Garry Crum
Commander
U.S. Marine Corps · Rhode Island Air National Guard · Iraq
Post member since 2023
Garry Crum is an Iraq War veteran who served in the Marine Corps and then the Rhode Island Air National Guard. A Cranston resident of more than 30 years, he has known this hall since his middle school days. He became Commander when the Post was about a week from closing, called an emergency meeting and wrote to former members to keep the doors open. Since then he has led the repairs to the hall and the rebuilding of the membership, which finished 2025–26 above 100 percent.
Bernard Brennan
Senior Vice Commander
U.S. Marine Corps · 2002–2013 · Iraq
Post member since 2025
Bernie Brennan, a Chicago native, served eleven years in the Marine Corps Reserve, leaving as a sergeant. He deployed to Iraq twice with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, tracking the battalion’s wounded and fallen and earning the Combat Action Ribbon on the first tour, and later spent a year on the staff of the Wounded Warrior detachment at Naval Medical Center San Diego. A first-generation college graduate with a Ph.D., he teaches political science at Johnson & Wales University. As Senior Vice Commander he runs the Post’s website and membership effort.
Eddie Myers
Junior Vice Commander
U.S. Army · 2007–2012 · Iraq
Post member since 2024
Eddie Myers, who grew up in Dorchester in Boston, served in the U.S. Army as an infantryman. He deployed to Iraq twice: in 2008–09 with 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in 2010–11 with the 25th Infantry Division’s headquarters battalion, during Operation New Dawn. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge. From 2017 to 2019 he was head of security at Kennedy Plaza in Providence. He is the Post’s Junior Vice Commander, and one of the people a newcomer can ask for at the door.
James Burnham
Quartermaster
U.S. Army · Iraq · Afghanistan
Post member since 2023
James Burnham served in the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan and earned the Combat Infantryman Badge. As Quartermaster he looks after the Post’s finances and records.
Micholas Credle
Adjutant
U.S. Army
Post member since 2026
Micholas A. Credle is a retired United States Army Captain and decorated combat veteran who serves as Adjutant of VFW Post 4651. With more than ten years of military service, including leadership assignments at West Point and the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, he brings extensive experience in personnel management and organizational leadership. An advocate for veterans and military families, he is committed to veterans’ welfare, camaraderie, and community service.