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rapidfire One-Stop Opportunities M ississippi State University’s (MSU’s) G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans provides direct support and military-friendly beneﬁts for eligible servicemembers and spouses to pursue a degree at MSU. Beneﬁts include membership in the Servicemembers Opportunity Consortium, transferability of Academic Council on Education military training credits (up to 25 percent), a 100percent tuitionreimbursement deployment policy, and an out-of-state tuition waiver. The campus has a relatively large military population, thriving Army and Air Force ROTC programs, and community-based military affairs boards. The center also provides a Montgomery GI Bill and Federal Tuition Assistance counseling and certiﬁcation program. For more information about the program, visit www.vetera ns.msstate .edu, or contact Andrew Rendon at (662) 3256720 or arendon @saffairs.ms state.edu. Bringing MOAA Members Together M OAA’s annual meeting — Nov. 15-17 in Tampa, Fla. — offers a career fair, another symposium in MOAA’s military professionals symposium series, updates on the association’s legislative agenda, and a financial-planning seminar. A meeting highlight will be the keynote speaker at the chairman’s luncheon Saturday, Nov. 18. Previous meetings have featured dynamic and informative presenters such as Army Lt. Gen. Tom Metz, thencommanding general of III Corps, and Gen. John P. Abizaid, then-commander, U.S. Central Command. Check upcoming issues of Military Officer for more information as events and participants are finalized. Miscellany: Bye-Bye Decals, Hello New Coins NO MORE DECALS: As of March 15, the U.S. Air Force has stopped requiring bases to issue car decals. The decals were found to be a needless expense that did not add to airmen’s safety. * CHA-CHING: The U.S. Mint has launched a new series of $1 coins honoring past U.S. presidents. Four designs will be issued a year under the Presidential Coin Program. For 2007, $1 coins featuring George Washington were released Feb. 15. Coins with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison will be issued later this year. The Presidential Coin Program will feature designs of all former U.S. presidents in the order in which they served. * NUTRITION NOTES: Fruit juice is the liquid part of fruits. But not everything that looks like juice is necessarily 100-percent fruit juice, so be sure to read labels. A range of fruit juice choices is available — calcium-added, low-acid, and with or without pulp. Learn more about fruit juice from Rear Adm. Joyce Johnson, USPHS-Ret., D.O., at www.moaa.org/june2007. Just click on Nutrition Notes. IMAGES: ABOVE, ROSE RICHEY; TOP RIGHT, RICHARD CUMMINS/CORBIS JUNE 2007 * MILITARY OFFICER 27 arendon@saffairs.msstate.edu arendon@saffairs.msstate.edu http://www.moaa.org/june2007

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Military Officer - June 2007 Contents From the Editor From the President Your Views MOAA Directory Rapid Fire Washington Scene Financial Forum Ask the Doctor Chapter Activities Getting the Best Care Stand By Me Promise for PTSD Cover Story: Heavy Duty Unified Medical Command Pages of History Faces of MOAA Information Exchange Member Books Advertising Index MOAA Member Services MOAA Calendar MOAA Scholarship Donors Sounding Taps Encore

Military Officer - June 2007

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