The 2023 Chattanooga Area Veterans Council officers: Seated are Treasurer Mark Parks and Secretary Linda Moss Mines.
Standing, from left, Immediate Past Chair Bill Brooks, Chairman Wayne Belk, Chairman-Elect Tommy Mitchell, Director Jim Beasley, Director Mickey McCamish and Director Chuck Alsobrook. Not pictured are Vice-Chairman David Carter and Director Bill Norton.
The Chattanooga Area Veterans Council held its fourth-quarter membership meeting at American Legion Post # 95 with 2022 Chairman Col. Bill Brooks, USA presiding and 16 member-organizations represented by more than 40 individuals. The membership elected the 2023 Executive Board.
The board includes Chairman: Wayne Belk, American Post # 159, Hixson; Chairman-Elect: Tommy Mitchell, American Legion Post # 291, Chattanooga; Vice-Chairman: David Carter, American Legion Post # 190, Dunlap; Directors: Chuck Alsobrook, Hamilton County Veterans Services Officer; Jim Beasley, American Legion Post # 159, Hixson; Mickey McCamish, Military Officers Association of America; Bill Norton, Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter # 203; Secretary: Linda Moss Mines, Hamilton County Historian/Chief John Ross Chapter, NSDAR; Treasurer: Mark Parks, American Legion Post 291, Chattanooga; and Immediate Past Chairman: Bill Brooks, MOAA, Director, Hamilton County JROTC.
In 1983, the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council was established by Brigadier General Carl Levi and other local military organization leaders. CAVC provides quarterly briefings by Veteran Administration personnel; streamlined support efforts; celebratory event coordination including the Chattanooga Armed Forces Day Parade, Memorial Day and Veterans Day, and is a centralized resource repository for military veterans and their families in the tri-state area including Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
In addition to the regularly-scheduled quarterly CAVC meetings, the Executive Board reminds citizens of these free 2023 public events:
Wednesday, March 29 – Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day, Hamilton County Courthouse Lawn
Friday, May 5 – 74th Chattanooga Armed Forces Day Parade
Monday, May 29 – Memorial Day Commemoration – Chattanooga National Cemetery
Saturday, November 11 – Veterans Day Commemoration – TN National Guard Armory, S. Holtzclaw Avenue, Chattanooga
Chattanooga Area Veterans Council ‘veteran’ member organizations include: 82nd Airborne Association - American Legion Post 14, Chattanooga - American Legion Post 81, Cleveland - American Legion Post 95, East Ridge - American Legion Post 106, Trenton - American Legion Post 107, Soddy Daisy - American Legion Post 159, Hixson - American Legion Post 190, Dunlap - American Legion Post 214, Rossville - American Legion Post 257, Collegedale - American Legion Post 291, Chattanooga - American Veterans Post 36, Chattanooga - Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 6 - Fleet Reserve Association Branch 187 - Marine Corps League Detachment 518 - Military Officers Association of America – Chattanooga Chapter - Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing - Reserve Officers Association, Chattanooga Chapter - Tri-State Women Veterans MWAN Unit 157 - USS Carbonero Base Submarine Veterans - USS Haddo Base Submarine Veterans - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1289, Chattanooga - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1697, Collegedale - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3679, Ft. Oglethorpe - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4848, Chattanooga - Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 203, Chattanooga - Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 942, Soddy Daisy.
For more information about the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council, visit https://www.chattareaveterans.com/
Chairman Wayne Belk recognizes 2022 Chairman Bill Brooks for leadership and service to the CAVC