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welcome to rolling thunder® Florida Chapter 1
There are many things to discover on this site, and we continue to update it on a regular basis.
If you would like more information about our organization, or you would like to make a presentation to the membership, please let us know at (321) 446-4650, or you can simply fill out the contact form from the main menu tab "Contact" above, or simply click this link.
Each main menu tab may also have sub-menus because there is a lot of information available on different pages, so don't forget to take a look at each of the sub menus.
If you think you would like to join our organization, then you need to know that you do not need to ride a motorcycle to be a member. Our membership is balanced between men and women, riders and non-riders, veterans and non-veterans.
All that is required is a commitment to honor our veterans, past and present, and promote our cause of bringing home the 40,000+ still missing from previous wars on foreign soil, while defending our freedoms, and be of good character.
So, if you'd like to join us, please call (321) 446-4650, or send an email to: [email protected].
If you would like more information about our organization, or you would like to make a presentation to the membership, please let us know at (321) 446-4650, or you can simply fill out the contact form from the main menu tab "Contact" above, or simply click this link.
Each main menu tab may also have sub-menus because there is a lot of information available on different pages, so don't forget to take a look at each of the sub menus.
If you think you would like to join our organization, then you need to know that you do not need to ride a motorcycle to be a member. Our membership is balanced between men and women, riders and non-riders, veterans and non-veterans.
All that is required is a commitment to honor our veterans, past and present, and promote our cause of bringing home the 40,000+ still missing from previous wars on foreign soil, while defending our freedoms, and be of good character.
So, if you'd like to join us, please call (321) 446-4650, or send an email to: [email protected].
volunteers needed
As we honor all veterans, including those who have no family members to support therm at their end of life, we are pleased to report there will be another "Brevard No One Veteran Left Behind" (BNOVLB) Service at the Cape Canaveral National Cemetery on 30 September 0900-1000 hours. This will be our fourth such service since 2023, following several years working with Missing In America Project (MIAP).
Remember that CCNC supports five counties, so not all the honorees are from Brevard County.
Special appreciation to Tom Fitzgerald and his caisson as well to Joye Eiker and Sara Breuilly for being our case managers and working with VA to confirm eligibility. Thanks so much to CCNC/NCA Director Cindy Van Bibber and her staff for their support and setting up this next service. The staff will also read the names of many veterans who had no family present when they were laid to rest in the past year. We all will also bear witness to their service. Thanks to the Cape Canaveral Ladies and the CCNC staff, they were not buried alone.
Please consider volunteering for one of the positions below, or just attending as witnesses, as we make sure another 20 veterans and spouses receive the honors they deserve for their final resting place. Some of our veterans have been left on funeral home shelves for decades, but we can then confirm they were not forgotten:
A. Urn Bearer
B. Flag Bearer (for Veterans)
C. Flower Bearer (For spouses/dependents)
D. Parking Support
E. Information and Sign In table
F. Other Support Roles, including placing urns on caisson, etc.
We hope to have several alternates for the roles above in case of illness, etc. We also hope to match our record high for a past service with 180 in attendance. It is a special event you will not forget.
The service will take place at a Committal Shelter, likely No 2 on the east side of the admin building. Parking will be available with direction from CCNC Staff. Please arrive by 0830 to sign in, confirm roles, pick up white gloves, etc.
To Volunteer for a Role above, email only LaRue Fleming and myself no later than 20 Sep. We can also answer questions you may have. Please DO NOT Respond ALL.
LaRue Fleming <[email protected]>
` Donn Weaver <[email protected]>
Please also spread the word to your veteran organizations and friends. Details are also included in the BVMC Vet Events Calendar sent out earlier this week.
Hope you are all looking forward to the Fall and all the veteran related events it brings. Good that the BNOVLB Service will be one of them.
Warm Regards,
Donn
CPT Donn A. Weaver USA (Former)
President, MOAACC Good Deeds Foundation
BNOVLB Coordinator
757-871-6576
Remember that CCNC supports five counties, so not all the honorees are from Brevard County.
Special appreciation to Tom Fitzgerald and his caisson as well to Joye Eiker and Sara Breuilly for being our case managers and working with VA to confirm eligibility. Thanks so much to CCNC/NCA Director Cindy Van Bibber and her staff for their support and setting up this next service. The staff will also read the names of many veterans who had no family present when they were laid to rest in the past year. We all will also bear witness to their service. Thanks to the Cape Canaveral Ladies and the CCNC staff, they were not buried alone.
Please consider volunteering for one of the positions below, or just attending as witnesses, as we make sure another 20 veterans and spouses receive the honors they deserve for their final resting place. Some of our veterans have been left on funeral home shelves for decades, but we can then confirm they were not forgotten:
A. Urn Bearer
B. Flag Bearer (for Veterans)
C. Flower Bearer (For spouses/dependents)
D. Parking Support
E. Information and Sign In table
F. Other Support Roles, including placing urns on caisson, etc.
We hope to have several alternates for the roles above in case of illness, etc. We also hope to match our record high for a past service with 180 in attendance. It is a special event you will not forget.
The service will take place at a Committal Shelter, likely No 2 on the east side of the admin building. Parking will be available with direction from CCNC Staff. Please arrive by 0830 to sign in, confirm roles, pick up white gloves, etc.
To Volunteer for a Role above, email only LaRue Fleming and myself no later than 20 Sep. We can also answer questions you may have. Please DO NOT Respond ALL.
LaRue Fleming <[email protected]>
` Donn Weaver <[email protected]>
Please also spread the word to your veteran organizations and friends. Details are also included in the BVMC Vet Events Calendar sent out earlier this week.
Hope you are all looking forward to the Fall and all the veteran related events it brings. Good that the BNOVLB Service will be one of them.
Warm Regards,
Donn
CPT Donn A. Weaver USA (Former)
President, MOAACC Good Deeds Foundation
BNOVLB Coordinator
757-871-6576
So what is this POW*MIA thing all about? Well, You have probably heard or read that there are still nearly 80,000 service members from WW II onward, still missing. What you may not know is the Defense POW*MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) estimates that nearly 40,000 will never be returned because of burials and disasters at sea involving Navy, Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Army, and POW's whose remains are forever lost and unrecoverable. No matter the number, these brave Americans deserve to be found, identified, and brought home for an honorable and dignified burial.
We do what we can to keep their sacrifices at the core of our mission - that they should never be forgotten!
We do what we can to keep their sacrifices at the core of our mission - that they should never be forgotten!
our mission:
The major function of Rolling Thunder® Inc., is to publicize the POW*MIA issue. To educate the public that many American Prisoners of War were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect future Veterans from being left behind should they become Prisoners Of War (POW) or Missing In Action (MIA). We are also committed to helping American Veterans from all wars.
Our members are all volunteers who donate their time and resources because they believe in the POW*MIA mission. They are not compensated for what they do in the name of service, and neither is the Chapter. So, raising money to fund our events is crucial to our success, and we call upon you to show your support of our organization. Your contribution or donation will help us achieve our goal of helping Veterans of all wars, showing our Veterans that we appreciate their sacrifice and service to our country. Your donation will also help us promote the awareness of the POW*MIA mission and to continue to demand full accountability of our prisoners of war and those still missing in action (POW*MIA).
We can't do it alone, so please consider making a donation today.
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