February 3, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee The first “When War Comes Home Forum” was presented by the Knoxville Regional Veterans Mental Health Council in May 2014. The Council presented their Veteran Friendly Congregation Friendly Initiative. After three years. the Council has developed a follow up forum; the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation Boot Camp. on March 24, 2017.…
November 3, 2016 Knoxville, Tennessee. Vet to Vet Tennessee (V2VT) announced they are seeking to assist eligible Korean War veterans interested in receiving the Korean Ambassador for Peace Medal. The Ambassador for Peace medal is awarded in appreciation from the people of the Republic of Korea to those who served valiantly during the Korean War.…
October 29, 2016, Cookeville, Tennessee Vet to Vet Tennessee (V2VT) met with Pastor David & Susan Torres, Unity Church of the Cumberlands, during V2VT’s Vietnam War Commemoration’s Cumberland Plateau Pow Wow. Pastor Torres is an Air Force Vietnam Veteran and is eager to help identify Veterans & their families in their community. Pastor Torres signed…
Vet to Vet Tennessee’s (V2VT) Veterans Court program has been working with the Helen Ross McNabb Military Services program since its inception in January 2016, when the first justice involved Veteran from the Loudon County Veterans Court entered McNabb’s program. Since January 2016, every justice involved veteran from the 9th and 10th Judicial District who…