Michael P. Dover | For National Chaplain National Chaplain Michael Dover is a service-connected disabled veteran and DAV life member who has served in a variety of capacities for Chapter 7 in Columbus, Ga., including senior vice commander, adjutant, treasurer, judge advocate and service officer. At the state level, Dover has served as department commander and chaplain. He also serves by appointment on the VA Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials. He retired from the Army after 20 years of service in 2001. Since then, he has worked as a civilian military trainer and analyst while simultaneously serving as a counselor and chaplain. He recently was inducted into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame for assisting over 10,000 homeless veterans. An ordained minister and certified chaplain, Dover received his Bachelor of Theology from Christian Life School Seminary and a Bachelor of Science in business management from Liberty University. Dover is seeking reelection as national chaplain. Convention registration ■ You can preregister for the convention via DAV’s website. There is a $25 registration fee for each attendee registered who is 18 years of age or older. Registration badges are required to gain admission to the many activities and functions of the convention. If you plan to attend the national officers dinner, you must make a reservation no later than Sunday, Aug. 4, at 4 p.m. You may make your reservation during online registration or on site at the designated booth outside the convention registration room. Table assignments will be coordinated by DAV for the dinner, and tickets showing your assigned table number may be picked up after the business sessions on Tuesday, Aug. 6. More details will be available in the convention program during the event. Attendees who preregister will be able to pick up credentials at DAV Will Call beginning at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 1. On-site convention registration will be at the same time and location as will call. Visit www.dav.org/events/2019-national-convention for more information. Radios for veterans... Members of DAV Chapter 133 in Pompano Beach, Fla., donated a dozen portable AM/FM radios with CD players to veteran residents of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Hospice Unit. The radios will provide news and entertainment for veteran patients. Pictured left to right: Gerald Toomey, Frank Plescia, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Director Donna Katen-Bahensky, Bob Martin, West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Hospice and Palliative Care Program Director Dr. Maura Miller and Chuck McLaughlin. Photo credit: Joanne Deithorn, Chief of Medical Media Production Service at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. DAV | @DAVHQ | DAVHQ | COMPANY/DAVHQ | DAVETERANS | DISABLEDVETERANS 15