Belmo is a member of numerous Veterans' Service Organizations and presently serves as the Vice President of the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Northern California and as the Commandant of the General J.C. Breckinridge Detachment (# 10) of the Marine Corps League. He is the recipient of the Marine Corps League's Distinguished Citizen Gold Medal and he has received commendations for valor from the City of South San Francisco for having saved the lives of twelve people at a multi alarm apartment building fire.