Springfield Area Military

Uniting military retirees in their fight to regain earned benefits promised by the government for twenty years or more of faithful service. This council is dedicated to obtaining all benefits promised and earned by those of us that served. We are also fighting to put an end to military retirees having to pay their own disability pay with a reduction dollar for dollar in retired pay for disability pay.

The Springfield Area Military Retiree Council has been active since 1995 and is the most active council in the state and one of the most active in the United States.  We meet the second Tuesday of each month at the American Legion Goad Ballinger Post 69, in the basement,149 Memorial Plz, Springfield, MO. at 6:30 P. M. (1830 hours). Parking is in the parking lot just to the east of the building on the north side of the lot. Entry is thru the basement door on the north side of the building. The meetings are open to all military retirees, their spouses, widows and widowers of military retirees and all are invited and encouraged to attend.

The council was started by CSM Mack Williams, Retired, when he, along with a small group of other retirees, realized we couldn't get the medical benefits we were promised and had earned. Mack recently passed away but he never gave up on his fight to get our benefits restored that we were promised. Please keep up the fight to honor him and what he worked so hard to accomplish.

For the first six years, the average size of the meetings consisted of seven to ten people that attended consistently and a few more that would attend once or twice then give up.  The council now has about seventy-five consistent members, counting the widow's group that meets at a different date time, and have had up to three hundred attend. There are over five (5) thousand retired military in the greater Springfield area and the reason we don't have these benefits, and keep loosing more, is most people fall into the second category! Imagine what we could accomplish if we were to all band together on a monthly basis! United we stand! If we all band together once and for all, we will finally obtain what we've earned. We usually have a representative present from Congressman Blunt, Senator Bond and Senator McCaskill's  offices, which we greatly appreciate.  Our state and local government representatives are always welcome to attend though so far only Mr. Shane Schoeller has seen fit to do so.

If you desire more information about the Springfield Area Military Retiree Council or you if you would like to be placed on an E-mail list and receive updates and other items of interest Please E-mail MSG Duane Fields.