Disabled American Veterans Ch. 70 Decatur, TX

☆ Our Chapter is featured on Page 19 ☆

Thank you to Wise County Messenger ~
The 2026 Welcome to Wise is out now! You can grab a copy on magazine racks near you, find a copy in the July 23 edition of the Wise County Messenger or read the digital version here:
https://www.wcmessenger.com/welcome-to-wise/

☆ July Veterans Mixer ☆

That's a wrap for this months Veterans Mixer. Thank you to Bobbie Seymour and Decatur Medical Lodge for kicking off with an amazing entertainer and wonderful cookies.

We had a great turnout this month! Join us again next month on Friday, August 7th @ 2:30pm. Thank you to all our members, residents and community for showing up.

Thank you to our July Monthly Speaker Justin Else, Dirby LLC highlighting Medicare, ChampVA, VA and Tricare.

Thank you to DAV Auxiliary - Unit #70 for our wonderful dinner. We appreciate all our members, volunteers, community partners and more!

Huge shout out to First Baptist Church Decatur, Texas for being our venue partner! We appreciate your continued support for our veterans.

Our next meeting is Thursday, August 13th at 6:30pm.

We are so excited our Veteran Mixers are back in action!

☆ Honoring Women Veterans everywhere today ☆

☆ June Business Meeting ☆

We had a large crowd for this June Meeting. Lets recap the evening.

• Our membership committee presented pins to members who have been a part of DAV for 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 years.

• We honored our women veterans with a certificate of appreciation. In honor of Woman Veterans Day on June 12th.

• We elected the new Chapter Line Officers
Commander, Kayla Jones
Sr. Vice Commander, Mario Ramos
Jr. Vice Commander, Rick Burgett
Chaplain, John Gambill
Judge Advocate, Adam Gashi

Appointed:
Adjutant/Treasurer, Kate Nelson
Sgt of Arms, Bob Chapman
Officer of the Day, William Johnson

• Thank you to Dovini Italian Bar & Grill for the amazing dinner. Everyone loved it.