National History   
 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 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 birth of CVMA appeared as a non profit Association on or about May 1st 2001 & we now will 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 2001 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 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.
Copy of one letter.
    In December 2002 the CVMA membership voted to move on 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 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.

  TEXAS History

    On April 29, 2007 the Texas State Rep and 8 members met in McGregor, TX. At that meeting the State Rep. advised them that the state had 30 full members and according to the by-laws it could form a chapter in Texas. Texas would become the 23rd state of the Association and would be known as Chapter 23-1.

    With Texas being so vast and the growth of the CVMA, 2009 saw the formation of 3 new chapters in the state. In May the
El Paso area formed Chapter 23-2, in September the San Antonio area formed Chapter 23-3 and then in December the Houston area formed Chapter 23-4.

    In 2010 the CVMA family was growing at a rapid pace. In Febuary of 2010 the Ft. Hood/Killeen area formed Chapter 23-5. In March of that year after a lot of hard, tireless work by the first elected Commander of the state, Chapter 23-1 was awarded its exempt status under section
501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 March 25-27, 2011 Region V (TX, OK, LA, AR) of the Combat Vets met in Corsicana, TX for a regional get together. On the 26th, members from the 5 TX chapters held a meeting at the American Legion Post #22 to elect a new State Representative.
He became the first elected State Rep.

    In August of 2011 the state saw it's first Auxiliary State Rep. elected, formation of Chapter 23-6 in Fort Worth and the formation of the first Auxiliary Chapter of 23-1. 

 Original Patch

 Original 45 Patch

 CVMA "VFW" Patch

 Current Full Member

 Current Supporter

 Current Auxiliary