ROLLING THUNDER® Mission

ROLLING THUNDER®,Inc.

TENNESSEE
RollingThunderTN@aol.com

P.O. Box 30358

Knoxville, TN 37930
865 671-9597

ROLLING THUNDER® takes its name from Operation Rolling Thunder, the longest running but oft interrupted bombing of North Vietnamese targets that began in February of 1965 and continued until October of 1968. Rolling Thunder was the code name of a campaign that primarily used tactical fighters in a strategic role north of the DMZ to force negoations. Over 900 aircraft were lost, and many of the captured crewmembers did not come home.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc.

Offical Constitution

Instated on December 10, 1995

REVISED: 11/2006

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ROLLING THUNDER CONSTITUTION

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ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc., TENNESSEE - Edited by Peggy

ROLLING THUNDER® Mission

" Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. "

- John Adams

The ROLLING THUNDER® Mission

I will always place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never leave a fallen comrade.

HONOR - INTEGRITY - ACCOUNTABILITY

The interests of ROLLING THUNDER® Inc., Tennessee is to further promote the Mission of ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. We strive to make a difference by educating our members and the public. We try to effect not only our community, but our State and Nation as well. Our members are urged to communicate with their local, State, and Federal governments concerning POW & MIA issues and also Veterans issues. Our members are encouraged to take part in the annual "Ride For Freedom" in Washington, DC, and to support the planned events of their Chapter, the Tennessee Chapters, and other ROLLING THUNDER® Chapters when they can. We hope to expand our reach by getting like-minded folks together to form ROLLING THUNDER® Chapters in their commulities. We will never forget our POWs and MIAs !

Members of ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. are POW-MIA Activists and Veteran Advocates. Our Volunteers provide aid and assistance to Veterans, especially Veterans who are hurting or in need. We support the members of America's Armed Forces and their families, especially the families of killed or wounded, and American Gold Star Mothers. Throughout the year we hold events to educate the public and to raise money to support our cause. We also donate time and money to help Veterans and support our troops.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. is NOT a motorcycle club, but many of us do use motorcycles as a tool in our Mission. Almost half of our members are NOT motorcyclists.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. stands for honor, integriety, and accountability. We will not tolerate anyone making false claims about military service. Anyone claiming military service will have to submit a copy of their DD-214 along with their application for membership. You do not have to submit a DD-214 copy to be a member, but if you do not, then no claims of military service will be tolerated. We will hold anyone accountable for violating this policy by posting them to the POW Network as Phonies. Remember, we cannot expect our Government to maintain a high standard of integriety by accounting for POWs if we cannot hold ourselves to that same standard. Stolen Valor is unacceptable.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc.

mission statement

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc.'s major function is to publicize the POW-MIA issue: to educate the public of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars; to help correct the past and to protect the future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action. We are also committed to helping American veterans from all wars.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. National is NOT connected with or an affiliate of any other organization or political party and we do not raise funds for profit.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which operates under the guidelines of the Federal Government for a non-profit organization as defined by section 501C(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. and it's nationwide membership donates his or her time because they believe in the POW/MIA issues that we are working on. All meetings must be orderly and member has the right to be heard. Every member is as important as the next. Everyone has different views and we must all work together in an orderly fashion.

Every chapter must have an agenda to run a meeting. Everyone must get their turn to talk about any issue that concerns ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. and it's membership.

The constitution and By-Laws of ROLLING THUNDER®, Inc. will not be changed or altered by any chapter and everyone must abide by this constitution. Chapters may have By-Law Addendums specifically for their own chapter.

Contact the TN2 web site guy at RollingThunderTN@aol.com

ROLLING THUNDER® is a registered Trademark and is the property of

Artie Muller, National Executive Director