VFW CiC visits Europe

VFW Commander-in-Chief Tim Borland visits Europe

VFW Commander-in-Chief, Tim Borland, visited Europe September 1-9. He was accompanied by Mr. Bob Wallace from the Executive Office in Washington D.C and Mr. Ryan Gallucci, Director National Veterans Service. They were at Shape Belgium NATO/Shape, Landstuhl Medical Regional Center, Ramstein Air Base, Stuttgart, Berlin and Wiesbaden. It was a short and quick 9 days, but a very busy one. While in Belgium they also visited Flanders Field, where they spoke with families that had adopted American graves. While in Berlin they were able to visit Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Airlift Memorial, and several other sites, the day was capped with dinner. There was a dinner in Stuttgart set up by John Leffler. The CiC also had a meeting with the EUCOM Chief of Staff and the AFRICOM Sergeant Major. They made a stop at Ramstein, where they also had lunch with the troops. The trio were also in Wiesbaden. On Wednesday evening there was a dinner and on Friday the Commander-in-Chief joined members of Post 27, the District 1 Adjutant and the Department Commander, Angelo Aldridge, in a Recruiting event held on Clay Kaserne, where there were 43 new Life and Annual members recruited.