Lieutenant General Jason T. Evans, USA Retired has over 30 years of serving in and leading the Army’s most prominent complex Human Resources commands and organizations.
As an accomplished strategic leader, he has extensive command and staff experience at every level of the Army. His postings include Italy, Somalia, Kosovo, Germany and Iraq. The General had various command assignments with the 13th Corps Support Command, III U.S. Corps to include the 510th Personnel Services Battalion, 1st Personnel Command U.S. Army Europe, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Headquarters Installation Management Command, Multi-National Forces – Iraq, Army Human Resources Command, Army G-1, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army. His career culminated in serving as the Army’s first Deputy Chief of Staff, G9 (Installations). In this role, he oversaw budget management of a $18 billion portfolio and policy development, and he led key initiatives to improve the quality of life for 1.1 million soldiers and their families. He possesses over 30 years of human resources experience, including policy development, talent management and overseeing Army-wide HR strategies.
He holds an AA degree in Business Administration from Wentworth Military Academy, bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bellevue University, NE and master’s degrees in business administration and national resource strategy from Webster University, AR and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC.
Jason and his wife, Machelle, high school sweethearts with over 39 years of marriage, have three children and four grandchildren.
Lieutenant General Evans has been announced as the incoming CEO of Operation Stand Down Tennessee (OSDTN) and will assume this position upon the retirement of Brigadier General Eden Murrie (MTC Member) in March 2025.
MTC President's Letter
2/4/2025
Thanks to everyone who attended the Executive Board’s Annual Report to Members at the January luncheon. I hope you feel confident in the Board’s oversight of the chapter’s various activities, including charity giving, scholarships, surviving spouse support, veteran community outreach and engagement, legislative advocacy as well as overall budgetary management.
Hopefully you find membership in our chapter rewarding and enjoyable and want to continue with us! We have begun our annual Membership Campaign, and I ask you to send in your dues as soon as you can! We were able to keep the dues at $25 this year, despite increasing costs for everything from stamps to certificates and medals for ROTC and JROTC Leadership Award winners. With careful management of our luncheon estimates and costs, we have also been able to keep the lunch costs stable at $25 without having to regularly subsidize luncheons with money from our operating budget. Please bring your dues to our February luncheon, mail them to “MTC MOAA, P.O Box 50252, Nashville, TN 37205” or use the new Dues Portal on MOAA’s site at https://www.moaa.org/content/chapters-and-councils/online-chapter-dues-payment--administration/ and be sure to scroll down to “Tennessee” for “Middle Tennessee Chapter”!
While MOAA National is busy getting ready for its annual “Advocacy in Action” event in Washington in April, several of our members participated in the Tennessee Veterans (TNVET) “Veterans Day on the Hill” event locally on January 29th. Ted Edwards, Thad Vann, Doug Minton, and I visited our local State Representatives and Senators supporting four initiatives that TNVET has determined to be the focus for this year’s session. Additionally, we visited multiple legislators who did not have veteran constituents in attendance. It was an interesting day, and I think we made some headway in awareness with the legislators. Of course, we will let you know if any items are successful!
Finally, I am excited about our speaker at our next luncheon: Lt Gen Jason Evans, USA Retired who is the new CEO of Operation Stand Down Tennessee. He will speak on “Reflections on Leadership.” Our luncheon will be at 11:30 am on Tuesday, February 25th at Old Natchez Country Club. See you then!
Larry Cotton
CAPT, US Navy (ret.)
President
MTC President and Vice President Installed 28 January 2025
Past-President Lt Col Karon Uzzell-Baggett, USAF (Ret.) installs CAPT Larry Cotton, USN (Ret) as Chapter President, and Col Dale Kiser, USAF (Ret.) as Chapter Vice President at the end of our meeting 28 January 2025.
In Process: MOAA Online Account Changes
1/11/2025
The modifications to the MOAA Website are closing in on completion!. Please remember that your email address will be your new username and when you first login to the new application you may be asked to create a new password. If your first attempt at this update does not take, please try again.
The Legislative Action Center can be accessed by opening the website, clicking on “Advocacy” and then choosing the “Legislative Action Center” from the list on the left side of the page. Please visit the MOAA Legislative Action Center soon!
TNVET "Day on the Hill" 2025
COL Doug Minton, LTC Thad Vann, Lt Col. Pete Warner (TN CoC President), CDR Ted Edwards and COL Larry Cotton in the Cordell Hull Building in the TN State Capital on 29 January 2025.
We use a combination of methods to reach out to our members for dissemination of information, and for our annual membership dues and scholarship solicitations. Each method relies on one important factor, we have to use current email or postal addresses. And when mail is returned or emails are undeliverable we need valid phone numbers so that we can reach out to rectify the situation.
Each member provided current information when they joined; however, we know that as circumstances change , in many instances there are changes to email addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers.
This affects the Chapter, as well as the MOAA National database; so we need your assistance in keeping our records up to date for yourself as well as for your fellow Chapter members.
