VFW Post 1697 Officers
2024-2025
Commander - Bryan K. Hardy (U.S. Army)
Sr. Vice Commander - Keith J. Felix (U.S. Marine Corps)
Jr. Vice Commander - Paul S. Bobenhausen (U.S. Army)
Quartermaster - Charles L. Hargis, Jr. (U.S. Army)
Adjutant - John W. "Wes" Billings (U.S. Navy)
Chaplain - John Toms (U.S. Marine Corps)
1 Year Trustee - Robert P. Brewer (U.S. Army)
2 Year Trustee - Jason M. Cobb (U.S. Marine Corps)
3 Year Trustee - Donald W. Hunt (U.S. Air Force)
Service Officer - Ashbel "Deuce" Pastor-Ramos (U.S. Army)
VFW 2025 BYLAWS
ARTICLE II - POSTS
Sec. 217 - Nomination, Election, Installation and Term of Office.
Post officers shall be nominated, elected and installed as prescribed in Section 217 of the Manual of Procedure. An officer elected and assuming the duties of an office shall continue to hold office for the period for which elected and until a successor assumes the duties of the office, unless the office is declared vacant under the provisions of Sections 216 or 220 of these Bylaws.
FW 2025 MANUAL OF PROCEDURE
ARTICLE II - POSTS
Sec. 217 - Nomination, Election, Installation and Term of Office.
Nomination. Nominations of Post Officers shall open in March and remain open until the Post is ready to vote
Election. Post officers shall be elected in April.
Term of Office. Officers shall be elected for a term of one (1) year except that three (3) Trustees shall initially be elected for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years and thereafter one (1) Trustee shall be elected each year for a term of three (3) years.
