In Uniform

Active Duty

Air Force Airman Lamech O. Hamisi graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Hamisi is the husband of Minnie Njoki of Everett.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Mario A. Mirante graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Mirante is the son of Christopher and Teresa Mirante of Arlington. He is a 2013 graduate of Arlington High School. In July, Mirante graduated from fire-fighting training at Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas. He spent a few weeks working with the Air Force recruiter in Everett and is now headed for Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

Air Force Airman Keisuke T. Ansara graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Ansara is the son of Geoff Ansara and Brigitte Grey of Bothell. He is a 2012 graduate of Glacier Peak High School.

Air Force Lt. Col. Suanne Marie Gay Crowley was promoted to her current rank this week. She is a judge advocate general officer in the Air Force serving at the Pentagon. A 1989 graduate of Lynnwood High School, she also graduated from the University of Washington and Tulane Law School. Prior to the Air Force, Crowley served as a Naval Honor Guard in Washington, D.C. She and her husband Jerry Crowley live in Arnold, Maryland, and have two sons, Brendan and Michael. She is the daughter of Leonard and Judy Gay of Lynnwood.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David San Luis, who serves on the USS Nimitz, was one of five military personnel honored with a Spirit of Service Award in July by the American Legion of Washington state. He is a aviation maintenance administrator. A native of Guam, he enlisted in 2004. During the Nimitz 2013 deployment, San Luis volunteered to clean up a school in Phuket, Thailand, where he rerouted a clogged sewage pipe and built a trampoline. He also volunteers at the NOAH animal shelter northeast of Stanwood.

Veterans news

Soldier Ride: Wounded Warrior Project’s rehabilitative cycling event, Soldier Ride, is Aug. 7, 8 and 9, beginning in Oak Harbor and covering Whidbey and San Juan islands. For more information on Soldier Ride and Wounded Warrior Project, go to woundedwarriorproject.org.

Traveling memorial wall: The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is up through Aug. 3 at the Veterans Memorial Museum just off I-5 in Chehalis. The wall bears the names of more than 58,000 men and women lost during the Vietnam War.

Veterans calendar

Fleet Reserve Association Branch 170: Branch meetings are held at 5 p.m. second Wednesdays, 6802 Beverly Blvd., Everett. 425-353-2600.

The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 12: 7 p.m. fourth Tuesdays, Lynnwood Elks Club, 6620 196th St. SW. Call Keith Reyes, 1-844-4MOPH12.

Disabled American Veterans, Martin T. Sofie Sunshine Chapter 13: 11:30 a.m. second Thursdays, Lynnwood Elks, 6620 196th St. SW. Call Gil, 425-742-1600.

Coast Guard Auxiliary: 7 p.m. second Tuesdays, Port of Everett Conference Center, 404 14th St. Marie Porterfield, 425-629-3241, 509-949-6715 or Marie.Porterfield64@gmail.com.

Fleet Reserve Association and Ladies Fleet Reserve Association Unit and Branch 18: Lunch noon, meeting 1 p.m. second Saturdays, 23003 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. 425-771-2774.

Veterans: A group of veterans of wars in foreign lands (not associated with VFW) meets at 1 p.m., second Wednesdays, Carl Gipson Senior Center, 3025 Lombard, Everett. Call 425-257-8780.

American Legion

Legion Post 58: Arthur Kincaid Post meets 7 p.m. third Tuesdays, Odd Fellows Building, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Call Bob at 360-863-3544 or go to www.americanlegionmonroe.org.

Legion Post 66: 6 p.m. third Mondays, 117 Sixth Ave. S., Edmonds. Call Les, 206-546-6831.

Legion Post 234: 7 p.m. second Mondays, Legion Hall, 22909 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Call Frank Martinez, 425-697-4102.

Legion Post 37: 7 p.m. third Thursdays, Lynnwood Elks Club, 6620 196th St. SW. 425-585-0279.

Legion Post 92: Stanwood offers prime rib dinner, 4:30 p.m., third Fridays. Legion and auxiliary meeting, 7 p.m., second Mondays, 26921 88th Ave. NW, Stanwood. Service office, 360-629-8021, open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays to help veterans.

Legion Post 66: 6 p.m. third Mondays, Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. Call Les, 206-546-6831.

Legion Post 96: 7 p.m. second Tuesdays, Legion Hall, 1201 First St., Snohomish. Call 360-568-5340.

Legion Post 6: 6 p.m. second Thursdays, the Fleet Reserve Association Club, 6802 Beverly Blvd., Everett. Call Marvin at 425-923-8172.

Legion Post 181: 7 p.m. second and fourth Thursdays, Lake Stevens Community Center, 1812 124th Ave. NE. Call Tom at 425-314-5865, Tony at 360-631-3242, or Vern at 425-343-9637; email info@post181.org; or go to www.post181.org.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Gold Bar Martin-Osterholtz VFW Post 9417: 6 p.m. first Thursdays. Auxiliary hosts a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. July 26 at 301 Third St., Gold Bar. Suggested donation is $5. Call “Sarge” Watkins at 425-931-1638. Ladies Auxiliary: 3 p.m. first Thursdays. Call Arden King at 360-793-2786.

Oak Harbor’s Whitehead-Muzzall VFW Post 7392: 360-675-4048 or go to vfwpost7392.org.

Sultan VFW Post 2554 and Ladies Auxiliary: 7 p.m., second Thursdays, United Methodist Church, 211 Birch Ave., Sultan. Call 425-870-0235.

Arlington Boyer-Daniel VFW Post 1561: 7 p.m. first Tuesdays. For meeting location, call 425-232-8453, 360-435-6677 or go to vfw1561.org.

Monroe VFW Post 7511: 7 p.m., second Thursdays, IOOF Hall, 610 Lewis St., Monroe. Call Ken, 425-315-3509.

Edmonds VFW Post 8870 and Ladies Auxiliary: Lunch at 11:45 a.m., meeting at 12:30 p.m. second Fridays, Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. Fred at 206-940-7502, email quartermaster@vfw8870.org or go to www.vfw8870.org.

Snohomish Gay Jones VFW Post 921 and Auxiliary: 1 p.m. second Saturdays, Boys &Girls Club, 402 Second St., Snohomish. Call 425-397-7111.

Everett Old Guard VFW Post 2100: 6:30 p.m. fourth Thursdays, 2711 Oaks Ave., Everett. Ladies Auxiliary 2100: 6:30 p.m. second Monday. Call 425-337-1559 or go to www.vfwpost2100.org.

Lynnwood VFW Post 1040: 7 p.m., first Thursdays, Alderwood Youth Club, 19619 24th Ave. W., Lynn­wood. Call Martin, 425-774-7416, or Frank, 425-697-4102. Lynnwood VFW Post 1040 Ladies Auxiliary meets from 7 to 8 p.m. at the same location. Contact Myra Rintamaki, 206-235-0348 for more information.

To submit news for this column, contact reporter Gale Fiege: 425-338-3427; gfiege@heraldnet.com.