Post 304 Holds Election of Officers;

Program on Air Force Week

CM/Sgt John Cowman, Chief of Training and Air Force Week Co-Chairman, Dobbins AirForce Reserve Base, spoke to the members of Post 304 about the celebration for the Air Force's 60th Anniversary and the events taking place this year. The celebration culminates with Air Force Week in October, 2007.


The members listen attentively to Sgt. Cowman's presentation.

After the presentation, election of officers was held. During the discussion about Jr. Vice Commanders and the number of new Programs in which the Post is now involved, it was determined by membership vote that a fourth Jr. Vice Commander is needed. The following Post Officers were elected:

• Commander - Larry Lieber
• Sr. Vice Commander - Alan Johnson
• Jr. Vice Commander - Richard Ray
• Jr. Vice Commander - Mike Kettmann, Sr.
• Jr. Vice Commander - Fred Gaines
• Jr. Vice Commander - David Menendez
• Judge Advocate - Jim Stoll
• Finance Officer and Service Officer - Tom Stenzel
• Asst. Service Officer - David Menendez
• Post Home Fund Committee - Co-Chairs Alan Johnson and Bob Titshaw. Member Richard Ray

After the election of Officers, Commander Lieber announced his intention with respect to appointments of other Officers and Committee Chairs as follows:

• Adjutant and Historian - David Burdette
• Chaplain - Robert Noles
• Asst. Chaplain - Duane Young
• Sgt.-at-Arms - Larry Hale
• Boys State Committee - Richard Ray, Chairman
• High School Oratorical Contest Committee - David Burdette, Chairman
• Jr. ROTC and ROTC Committee - Co-Chairmen Fred Gaines and Larry Hale
• Civic Affairs Committee - Jim Stoll, Chairman
• Awards Chairman - Co-Chairmen Mike Kettmann, Sr. and Alan Johnson
• ALBA Committee - Larry Lieber, Chairman
• Finance Committee - Tom Stenzel, Chairman, Alan Johnson, David Burdette and Richard Ray

The Officers will be installed by Dept. Finance Officer and ALBA Chairman James E. Robinson on Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Provino's Italian Restuarant on Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw. The festivities commence at 6:30 pm.

Kennesaw Mountain High School Navy Junior ROTC Awards Banquet is Attended by Many Organizations to Present Awards to the Cadets

The Kennesaw Mountain High School NJROTC Awards Banquest was held in the school cafeteria on Tuesday evening, May 15, 2007.

The head table included such dignataries as (l-r) the representative from The Sons of the American Revolution, our own Post 304 Commander Larry Lieber, representative from the Naval Reserve Association, NJROTC Commander Bauers and his wife.

Here, Cadet LT Matt Angel and Cadet LCDR Chris Echevarria congratulates part of the troops for their excellent performance during the past year:

Cadet LCDR Echevarria congratulates one of the Cadets for his performance:

Post 304 Commander and Legionnaire Fred Gaines get their notes together for The American Legion Awards. That's Commander Bauers over Fred's left shoulder and Cadet Commander Ashley Montgomery is at extreme left. Montgomery was the very capable Master of Ceremonies for the event.

Commander Larry Lieber congratulates Cadet LT Matt Angel on receiving The American Legion JROTC Award for Scholastic Excellence:

Cadet LCDR Chris Echevarria is awarded The American Legion Award for Military Excellence by Cdr. Lieber.

Here's the group from Post 304 with the winning cadets: l-r Fred Gaines, Larry Hale, Cadet Angel, Cdr. Larry Lieber, and Cadet Echevarria:

And here's a couple of award presenters from The Sons of the American Revolution and the Old Guard Award:

Kell High School Senior
Nicholas Niedhardt
Receives Prestigious
American Legion School Award
at Honors Ceremony

Nicholas Niedhardt, graduating senior at Kell High School, was presented The American Legion School Award at the Annual Honors Ceremony on Monday, April 30, 2007. The Award and beautiful bronze medallion, is given in recognition of Distinguished Achievement and possession of those high qualities of Courage, Honor, Leadership, Patriotism, Scholarship and Service which are necessary to the preservation and protection of the fundamental institutions of our government and the advancement of society. The recipient of the Award is determined by the school faculty and staff. Cadet Niedhardt also is the Executive Officer of the Kell NJROTC Unit.

Shown in the picture above is Post 304 Adjutant Burdette and Senior Naval Science Instructor and NJROTC Commander William Wilkerson, CAPT, USN. Picture was taken by Laura Niedhardt, Nicholas' mom.

Post 304 Presents The American Legion School Award to Danielle Sparks, Senior at North Cobb High School

Adjutant David Burdette at lectern and North Cobb High Principal Gary Boling, right.

Burdette announces the winner, Danielle Sparks, North Cobb graduating Senior

Danielle Starks, graduating senior at North Cobb High School, was presented The American Legion School Award at the Annual Awards Day on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The Award and beautiful bronze medallion, is given in recognition of Distinguished Achievement and possession of those high qualities of Courage, Honor, Leadership, Patriotism, Scholarship and Service which are necessary to the preservation and protection of the fundamental institutions of our government and the advancement of society. The recipient of the Award is determined by the school faculty and staff.

Post 304 was also represented at the Ceremony by Alan Johnson, Sr. Vice-Commander, who was also the photographer, and Nancy Burdette, Auxiliary Unit 304 member.

Post 304 Provides The American Legion School Award to Kennesaw Mountain High School Graduating Senior

Joshua David Neal, graduating senior at Kennesaw Mountain High School, was presented The American Legion School Award at the Annual Awards Day on Friday, April 27, 2007. The Award and beautiful bronze medallion, is given in recognition of Distinguished Achievement and possession of those high qualities of Courage, Honor, Leadership, Patriotism, Scholarship and Service which are necessary to the preservation and protection of the fundamental institutions of our government and the advancement of society. The recipient of the Award is determined by the school faculty and staff.

Jackie Brown, Counsellor at KMHS, is shown presenting the award to Joshua.

Post 304 Presents Jr. ROTC Awards at North Cobb High School

The North Cobb High School Navy Jr. ROTC

Color Guard

Legionnaires Fred Gaines, Larry Hale, David Burdette, and Auxiliary member Nancy Burdette represented Post 304 on Tuesday evening, April 24, 2007, at the Navy Jr. ROTC Awards Ceremony at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw. American Legion Ribbons and Certificates were presented to two of the cadets for Military Excellence and Scholastic Excellence by Burdette and Gaines.


Here's a shot of the crowd on the left side of the room where the ceremony was conducted ...


... and here's the crowd on the right side of the room.

Presenters from the Sons of the American Revolution, Gaines and Burdette enjoy a chuckle before the start of the ceremony. Larry Hale was the photographer.











Here's an image of the "civilian" crowd that attended ...



... listening to retiring ROTC Commander Craig Smith addressing them ...







... and the cadets.








This is the Sons of the American Revolution presenting an award to one of the cadets.
That's US Marine First Sergeant Brian Foster of the ROTC Unit sitting at far right.








And Burdette about to present the ...











... American Legion Military Excellence Award to Cadet LCDR Michael Little.
The winner of The American Legion ROTC Scholastic Excellence Award was Cadet C/MCPO Chase Mizzell. Unfortunately, we were not able to get a photograph of Cadet Mizzell accepting the Award from Fred Gaines.
The entire ceremony was very impressive. Hopefully, we can involve more of our Legionnaires in future events such as this.