APPALACHIAN          
                    THUNDER

We are an Association of Combat Veterans from all branches of the United States Armed Forces who ride motorcycles as a hobby. As a registered 501(c)(3) veterans’ charity, our mission is to support and protect those who have defended our country and our freedoms. Our focus is to provide assistance and help to individual veterans, veteran care facilities, and other veteran organizations and registered charities. We sponsor and participate in many veteran-related motorcycle (and other) charity events each year, and as a non-profit organization, donate regularly to various veteran causes.

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RED Represents the blood that has been shed on the battlefield. 

GOLD represents all branches of the United States military. 

BLACK represents the heavy hearts with which we mourn those who gave their lives

and also serves to honor prisoners of war and those still listed as missing in action. 

The SKULL and ACE OF SPADES represent the death that war leaves in its wake.​​​​

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Chapter 18-8, affectionately referred to as "Appalachian Thunder", was established in 2014 and consists of Full Members (those with verified combat service), Supporter Members (those who have non-combat military service), and Auxiliary Members (Spouses of both Full and Supporter members), primarily from the Tri-CIties region of Northeast Tennessee*.

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*Please note that we are an ASSOCIATION and NOT a MOTORCYCLE CLUB (MC). Although we may be in a geographic area, we do not claim territory. We do not have a club house. The patch on our back is one piece.