In the year 1999, the Combat Vets Motorcycle Club was introduced to the internet.
Up until the first part 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 that CVMC was an internet scam to milk money from Combat Veterans.
In the early months of 2001, many of the members found out about this scam and alerted one another. Since we were all interested in the issues of Veterans, 45 members decided to form a Combat Veterans Association. Once this was decided, the birth of CVMA® (Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association) appeared as a non-profit association on or about May 1st, 2001, this allowed us to be able to continue with our main objective which is “Helping Veterans”.
The 2 main things that brought us together were motorcycle riding and being Veterans from combat zones or theaters. The original 45 members adopted a patch to wear indicating that they are the original founding father’s of CVMA® (Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association).
In May of 2001, the CVMA® adopted the CVMA®/VFW patch. This was done with the VFW's approval, because as all CVMA® members were or became VFW members, who are 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 always sounded positive but with no results of developing a relationship. In December 2002, the CVMA® membership voted to move on towards the association it wanted to be. As a result, VFW membership was no longer required. This opened the CVMA® up to all Combat Veterans who ride a motorcycle.
On December 15, 2002, it was voted that the CVMA® would wear a combination of the CVMA® background and the old skull logo as a one piece patch. Membership requirements were that a new member had to be a Combat Veteran and ride a motorcycle as a hobby. This patch is worn by Full Combat Members only.
AL 28-4 Chapter History started as a Detachment from AL 28-2 chapter in Huntsville.
In 2010, David “Easy Rider” Gann called Hoodlum. Hoodlum advised for them to bring their DD-214’s to Montgomery to get signed up. David “Easy Rider” Gann and Tim “Two Fingers” Mutter took Lyman “Mac Attack” McBride’s DD-214 with them to the meeting in Montgomery and started the process. Easy Rider, Two Fingers, and Mac Attack was patched in at the meeting in Cusseta, AL 28-1. AL 28-1 later moved to Smiths Station. The first three original members of what is now AL 28-4 transferred to AL 28-2 Huntsville chapter in 2011. Then several more members from the Guin, Hamilton, and Winfield area joined. At this point, the idea for the Detachment was formed and the first eight member were established. The first eight are as follows:
1. David “Easy Rider” Gann
2. Lyman “Mac Attack” McBride
3. Tim “Two Fingers” Mutter
4. Ralph “Speed Demon” Weeks
5. Harvey “Sugar Bear” Massey
6. John “Paw Paw” Cooley
7. Curry “CC” Cooper
8. James “Dick” Dickerson
In 2012, the decision was made to become a stand-up chapter (AL 28-4), which required 15 members. The first original 15 members are as follows.
1. David “Easy Rider” Gann
2. Lyman “Mac Attack” McBride(passed away)
3. Tim “Two Fingers” Mutter
4. Ralph “Speed Demon” Weeks
5. Harvey “Sugar Bear” Massey
6. John “Paw-Paw” Cooley
7. Jim “Digger” Enlow
8. Curry “CC” Cooper
9. James “Dick” Dickerson
10. Gary “Recon Rat”Willams
11. Jodee “Jo-Jo” Johnson
12. Randy “Music Man” Tice
13. Darren “D” Abbott
14. Doyle “Bubba” Cannon
15. Mike “Smack” Key
16. David “Red Neck” Watson
Lyman “Mac Attack” McBride, unexpectedly passed away before the chapter stand-up could happen. His founding Brothers and Sisters bare the patch Mac’s- 15 on their vest.