William C. Stacey Post 206 has a bountiful relationship with The Mission Continues. They work in many areas together, serving the Danny Woo Community Garden (International District - Seattle, WA), The Ethiopian Community Center (Rainier Neighborhood - Seattle, WA), Northwest Tap Connection (Rainier Neighborhood - Seattle, WA), and Compass Housing Alliance (Renton, WA).

The event to celebrate a year of successful service events, benefitting these disadvantaged communities, the two organizations held a 'combat-esque' Lazer Tag competition,..

On January 31, 2012, William C. Stacey was killed in action by an IED while leading his squad on a mission in the district of Now Zad in Helmand Province, where he had served as a volunteer combat replacement on an earlier tour of duty in the fall of 2008. Every year, the family of William C. Stacey gathers friends, platoon members, and loved ones..

Commander Houghton was approached as the 1st District Commander by the Department of Washington to aid the Veterans Affair hospital staff of Seattle as they pushed to get enough veterans to participate in the pilot study that looked at effective measures to reduce suicidal behaviors via letters written by other veterans. Post members flooded in to help, nearly contributing the entirety of the needed veteran volunteers for the study to be successful. The post was..

During the 2019 year, Jordan Houghton, the Commander of William C. Stacey Post 206 was nominated and selected as the awardee of the Washington Governor's Volunteer Service Award for Veterans. This award was presented at the Washington Governor (Jay Inslee)'s mansion in Olympia, WA. Whilst among other awardees, Commander Houghton was able to learn of significant opportunities to aid in the community through volunteering with other civic initiatives. During the Seattle Mariner's Baseball game, Salute..

On May 7th the officers for William C. Stacey Post 206 were elected! By large, all positions were contested and there were large alterations in terms of positions. However, every position was filled! The team is looking quite strong, and they intend to make a great difference in the post over the coming year!

Commander: Joey Hernandez

Adjutant: Jordan Houghton

Senior Vice Commander: Paul Otal

Junior Vice Commander: Dirk Erickson

Finance Officer: Sirena Herd

Chaplain: Joey Massa

Sergeant-At-Arms: Wes King

Read more of the story, written by Henry Howard regarding the joint effort of the University of Washington Memorial Day event that Seattle Post 206 members participated in.

Link: https://www.legion.org/honor/245730/seattle-area-post-leads-memorial-day-activities-campus

Legionnaire Adrienne Ashley pictured signing in participants for the 5K for Memorial Day.

On June 8th, Post 206 joined forces with The Mission Continues Seattle 1st and 2nd Platoon to do a tactical breach onto the beaches of Washington. The effort and intent was to clean all the beaches on the coastal line for the anniversary of D-Day, also known as the day that Normandy Beach was stormed. The effort was completely successful with the massive team of both veterans, civilians, and activist.

On July 9th Commander Houghton escorted the Department Adjutant to the 13th District Commander of the Seattle Coast Guard bases Change of Command ceremony. The 13th District for the Coast Guard sits directly adjacent to the City of Seattle and is a primary servicemember area that was served by Post 206 during the Government Shutdown, in which the Coast Guard was affected. The American Legion utilized their Temporary Financial Assistance program to aid service members..

Irreverent Warrior Silkies Hike is a yearly event that takes place across the Nation. This year, only one of our members was able to attend, but he effectively represented multiple organizations and did so with the intent of supporting the stemming of 22 Veteran suicides a day. He did an amazing job of spreading the positive message and being a beacon of resources for many.

This year, William C. Stacey Post 206 did some amazing things. Joey Massa (Post Chaplain) was elected the Department Chaplain for the Department of Washington. Post-Adjutant Jordan Houghton (Founding Commander) was elected the Department Vice-Commander, Area I, for the Department of Washington as well!

The post was also awarded the Arlington Post 76 Community Service Award for their volunteer efforts in the community for the second year in a row. They were also again awarded the..