KPAC Salute to Veterans

KPAC's annual program to honor Veterans includes great music, community leaders, many youth participants, an annual area Veteran Honoree and a Special Guest speaker. This year’s Veteran Honoree is 1SG (Ret) Charlie Cuthbertson. He is a highly decorated veteran with over 30 years of service. His overseas deployments included the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His final assignment was with the Army National Guard, Company C, 46th Engineer Battalion in Paris, Tennessee, where he will also serve as grand marshal for the 2026 Veteran’s Parade. Our guest speaker is Colonel (Ret) Chuck Harrison. He is a Master Army Aviator and held multiple command and staff assignments during a 30-year Army career. He mostly served in Army Aviation units while flying Cobra, Kiowa, Apache, Apache Longbow, and Special Operations AH-6 Little Bird Gun helicopters. He is a Silver Star recipient for combat actions during the “Blackhawk Down” Battle in Mogadishu, Somali in 1993.