One Veteran To Another

United States military, veterans, and their families are some of the most important and integral pieces of our country. At the Mike Patton Auto Family, we appreciate the time and sacrifices those who serve devote to America, and understand that our military veterans make both great employees and great customers!

We have special offers on all our new and pre-owned vehicles, and appreciate the opportunity to help you with any of your automotive needs. Also, we employ several veterans as well, and if you would like to go through with a purchase veteran to veteran, we would love to help you do that!

Those among us who have served

Dennis Karns RET US ARMY Infantry, Wounded Warrior, Master Gunner.

11 Years in the Ft Benning and surrounding areas. Combat veteran with 2 Bronze Stars.
Dennis has been a part of our team since 2018
Certified Sales Consultant – Honda, Ford, Lincoln, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and RAM

Frank Thompson - RET US NAVY

Honorably retired from the US Navy. Served in several bases throughout the US, as well as support ships and overseas duty stations. Frank also spent time supporting groups from the submarine service, Fleet Marine Forces, and airborne operations as well. He has also supported operations with the US Marine Corps, Air Naval Liaison Company, construction battalions, fleet hospitals, and undersea warfare units.
Frank has been with Mike Patton for over 13 years
Frank is the manager of our reconditioning for all dealerships

John Bass - US NAVY

John has served throughout the US. Boot camp in IL, trained Navy pilots in Pensacola, and was last stationed at NAS Jacksonville with Patrol Squadron 7. Final assignment was with NATO unit in Keflivik, Iceland in which he worked with in flight operations and communication handling.
John Bass has been with us for over 8 years as our primary shuttle driver and dealership assistant

Charles Coleman - SGT US ARMY

Charles enlisted in 1997 as an infantry soldier, and his final duty station was Fort Benning, GA until 2006
Charles has been deployed to northern Iraq for 12 months, as well as time in Kuwait as part of Intrinsic Action Force, and also was deployed to Kosovo as part of the Taskforce Falcon. His first duty station was Vilseck, Germany
Charles enjoys working as a mechanic at Mike Patton Honda due to the small town family atmosphere present between customers and employees.