning with Hubbard to the end of the alphabet. All others are available.
Bill Roark