Eclipse Magazine - Produced by NABVETS Winter 2014

Creating positive lifestyles for Veterans and unity through awareness MAGAZINE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BL ACK VETERANS, INC. COVER WINTER 2014 NABVETS Military Women Chapter #0088 JACKSONVILLE, NC . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Introducing NABVETS National Commander Richard S. Kornegay . . . . 8 SPOTLIGHT ON COMMANDS NABVETS REGION VIII Quarterly Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 26 NABVETS California State Command CALIFORNIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 NABVETS Kentucky State Command Highway Adoption & Award KENTUCKY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 by Tonya Crew COMMENTARIES Commander’s Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Commander Richard S. Kornegay NABVETS National Commander Letter from the Editor In Chief . . . . . . . . 7 TAPS: New Section Dr. Frank McCune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 NABVETS Texas State Command Officer Installation Ceremony TEXAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 NABVETS Washington State Command Working with Dept. Veterans Affairs WASHINGTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 NABVETS Chapter #0104 Officer Installation Ceremony BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN . 31 NABVETS Chapter #0106 New Chapter Installation DALLAS / FT. WORTH, TEXAS . . 32 NABVETS Chapter #0108 New Chapter Installation LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS . . . . . 33 Ebola Crisis From The White House . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cover Photograph by Alvin Fagan Alvin Fagan NABVETS Texas State Commander FEATURES NABVETS National Convention New York 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 NATIONAL COMMANDER KORNEGAY NABVETS: Voice for Veterans Changing Veterans Health Care . . . 12 Advisory Committee Minority Veterans New Members Appointed Veterans Administration PSA . . . . . . 13 Concerned Veterans From Vietnam Vietnam PBR Boat Restoration . . . . 22 PTSD Demographics Veterans Administration PSA . . . . . . 34 DEPARTMENTS Eclipse Magazine Staﬀ NABVETS FOUNDER / PAST NATIONAL COMMANDER BG (RET.) ROBERT COCROFT AND WIFE, JACQUELINE COCROFT NATIONAL COMMAND New National Command Council Members & 1st Meeting . . . . . . . . . . 20 NABVETS Eclipse Radio Station Internet Radio Station Launched . . . 24 CHAPLAIN’S CORNER Field Bishop Leon McClain NABVETS National Chaplain . . . . . . 23 EDITOR IN CHIEF Alvin Fagan, Texas State Commander EDITOR Lori Stephenson PHOTOGRAPHERS William L. Sims, Alvin C. Fagan DESIGN Lori Stephenson, Kristi Bradley WRITERS Jennifer Chiesa, Tonya Crew, Anita R. Paul, Mary Wooldridge, Lori Stephenson, Jean Pollard, Susan Bowman, Sarah Bogan FROM A VSO Calvin Shields, Jr. NABVETS VIMS Administrator NABVETS Senior VSO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PAID SPONSOR OF ECLIPSE PUBLISHER National Commander Richard S. Kornegay THE VETS PLACE CONSULTANTS Dr. Charles Edwards, Col. James Scott, Debra Jones MEDICAL CONSULTANTS Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., CHAPLAIN National Chaplain Leon McClain Eclipse Magazine is the Quarterly Publication of the National Association for Black Veterans. PO Box 11432, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. Copyright 2014.

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