VFW commander completes his term

At this year’s Third District Veterans of Foreign Wars District Convention held in Minneota, outgoing Commander Ed Lozinski of Minneota-Taunton Post 5334 handed the gavel to Buck Underwood of Luverne, signifying Underwood’s election as Commander for 2017 to 2019.

VFW Third District is comprised of eighteen Posts and about 1,500 members in Southwestern Minnesota. Lozinski has been an active member of Post 5334 for a number of years and has served as a Junior Vice Commander, Senior Vice Commander and Commander in the Third District of the VFW these past six years.

Underwood’s Commander title and responsibilities become effective after Department Convention or from about July 2017 through the end of June 2019.

Lozinski will remain active in the VFW at his Post and in the Third District as a Past Commander and mentor to the newly elected officers.

For his years of dedicated service and leadership to the VFW, Lozinski was presented a golf watch and the official Past Commander’s VFW necktie.