I am lifetime member of Chapter 6 of the Disabled American Veterans in Bangor. 

We meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM at the Bangor Veterans Home in the Conference Room.

This is February 13th, 2019 when I was elected Commander of Chapter 6. Craig to the direct left is Senior Vice, then Tim is Junior Vice and Tony is the Treasurer.

So this is Senator Susan Collins (wearing a pin that was Margaret Chase Smith's) and I and Craig. Her father was a Lifetime Member of the DAV from Europe in World War II. We go to events like the Lincoln Dinner and talk to the Veterans to see if they need help with the VA.

Me and Will went to High School together. This is at the DAV Mid Winter Conferance in Washington D.C. in 2019. He is a Junior Vice for Massachusetts.

This is Maine's National Service Officer Brandon with State Commander Richard in Washington D.C. in 2019.

Then after meetings with your Congressional Delegation you go to the Joint Senate and House Veterans Committee Hearing where Dennis Nixon as National Commander testified. All of this is put together by the Commanders and Adjutants Association composed of current and former State Commanders and State Adjutants.

This is Maine DAV at the Mid Winter Conference. Above is Senator Susan Collins and below is Senator Angus King. You go over the previous days legislative list from DAV and introduce our lobbying efforts to them.

Below is the Maine State Convention in Bangor in 2018.
This is then Chapter 6 Commander Keith Fox with the CEO of Maine Veterans Homes and the Director of Togus VA Hospital.

 This is then Chapter 6 Benefits Protection Team Leader Dave Jordan in the center.  He is with Dennis Nixon and his wife. He is Senior National Vice Commander and lost his leg on his second tour in 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.

Dennis was elected National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans later that summer.

Below is the build up Dave and I did to get into DAV offices.

This is me, then Congressman Bruce Poliquin and Dave at 1110 Broadway in Bangor when we first joined Chapter 6 in 2016. We had joined in other states. Dave is now my Sgt at Arms.

This is then Governor Paul LePage, myself and Travis Mills at Columbia Street Church in Bangor in 2017. Travis had all his limbs blown off by an IED.

Shaun on the left is a member of our post and was reelected State Commander of the DAV at the 2017 Convention.

On his right was the guest speaker Chief Coles who is a Pearl Harbor survivor.

The Chief died later that year.