Ride RED WHITE AND BLUE
- Our Oath Never Expires
Members (those with non-combat military service) and
Auxiliary Members, those of spouses of Full or Support
members.
Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association Chapter 29
Eve “Rogue” Greenman – CVMA Public Relations
The Oregon chapter of the Combat Veterans
Motorcycle Association was established in 2007. Since
the CVMA does not claim territory, they use numbers
to denote their State and local chapters. Oregon was
the 29th state to have a CVMA chapter, hence the 29.
Our first Chapter 29-1 was formed in 2009. The original
members included only 13 members. Today, CVMA
continues to grow and perform our mission of “Vets
Helping Vets” at the community levels with multiple
chapters located throughout the state.
We are an association of combat veterans from all
branches of the United States armed forces who ride
motorcycles. We are not a club nor will we ever attempt
to be a motorcycle club, we do wear a one-piece patch
(emblem / logo) used to represent the CVMA. The
emblem of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association
is in the shape of a skull encompassed by the following
colors. The color Red representing the blood that
has been shed on the battlefield. The military Gold,
representing all branches of the military service of
the United States. Black, presenting the heavy hearts
possessed for those who gave their lives and for those
that are considered missing in action or prisoners of war.
The Skull and Ace of Spade represents the death that war
leaves in its wake.
Association membership is broken down into Full
Members (those with verified combat service) Supporter
“OUR MISSION”
We are an Association of Combat Veterans from all
branches of the United States Armed Services. Our
mission now is to support and defend those who have
defended our country and our freedoms. Our focus is to
help veteran-care facilities provide a warm meal, clothing,
shelter and guidance, or simply to say “thank you” and
“welcome home.”
“MOTTO”
Vet’s helping Vet’s
Our primary focus is to help and support veterans,
combat or non-combat, in any way we can. We do this by
participating in numerous motorcycle and non-motorcycle
events each year. As a non-profit organization, we donate
time and resources to various veterans’ care facilities as
well as many veterans’ charities. Our reason for coming
together as an association is to focus on Veterans
Helping Veterans, including our own membership.
CVMA has a brotherhood... it is a brotherhood of
sharing the experience of combat. The scars of combat
are both physical and mental. Some scars are far more
traumatic than others. The experiences of each member
is different from another... each service has its mission.
The full members talk about the bad times and go od
times of serving in combat. The moments they share help
them sort out the hard times in dealing with the injury and
/ or loss of fallen soldiers.
There are lots of closed doors in the minds of combat
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