A History

The Combat Medic Association had been in the planning stages for quit sometime. On 1 September 2001 the Combat Medic Association became a reality. By Proclamation, the official starting date of the Combat Medic Association is changed from 1 September 2001 to 11 September 2001. This Proclamation is;

1. In tribute to the Military personnel and Civilians who lost their lives in, or responding to, the devastating terrorist attack on the Pentagon and New York City and the Pennsylvania plane crash on 11 September 2001.

2. In support of Military retaliation against terrorism worldwide.

3. Stand ready to Assist in National or local medical emergencies, caused by terrorist or nature.

September 1, 2001 The Combat Medic Association was off to a great start. We filed as a not for profit origination with the IRS. The internet and mail Recruiting effort started in earnest. We were given space on the internet by House of McGinley Enterprise at no cost to CMA. Established a Web Site at http://www.searchour.net /cma. (Later changed to www.combatmedic.org)

September 15, 2001 The IRS assigned our Employer Identification Number. (56-2268934)

November 2001 In preparation of our Recruiting Drive that was planned for January 2002, we put an add into Special Forces Association Chapter 37 newsletter "The Sneaky Pete". We planned to run this add continuously.

December 2001 For the same reason as above, we put an add in "The Drop". The Drop is the official quarterly magazine published by The Special Forces Association . This magazine has a world wide circulation. Again we plan to run this add continuously. On the 14^th of December we filed our final paperwork with the IRS for our tax exempt status. Special Forces publications were chosen because of their track record and to reach 18D’s (Special Forces Medics)

January 2002 Membership (nation wide) Recruiting program started on 10 January 2002.

February 2002 Started planning the replacement of our volunteer (nonmember) Board of Advisors with a Board of Directors consisting of our members.

July 22, 2002 CMA's application to Incorporate was approved; (Combat Medic Association INC.)

March 2002 Sent a letter to all members who indicated (on their application) they would serve as Officer or on our Board of Directors. The letter contained a Response Form indicating if they would serve or not. Out of the 13 letters sent, 10 Indicated they would serve, 1 Declined and 2 Didn’t respond in a timely manor and were not considered.

April 30 2002   Received Tax Exempt letter form the IRS

Members of our first Board of Directors were, JULIUS O. BERRY,   GARY B. BEIKIRCH,
MICHAEL A. CONLON,    JOHN A. CORTES,    ROBERT W. DEWEY,    DAVID E. JORDAN,
RUSSELL S. MANN,    DANIEL T. McGINLEY,   RONALD A. SHARP, and   ERNEST J. SPRADLIN
A Procedure Book was established and every Board member was given a copy in a 3-ring binder. As changes accrue, the new pages are sent to each Board Member, with instructions to replace the old page with the new. (Similar to the Army's AR procedure.)   Board Meetings are via Mail, Inter-Net and Phone-com.

September 11 2002          CMA is one Year Old as of this date

December 20, 2002     Received Tax Exempt letter form North Carolina Dept. of Revenue.

December 31 2002      By this date we had 70 Members, 32 Life, 34 Annual, and 4 Honorary.

January 1 2003           Started working on CMA Chapter Table of Organization.

February 5 2003         Focused on North Carolina Recruiting Drive . Members indicated they would like
                                       to start a CMA Chapter in the Fayetteville NC area.

                                       Working on plans for CMA's Convention 9,10,11 September 2003. It's not a go at this
                                        date. If enough members indicate they wont a convention we will have one. If not
                                        put it off until 2004.

April 10 2003                Established meeting room at 3313 Granville Dr Fayetteville NC. Open
                                      1st Saturday of each month until Fayetteville Chapter is formed.
                                   The meeting Room has a refreshment Bar, TV and Video player, library
                                     and housed CMA's Mock Up of future training site. Convention 2003
                                    canceled.

September 11 2003     CMA was two years old on this date. Membership has shown a steady
                                      growth pattern during 2003.

January 2004               Expansion of our Quartermaster sales expanded and recruiting efforts
                                     continue.

September 11 2003     CMA was three years old on this date. Membership has shown a steady
                                      growth pattern during 2003.

January 1, 2004            CMA News Letter "MEDIC" went on line. Mailed hard copy discontinued.

September 11 2004     CMA was four years old on this date. Membership was slow but showed a steady
                                      growth pattern during 2004.

January 1, 2005           CMA Team House starting to catch on.

July 1, 2005                 The CMA News Letter "MEDIC' will be published quarterly and mailed
                                     to the membership.

September 11 2005     CMA was five years old on this date

April 21 2006               CMA started interaction with the Fisher House on Fort Bragg.
April 22 2006               CMA offered it's office and staff to assist the Military Order of the Purple Heart       establish
                                     Chapter 2226 on Fort Bragg. Dan McGinley was appointed Organizer by MOPH National Hdq.
                                     The Combat Medic was with the service member at the onset of their wound, it was only fitting we help them now

January 2007               CMA starting another year. Continued work on Recruiting and ongoing projects

January 2008                Hopefully this will be the year CMA Chapters start forming.



                                                               To Be Continued