First 2017 Veteran/Military Friendly Ministry

January 18, 2017 Maryville, Tennessee Celebrate Recovery (CR) Maryville’s Pastor Parker Benson  and Lay Leader Owen Ragland enrolls as the newest Veteran Friendly Ministry (VFM) in the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation program. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program modeled after the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program. It is also based on the ‘8 principles of Recovery’…

V2VT’s President Newly Elected ETMAC Board Member

January 12, 2017, Knoxville, Tennessee During East Tennessee Military Affairs Council’s (ETMAC) first meeting of 2017, Freddie Owens, Knoxville Regional Mental Health Council Co-Chairman and Vet to Vet Tennessee President was nominated and approved as one of the new Board members of ETMAC for a three year term. The Council and Vet to Vet Tennessee…

Dean Borsos appointed new director of Mountain Home VA Medical Center

January 12, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee During the Knoxville Regional Mental Health Council on Thursday, January 12, 2017, Dr. Heidi Vermette announced that Dean B. Borsos began his position as director for the Mountain Home VA Medical Center on January 9, 2017. According to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs news release on November 28, 2016…

V2VT partners with Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice

January 3, 2017 Morristown, Tennessee Vet to Vet Tennessee (V2VT) partners with tier 3 “We Honor Vets”  (WHV) partner Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice (SMHHH) to help improve the quality of end of life for the veteran and their families.  Our first meeting of the year was attended at the Morristown SMHHH office with…