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yourviews ﬁnd ourselves in are real. I can’t help but hope that through recruiting and encouragement we can get more of my classmates to sign up. Now is not the time for potential star players to be watching from the sidelines. Lt. William Moynahan, USN Corpus Christi, Texas It’s more than retiring. It’s the time of your life. The carefree life awaits you at Ginger Cove, our premier life-care community in Annapolis. Leave the cooking and laundry and yardwork to us, as you relax with a classic. Browse the shops of Historic Annapolis. Or catch a play or symphony performance. All the while knowing that our Return of Capital Plan protects your estate and our on-site assisted living and health center are here should you ever need them. So put your chores on hold and have the time of your life at Ginger Cove. TM 18540 GINGER COVE (800) 299-2683 or www.gingercove.com 4000 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 Developed and managed by Life Care Services LLC #1 t d n* te ide on Ra Res acti In tisf Sa *In an independent survey conducted in 90+ Life Care Services senior communities nationwide. NOW ACCEPTING DEPOSITS A UNIQUE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WHERE TRADITION STILL FLOURISHES Where life is fruitful. A 62+ community in vibrant Carlisle, home to: US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle Military Museum, and Army Heritage and Education Center. Call 105 Marsh Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015 } 1-866-407-9911 today! www.orchardsatmarshrun.org As a longtime student of military mobilization policy, I can say with conﬁdence that this nation of more than 300 million people has no shortage of military personnel on duty today. … The biggest problem with today’s force is not its size or all-volunteer nature. The biggest problem is that the burden of deploying to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other hot spots is being shared by too few of the 2.5 million [currently serving]. Some have deployed “voluntarily” two, three, and more times. … This is happening because we have too many people in the force doing unneeded things and not enough doing needed ones. What is needed is to retain the allvolunteer force but change it aggressively to one in which we have fewer people doing unneeded things and many more doing the needed ones. Col. Jonathan G. Mark, USAFR-Ret. Washington MOAA News Exchange® Sign up for MOAA’s FREE bi-weekly e-newsletter. Receive breaking news on military: ■ health care ■ pay and beneﬁts ■ ﬁnancial planning ■ and more! Go to www.moaa.org/email and log in with your e-mail address. Retirement Revisions Almost one-third of [the] write-up about Boulder, Colo. [“10 Top Cities,” March 2007], is a list of the military bases in Colorado Springs. Having a military base nearby can provide great value to a military retiree having three major military bases within the city limits and two other bases is simply outstanding. Boulder is not “about 100 miles from Denver’s dense trafﬁc.” Boulder 16 MILITARY OFFICER M AY 2 0 0 7 http://www.gingercove.com http://www.gingercove.com http://www.orchardsatmarshrun.org http://www.orchardsatmarshrun.org http://www.moaa.org/email http://www.moaa.org/email

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Military Officer - May 2007 Contents From the Editor From the President Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Cover Story: Back Home Capt. David Porter, Pirate Hunter Where Valor Rests Emblems of Courage MOAA Member Services Pages of History Information Exchange Advertising Index Member Books MOAA Calendar MOAA Scholarship Donors Sounding Taps Encore

Military Officer - May 2007

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