The Military Order of the World Wars Capt. Gaylord-Dillingham MemorialChapter Hawaii
Mokuna nuhou (Chapter News)
Commander Comments
November 2025
Aloha Companions! We are now in the final quarter of 2025 and it is time to plan for 2026. I am pleased to report that Chapter Companions continue to represent the Order in major commemorations, at the Oahu Veterans Council and other forums. Over the last 10 months, Senior Vice Commander Liam Fowler and Companion Toni Correa and I are representing the Chapter at the Monthly Oahu Veterans Council meetings, and I am representing the Chapter at meetings of the Hawaii America250 Military Committee. We had a 100% attendance rate at the monthly OVC meetings for 2025, as there are no meetings scheduled for November or December 2025. This is a component of remaining in good standing as an organizational member of the , along with paying our annual dues to the OVC. As I reported from the National Convention, all Veterans are now eligible to join the Order, and I encourage you to reach out to your NCO and enlisted Veteran contacts to invite them be part of our distinguished Order. Membership is now easier to process on-line than it was just a few years ago with paper forms requiring signatures. We have changed our meeting schedule from monthly to quarterly, since our attendance at the monthly meetings was unsatisfactory, It is my intent to make our meetings more of a social event, while still addressing the business of the Chapter. By reducing our meetings by 75%, to just once a quarter, and by making them more of a social occasion, you can fit them into your busy schedule and balance other responsibilities to work and family and enjoy Companionship in a social setting. The EXCOM (Commander and Chapter Officers), can still meet when required. Our last Chapter meeting was held on 20 October—see page 2. In this Newsletter, we have republished the history of our namesake, last published in the Newsletter of July 2012. Our Chapter. When we tell others about our Chapter, it is important to tell his story of service, as the Chapter itself is a Memorial to him and his crew. We will work to have the Newsletter published on a quarterly basis, to increase our engagement with Chapter Companions, and the communities we serve. With the massing of the Colors on June 14, 2025, we cemented our place as a Hawaii America250 Commemoration Partner. The Chapter continues to support this ongoing commemoration by facilitating events for the states, providing Officers to serve on the Military Committee, and by working with other Veteran Organizations to plan and carry out commemoration events. The most recent major event was the America250 Sojourn Flag, which was in Hawaii for two weeks in October. Read all about it on p. 3. More images to follow after the govt. shutdown ends.
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