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History of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association®
In the year 1999, the Combat Vets Motorcycle Club was introduced to the internet.
Up until the first parts of 2001, many of us were led to believe it was a true and established motorcycle organization. Through many turns of events, it was found out the CVMC was an internet scam to milk money from Combat Veterans.
In the early months of 2001 many of the members found this scam out & alerted one another. Since we were all interested in the issues of Veterans, 45 members decided to form a Combat Veterans Association. After this was decided, the CVMA® was born and appeared as a non-profit Association on or about May 1st 2001. From then onward, we would be able to continue with our main objective, which is helping Veterans. The 2 main things that brought us together was motorcycle riding & being Veterans from Combat zones or theaters. The original 45 members have adopted a patch to wear indicating that they are the original founding fathers of CVMA®.
In May of 2011, the CVMA® adopted the CVMA/VFW patch. This was done with the VFW's ok as all CVMA® members were or became VFW members and were entitled to wear the VFW patch. Over the next year and a half the CVMA® was well accepted at Post and Division levels with the VFW. Many meetings, conversations and letters over this period with the VFW National board always sounded positive but with no results of developing a relationship. In December 2002, the CVMA® membership voted to move towards the Association it wanted to be. Along with this, VFW membership was no longer required, opening the CVMA® up to all Combat Veterans who ride a motorcycle.
On December 15, 2002 it was voted the CVMA® would wear a combination of the CVMA® background and the old skull logo as a one piece patch. Membership requirements being only that a new member had to be a Combat Veteran and ride a motorcycle as a hobby. This patch is worn by Full Combat Veteran Members only.
Today, there are currently 3 levels of membership:
- Full Members (with Verified Combat Service),
- Support Members (Veterans dedicated to helping CVMA® without verifiable Combat
Service),
- Auxiliary Members (Spouses of Full and Support Members)
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