Tag Archives: Veterans

Researchers from Vanderbilt University are looking for veterans exposed to combat-related trauma during operations in Afghanistan or Iraq to participate in a paid research study entitled “Neuroimaging Study of post-traumatic stress disorder.” The study’s purpose is to investigate the effects of combat-related trauma on brain structure and function. The study requires two trips to Vanderbilt. The first visit will be ...

Area Veterans and those who attend the VA Outpatient Clinic in Sevierville are invited to a Veterans Town Hall at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at the Sevier County Courthouse. The Executive Leadership Team from Mountain Home VA Medical Center will be there to answer Veteran’s questions and hear their concerns. Veterans and their families are invited to ...

A 60-year-old man will run 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail in four days, carrying a 25-pound backpack containing all his survival provisions, to raise money for veterans. Steve Holmes of Millington, Mich. started the Great Smoky Mountains 100-mile Run along the Appalachian Trail today, Nov. 6, 2015, at the Garenflo Gap marker in North Carolina with a goal of ...

Have you ever wondered what becomes of those coins tossed upon a wish into the wishing well at the Mountain Mall? They are going to help veterans in the local community. The Mountain Mall of Gatlinburg donated 25 five-gallon buckets of coins from their wishing well to the American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville late last month. The wishing well ...

Pigeon Forge will honor America’s military with its Veterans Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Robert Cato and Andrew White, members of Guardian for Heroes Foundation, will serve as this year’s Veterans Homecoming Parade grand marshals. Founded by U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the foundation offers free, in-home fitness equipment, training, life coaching and much more to in-need veterans ...

Businesses participating in the annual Pigeon Forge Celebrate Freedom event are honoring the sacrifices made by America’s heroes all month long in August by offering discounts for military personnel, veterans, police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders. Celebrate Freedom runs August 1-31, 2015. The Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism organized the month-long program. Both locals and visitors to the area ...

In January 2015, the American Legion Post 104 in Sevierville announced the beginning of a new program under one of the Four Pillars of the American Legion, Americanism. This is the Youth Air Rifle Shooting Safety Program / Junior Shooting Program. Lester Piniak, Commander Post 104, says the training course is the first for the American Legion, not only in ...

A group of Vietnam veterans staging its annual reunion in Pigeon Forge is doing more than reminiscing about service overseas – they are remembering all veterans and doing a good deed for Pigeon Forge’s parks in the process. The Tan Son Nhut Association, whose members are mainly Air Force veterans who served at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, will dedicate ...

A Memorial Day event in downtown Sevierville will honor those who died while serving in the U.S. military. The Sevier County Memorial Day event will be held 11 a.m. on May 25, 2015 at the Sevier County Courthouse. Tom Munson, chaplain with the Disabled American Veterans, Smoky Mountain Chapter 94, will be the guest speaker. He is a Vietnam Veteran ...

The Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association announced Monday that the Board of Directors and leadership voted to support the Insure Tennessee plan proposed by Governor Bill Haslam. “Obviously, this is a complex issue of health care coverage and all the details have not been completed,” said Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association leaders in a letter to state legislators. “Many questions ...