NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Commissioner Mark Breece will assist the West Tennessee State Veterans Home Steering Committee and Strategic Planning Sub-Committee as they continue to move forward with efforts to propose a new State Veterans Home in Shelby County.  Both committees are comprised of Shelby County community members.  No federal or state funding has been committed to the proposed project which is still in the planning and local fundraising phase.  There are approximately 60,165 Veterans in Shelby County.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with Walters State Community College and Knoxville Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project to offer a Veterans outreach event for Hamblen, Cocke and Jefferson Counties. 

NASHVILLE – The Schoenmann family will finally receive the remains of Korean War Soldier Private First Class Glenn Shoenmann after 62 years.

PFC Shoenmann’s body will arrive at the Nashville International Airport at 12:45 p.m. (CST) on Thursday, January 10, 2013.  Staging for media and citizens will be determined by weather.

PFC Glenn Schoenmann killed in 1950

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder solemnly announce the body of Private First Class Glenn Schoenmann will finally be laid to rest after 62 years.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and state Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder today announced December 7, 2012 as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Commissioner Mark Breece will join the West Tennessee State Veterans Home Steering Committee for their next meeting on Wednesday, November 21 at 12:00 p.m. at Balmoral Presbyterian Church located at 6413 Quince Road in Memphis.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the Vet Center, American Legion, Walters State Community College and Viet Nam Veterans of America to offer a Veterans outreach event for Hancock and Hawkins Counties at American Legion Post #183, 408 Court Street in Sneedville on Thursday, November 15 from 9am-2pm. 

Governor Bill Haslam Honors Veterans

Five veteran state employees honored

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston of the Tennessee Military Department today to recognize five veteran state employees and half a million Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras.  The Governor’s Veterans Day event was held at the Tennessee Tower Plaza in downtown Nashville.

Veterans Day Designated a Free State Park Day for Tennessee Veterans, Including Complimentary Golfing and Night of Camping

NASHVILLE – Tennessee State Parks announced today its annual free state parks day for all Tennessee veterans on Monday, Nov. 12, offering one free night of camping and complimentary greens fees for 18 holes of golf with appropriate identification.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Department of Labor, Tennessee Army National Guard and the Tennessee Technology Center to offer a Veterans outreach event for Clay, Macon, Picket, Jackson and Overton Counties.  The event will be hosted at Community Center at 145 Cordell Hull Drive in Celina, Tennessee.