New Alliance to Serve Troops

Week of January 15, 2007

The American Legion and the Army Reserve have initiated a partnership that will bring both organizations even closer. Under the memorandum of understanding, The American Legion will (1) encourage advocacy and support of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Ombudsman program and (2) encourage American Legion posts to open their facilities for families of servicemembers to gather for socialization or organized meetings. The Army Reserve will (1) include volunteers from the American Legion as appropriate in Family Program Training events and (2) provide The American Legion an updated list of Regional Readiness Sustainment Commands (RRSCs) and Family Programs staff.

For more information, or to join The American Legion go to http://www.legion.org/join.