ERNIE PADILLA, SENIOR VICE FOR VFW POST 6310.  HE IS A NATIVE OF NEW MEXICO AN A LIFE MEMBER OF POST 6310.  HE SERVED A COMBINE TOTAL OF 33 YEARS IN THE SERVICE AND RETIRED AS A SARGEANT MAJOR.  HE COMPLETED HIS TRAINING FOR HIS CLASSIFICATION AS SARGEANT MAJOR IN 1996.  HE SERVED IN DESERT STORM, BALKANS, UZBERKISTAN/AFGANISTAN.  PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED AS SENIOR VICE, ERNIE WAS THE POST SARGEANT OF ARMS.