Meet the Board of Directors

Dan Blakeslee, USN

Dan Blakeslee is the Senior Pastor of Noble Hill Baptist Church and the President of Baptist University of America. He is currently serving as the chairman of the board and the Executive Director. Blakeslee served for more than 12 years on board submarines before he was injured in the line of duty during Operation Desert Storm.

Mitch Walker, USA

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Rick Vanhooser, USAF

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Tom Russell, USMC

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Meet the staff of Operation Care, USA

Dan Blakeslee, Executive Director

Dan Blakeslee is the Senior Pastor of Noble Hill Baptist Church and the President of Baptist University of America. He is currently serving as the chairman of the board and the Executive Director. Blakeslee served for more than 12 years on board submarines before he was injured in the line of duty during Operation Desert Storm.

Mitch and Jennifer Walker, WHOLE Army Ministries

Mitch and Jennifer joined the staff of Noble Hill Baptist Church in late 2009. Mitch served four years each in the U.S. Army, and the Army Reserve with two tours in Iraq. He is finishing his degree at Baptist Bible College as a Pastoral Studies major. He and Jennifer are active foster parents, and have a strong passion for minitering to the WHOLE Army family.

Operation Care was born our of a need to get missionaries to military personel without the red tape.

Operation Care, USA is a private, nonprofit corpation in the state of Missouri. It operates exclusively for charitable, religious and patriotic purposes within the provisions of Section 355.025 of the Missouri Nonprofit Corporation Act and Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Operation Care has not yet been recognized by the IRS under Section 501(c)(3).