The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, August 16th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the August 16th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, October 18th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the October 18th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, November 15th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the November 15th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

Invite to the 82nd Anniversary PEARL HARBOR Day of Remembrance 2023.

The Once & Always Chicago Marines presents the 82nd Remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor memorial program.  Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 11:15 am at the American Legion  located at 1824 W. Cortland St., Chicago IL 60622.

(photoCR: the Garden Island & CBS58)

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, January 17th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the January 17th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, February 21st,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the February 21st meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, March 20th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the March 20th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

Join with the Once & Always-Chicago MARINES; a Dress Blues org support of Veterans and Community to the AmLegion F.D. Roosevelt Post 923 in Chicago for the 49th year Commemoration to the official end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975.

The next CVO meeting will be on the third Wednesday of the month, May 15th,  on zoom.

The Zoom Information will be sent out prior to the May 15th meeting.

More information about the meeting can be found here.

Chicago’s Memorial Day Parade honors all men and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country.

The Wreath Laying Ceremony will begin at 11am at Daley Plaza (50 W. Washington Street). The Parade will step off at noon and proceed south on State Street from Lake Street to Van Buren Street. Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant, U.S. Coast Guard will serve as this year’s Parade Grand Marshal. Rear Admiral Merchant, who was born in Chicago, recently made history by becoming the first African American female promoted to flag rank in U.S. Coast Guard history.

This year’s Major General John A. Logan Patriot Award will honor André Richardson King; and the City of Chicago will acknowledge two Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) students with the Cadets of the Year Award: C/LTC Lorena Mozo of Farragut Career Academy and C/Capt Fernando Gonzalez of Marine Leadership Academy.

During the Wreath Laying Ceremony and Parade, the City of Chicago honors fallen heroes and Gold Star family members who have lost a loved one in the United States Armed Forces to combat operations or while on active duty. Approved by Congress beginning in 1947, Gold Star Lapel Pins and the Next of Kin Lapel Pins are presented to families not as an award, but as symbols of honor worn by family members in remembrance of their fallen loved ones and their ultimate sacrifice.

The Wreath Laying Ceremony at 11am will also be livestreamed at Chicago.gov/live.

More information at about this event  can be found here: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/memorial_day_parade.html