Military Officer - March 2008 - (Page 1) contents Destination Anywhere 66 Features Explore Your Options What to do — and where to do it? Retirement brings many questions, and MOAA helps you find the answers. 51 MOAA’s mission Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is a nonprofit veterans’ association dedicated to maintaining a strong national defense and to preserving the earned entitlements of members of the uniformed services and their families and survivors. Membership is open to those who hold or have ever held a warrant or commission in any component of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or NOAA and their surviving spouses. On the cover: An American infantryman provides cover for comrades searching a mosque for arms in Karbala, Iraq. 1 The Coast is Clear By Marilyn Pribus Destination Anywhere By Deborah Huso Finding the Right Fit By Don Vaughan Image of an Officer Americans’ perceptions of the military have varied throughout history. Author Col. C. Robert Kemble, USA-Ret., Ph.D., assesses how — and why — the image of military officers has changed. 52 66 74 84 Photos From the Front Lines For these servicemembers, surviving in combat is all in a day’s work. Photography by Ashley Gilbertson 88 PHOTOS: ABOVE, B. BIRD/ZEFA/CORBIS; COVER: ASHLEY GILBERTSON MARCH 2008 MILITARY OFFICER
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