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The songs you sang about Your Planes Your People The wars you fought — Your Legacy — chapteractivities MOAA Launches the 2006 Give Me 10! Campaign Last year’s Give Me 10! campaign was successful, and now — with the threat of increases to TRICARE enrollment fees looming ever closer — MOAA national is asking each of its 415 chapters to “give another 10” so we can continue our strong advocacy campaign against these health care increases. The 2006 Give Me 10! campaign began in March and concludes Dec. 31, 2006. Every chapter will receive a Give Me 10! campaign kit with recruiting tips and marketing materials chapters can use to win over new members. Participating chapters will receive $10 for each new member they recruit and a $100 bonus after they recruit 10 members. Chapters will continue to receive $10 for every member they recruit — even after they’ve signed up 10 new members. As added incentive, chapters will receive $20 for every member who signs up for a life membership. Chapters also will be broken out by size, and a $1,000 prize will be given to the top chapter in each category. Remember, your recruiting efforts always go a long way toward helping MOAA remain a strong and formidable force on Capitol Hill, fighting for all of us. 18 CDs with 285 songs and, 4 Song books with 1188 songs Includes 5 New CDs "Live at Leeuwarden" "Come and Join the Air Force" "Passing the Flame" "Headhunters" "Fast and Low" Dick Jonas, Irv LeVine, Toby Hughes, Chip Dockery, the Juvat Boys Choir, Dos Gringos, Fresh Out of the Box EROSONIC Dept M PO Box 1226 Chino Valley AZ 86323 866-810-7750 dickjonas@erosonic.com www.erosonic.com also available at amazon.com know did you ? About MOAA Member Discounts Do you know someone who has had their identity stolen? MOAA now sponsors Identity Guard, an identity theft protection service that will alert members to potentially fraudulent activity. Identity Guard monitors ﬁnancial transactions taking place in all three of your major credit bureau reports and notiﬁes you daily of any signiﬁcant changes. Go to www.moaa.org/products to learn more and sign up. 42 Tenacity and persistence, coupled with a concerted effort to recruit more Guard and Reserve members, helped the Minnesota Chapter take top honors in Category X. Members of the El Paso (Texas) Chapter, which won in Category IX, also are working to recruit more active duty, Guard, and Reserve servicemembers. The chapter even changed its bylaws so an active duty servicemember would always serve on the board of directors. El Paso Chapter President Maj. Edwin Stone, USA-Ret., said the Give Me 10! campaign gave the chapter the kick-start it needed to get more aggressive with its recruiting efforts. “We are going to continue to aggressively pursue new members this year,” says Stone. “We have to recruit new members because they are the lifeblood of our organization.” Ofﬁcers in the Southern Oklahoma Military Ofﬁcers Association know all too well how important it is to recruit new members. In 2003, the chapter nearly folded. The following year, the chapter stepped up its recruiting efforts, and it has been adding members ever since. During the Give Me 10! campaign, this revitalized chapter recruited 16 new members to place ﬁrst in Category III. “We’ve been beating the bushes down here in southern Oklahoma,” says chapter Vice President Rear Adm. Wes Hull, NOAA-Ret. “It’s been a total team effort.” MO — Contributors are Col. Chris Giaimo, USAF-Ret., director; Col. Jim Pauls, USAF-Ret., deputy director, Council and Chapter Affairs; and Kris Ann Hegle. For submission information, see page 14. ILLUSTRATION: IMAGES.COM/CORBIS MILITARY OFFICER APRIL 2006 http://www.erosonic.com http://amazon.com http://www.moaa.org/products http://images.com/corbis

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Military Officer - April 2006 Contents From the Editor President’s Page Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Lap of Luxury Magic Carpet of the Rails Blue Ridge Wonderland Salud, Santé, Cin Cin! Cover Story: Wounded Warriors On Duty MOAA Scholarship Donors MOAA Member Services Pages of History Information Exchange Member Books MOAA Calendar Advertising Index Sounding Taps Encore

Military Officer - April 2006

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