Globe Staff Writer
MIAMI, Okla. —
A retired U.S. Army and Marine Corps veteran with ties to Miami, Okla., has been elected national commander of The American Legion.
Delegates to group’s 92nd National Convention elected Jimmie L. Foster of Anchorage, Alaska, to lead them. He will serve a one-year term.
A native of Delaware, Okla., Foster is a 1972 graduate of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Okla., with a degree in agriculture education.
He later joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif. from 1973 to 1976. Following a short break in service, he reenlisted in the U.S. Army, ultimately retiring with 20 years of military service on Aug. 1, 1994 as the chief legal noncommissioned officer at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
Foster has been a member of the American Legion for 29 years and has held many offices throughout his years He served as state commander in 1999-2000.
Nationally, he served on the organization’s board of directors as National Executive Committeeman from 2002 to 2006 for the Department of Alaska as well as the National & Homeland Security Council, Economics, Internal Affairs and Legislative Commissions and, most recently, served as chairman of the National Legislative Commission from 2006-2008.
