'New blood and new excitement:' Former Post 43 Member Helps Transform Chicago Post

Former Post 43 Legionnaire Brent Webb (far right) moved to Chicago to go to college and transferred to a local post. Now, he is the commander there and leading a revitalized Legion community. Way to go, Brent!

By Steve B. Brooks (Legion.org)

Having served in the Air Force for six years, Brent Webb found himself having trouble getting used to the civilian world. But after a friend advised him to visit American Legion Hollywood Post 43 in Los Angeles, Webb found the going a little easier.

“I felt like I finally found people I could connect with,” said Webb, now 28. “I felt like I had an outlet to be able to help support my community and take care of people that were important to me.”  READ MORE