DARBY MOAA CHAPTER
PO Box 180755, Fort Smith, AR 72918

NEXT MEETING
12 August 2021 Darby MOAA Meeting
LOCATION: Hardscrabble Country Club, 5211 S. Cliff Drive, Ft Smith, AR
  • ​Our guest speaker is mental health therapist Mrs. Sarah Gibbons from the Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center & is titled “Saving the 22” addressing the high suicide rate among Veterans. We are losing 22 Veterans a day to suicide! Her program will address how Veterans can help Veterans in this suicide fight.
  • Additionally she will be accompanied by her husband, COL David Gibbons, Commander of the 142d Field Artillery Brigade & recently assigned as the Training Site Manager for Ft Chaffee. He will give some info on Army initiatives to combat the high suicide rates as well as answer some questions about what’s going on out at Ft Chaffee.
    Dress is business casual.
    Also, as a reminder please pay your 2021 chapter dues. Due to the pandemic we did not collect chapter dues in 2020 but are back at it this year. Thank you.  
    Meal cost is $25 per person. As per usual spouse/guests/significant others are always welcome. 
  • ​We will hold the next Chapter Committee Chair planning meeting on Tues, 14 September 2021 at 4:30 PM at Bruce-Terri Drive In, 1102 Fort Street in Barling. All members are invited to attend and get involved in the Chapter's work that goes on 'behind the scenes'.

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  • See below for info on our 8 June 2021 meeting:​ 
  • For the 8 June 2021 meeting we conducted our annual pistol firing range at the Crawford County Sheriff Dept's firing range north of Van Buren. We had a blast & were joined by 3 of our MOAA brothers from the Northwest Ark MOAA chapter in Fayetteville. Our meal was catered by Bruce-Terri Drive & was great. Fed Arms sponsored us & brought out a 'technical' .50 cal gun truck mounted on a Toyota Tacoma (it's sold by for US military use overseas on a Toyota Helix truck) & other experimental weapons that they sell to US SOCOM such as a modified M4 that shoots 7.62mm & another one that shoots 12ga shotgun shells. We got to shoot some of them & it was fun & interesting. Chapter Legislative Committee Chair John Posey shared with those in attendance the draft Legislative Agenda that will be presented to the membership at the August 2021 meeting.

  •  Cost was $25 per person. Dress was business casual as per usual and spouse/guests/significant others are always welcome. 
  •                                                                  Please RSVP ASAP to one of the following:                                                                                        
                                     John Posey          Chapter Secretary    jposey10@cox.net    (479) 650-5663                        
                                         Chapter business meetings are the second Thursday of every other month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct & Dec) at 6:00 PM. Hardscrabble Country Club in Ft Smith looks to be a good candidate for our permanent meeting location unless we have a "field trip" or other special meeting planned. Please spread the word. 
         Chapter planning meetings with the President & Committee Chairs are the second Tuesday at 4:00 PM during the months between Chapter business meetings (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep & Nov). All members are invited to attend these also.​


                Attention, Hot Topics!
1: Click the button below for the Darby MOAA Chapter's Proclamation on respect for our nation's flag.
2: Click the button below for the Veterans and Military Coalition of the Ozarks' position paper urging everyone to stand and show the proper respect for our US Flag and the national Anthem. 
3: Click the button below for the link to the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Flag Education Program. 

Chapter President Jesse Lewis
Click the button below to find out more about the Darby MOAA Chapter
Chapter Secretary, John Posey
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Membership Committee, Keith Greene Committee Chair
Click the button below for a Darby MOAA Chapter Membership Form
Legislative Committee, John Posey Committee Chair
Committee Members: Jerry Oliver, Bill Vines, Jesse Lewis
Click the button(s) below for the Darby MOAA Chapter's 2018-2019 Legislative Agenda
Program Committee, ______________ Committee Chair
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Awards Committee, ______________ Committee Chair
Click the button(s) below for Darby MOAA Distinguished Patriotic Achievement Award Recipients
Western Arkansas Veterans Coalition (formerly the Sebastian County Veterans Coalition & the River Valley Veterans Coalition)
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