| Mission Statement Purpose of Chapter 9: To help sustain and improve the common bonds existing between all service members who have been assigned to, or attached to, the 173d Airborne Brigade (Sky Soldiers). To maintain contact with and to help, as practicable, Sky Soldiers who are seriously disabled as a result of military service in the Armed Forces of the United States. To assist Sky Soldiers in Veterans Affairs matters, if needed and as practicable. To honor and perpetuate the memory of Sky Soldiers who died in the service of the United States. To help to shield graves of Sky Soldiers from neglect. To foster fellowship, and esprit de corps among all members of Chapter 9. To render acts of charity and service; provided, these acts are consistent with Chapter 9's bylaws, and with the bylaws of the Association of the 173d Brigade, Incorporated. To give priority effort to tasks within the geographical areas in which Chapter 9’s members reside. |


