Rob, I applaude your thoughts and efforts which from what you wrote are highly commendable; however, from what I know there are already several Bass Fishing organizations specifically for Veterans and/or active duty service personnel. Two of which come to mind that have Kentucky affiiliates, U.S.A. Bassin and American Bass Anglers,either of which could probably serve your purposes without having to "re-invent the wheel".

I suggest that you try to field some teams for either or both of these organizations and see how it works out for a couple of years. After a couple of years if you and your teams don't feel your needs are being met, then all of you will have gained some valuable experience in running such organizations and then could procede to form your own tournament trail.

Just my opinion,

Grumpy