Sons of The American Legion Committee

Anthony Gladden

Post 455

BIO:

Military Service

 5 July 1988 - Enlisted into the United States AirForce

 Feb 1989- July 1991 Anderson Air Force BaseGuam

 Sept 1991- August 1993 Whiteman Air Force BaseMissouri

 August 1993- October 2009 McGuire Air Force Base, NewJersey

 31 October 2009 - Retired from Active Duty after more than 21 years of 

military service.

Civilian and Community

 USAF Junior ROTC Instructor (Gold Badge Instructor) August 2010 – June2016

 2015 Citizen of the Year Award Recipient from the New EgyptElks (not a member)

American Legion

 McKaig-Test Mullen Post 455, New Egypt, NJ

 Honorary Life Member

 Current Post Adjutant

 THREE-time Post Commander 2011-12, 2012-13,2013-14

 Post Service Officer 2009-2011

 2017-2018 Post 455 Legionnaire of theYear

 Charter Member of the Post 455 American Legion Riders(ALR).

 ALRDirector 

 Post Committees

 Chairman of the Post 455 Ways and Means Committee

 Chairman of the Post 455 Constitution and By-laws Committee

 2018-2022 Chairman of the Post 455 Canteen Committee (Currently on the

committee)

 2013-2014 Post 455 Membership Chairman (Currently on thecommittee)

 Americanism Committee

 Children and YouthCommittee

 Ocean County New Jersey, American Legion

 3 Time County Commander 2016-17, 2017-18,2018-19

 3 Time County Vice Commander 2013-14, 2014-15,2015-16

 2018-2019 Ocean County Legionnaire of theYear

 Ocean County Committees

 Chairman of the Ocean County American Legion CollageCommittee

 Chairman of the Ocean County Sons of the American LegionCommittee

 Chairman of the ARTHUR LAVIGNE SCHOLARSHIPCommittee

 Chairman of the Ocean County American Legion Riders Committee

 Department of New Jersey

 2023-2026 Department Executive Committeeman (Ocean County)

 2021-2022 Department Vice Commander (Department Commander Dan 

Dunn)

 2021-2022 Department District #5 Commander

 2018-2019 DepartmentHistorian (Department Commander Ray Miller)

 Department Committees

 Chairman of the Sons of the American LegionCommittee (Since 2019)

 Liaison of the Department American Legion Riders Committee (Since 

2022)

 Vice President of the South Jersey Caucus (Since 2023)

 New Jersey American Legion CollegeCommittee (Since 2017)

 New Jersey American Legion College Advance Course Instructor (Since 

2017)

 New Jersey American Legion Moving Forward Ad-Hock Committee 

(Since 2018)

 New Jersey American Legion Riders Ad-Hock Committee (Since 2020)

 Served on the New Jersey American Legion CentennialCommittee

 National

 National Convention Veterans Employment & Education Committee (Since 

2021)

- Veterans Education, Other Benefits & Homelessness Subcommittee 

 Nation Media and Communication Committee Counsel (Since 2021)

 2021 American Legion College Graduate

 Member of The American Legion Historians Society (Since 2019)

 Member of The American Legion Media Association (Since 2021)

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