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

NEXT MEETING
8 June 2021 Darby MOAA Meeting
LOCATION: Crawford County Sheriff's Dept Firing Range 
3734 Oliver Springs Road, Van Buren, AR 72956
  • The next Chapter business meeting will be Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:00 PM at the CC Sheriff's Dept Firing Range just north of Van Buren. This is our annual pistol range firing and is always lots of fun. We will have our dinner catered at the range, have a short meeting, a range safety briefing then we will shoot. We will also have a rep from Umarex out at Chaffee Crossing. They usually bring some pretty cool firearms and allow our guys to shoot them if you want. Please bring your weapon, ammo & any eye/ear hearing protection you require. Jerry Oliver and John Posey are the range safety officers and will provide gun oil and limited maintenance support should your weapon require it.  Please dress comfortably in accordance with early June weather.

  • We will hold the next Chapter Committee Chair planning meeting on Tues, 11 May 2021 at 4:30 PM at Bruce-Terri Drive In, 1102 Fort Street, Barling, AR. 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 15 April 2021 meeting:​ 
  • For the 15 April 2021 meeting we were once again back in-person at Hardscrabble Country Club in Ft Smith. Our guest speaker was Col Leon Dodroe, commander of the 188th Air Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Ft Smith. Col Dodroe gave a some very interesting insight into their mission. Additionally, we re-named our chapter's Distinguished Patriotic Achievement Award the "Fred Cousins Distinguished Patriotic Achievement Award" after our friend the late Fred Cousins, who was the author and founder of this award. We then awarded the 2020 recipient, Mr Elvin Frick who is a WWII Veteran of the US Navy, served all over the Pacific and in the Philippines and is a successful businessman and entrepreneur.  Additionally, we had the Director of the Ft Smith & Little Rock Nat'l Cemeteries (Marshall Murphy) and the Chairman of Christmas Honors in Ft Smith (Philip Merry) talk about the fund-raising efforts just kicking off to buy property adjacent to the Ft Smith Nat'l Cemetery that will provide enough expansion room to keep the cemetery open for the next 100 years. Finally, our chapter Membership Committee Chairman, Keith Greene presented John & Lynn Lane as well as Roger and the late Jan Rickard with appreciation plaques from the Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame (AMVHOF). Keith is a current board member of the AMVHOF as well as past Secretary. John Lane is a former board member of the AMVHOF and is the architect of the AMVHOF display in the State Treasurer's Office in the state capitol in Little Rock. Roger Rickard is a 2020 AMVHOF inductee and board member.
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  •  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
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Chapter Secretary, John Posey
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Membership Committee, Keith Greene Committee Chair
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Legislative Committee, John Posey Committee Chair
Committee Members: Jerry Oliver, Bill Vines, Jesse Lewis
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Program Committee, ______________ Committee Chair
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Awards Committee, ______________ Committee Chair
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Western Arkansas Veterans Coalition (formerly the Sebastian County Veterans Coalition & the River Valley Veterans Coalition)
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