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rapidfire A Second Career Y NutritionNotes ou and your family have served our country proudly, and you deserve the best America has to offer. That’s why MOAA provides a oneof-a-kind career fair for military personnel and their spouses. No matter how many career fairs you’ve attended, you won’t ﬁnd one as valuable as the MOAA Career Fair. Check it out Sept. 16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Hall D, in Washington, D.C. To learn more, visit www.moaa.org/career fair. There you can read September 16 tips on how to prepare for the fair and review the seminar topics and schedule. Be prepared to meet employers such as Battelle, the Department of Homeland Security, L-3, ManTech International, National Security Agency, Penn State University, Sears, and Unisys, who will support you as you prepare for the next stage of your career. Employers, register and reserve your space now at www.moaa.org/ careerfair. Don’t miss your opportunity to gain unmatched access to talented military professionals. Balanced Diet B read products are a major part of our diet. Some fad diets consider bread a bad food, but bread products can contribute to a balanced diet, when chosen carefully. Being knowledgeable about what bread products are healthier than others is key. Choose low-fat breads such as bagels and French breads. Flaky bread products such as biscuits can have more than 300 calories each, with 100 or more calories from fat. It’s important to remember adding butter will increase signiﬁcantly the amount of calories. Banana breads, mufﬁns, and coffee cakes are high in both fats and sugar. Whole grain bread products are healthy, because they have a high ﬁber content. Look for products with whole wheat ﬂour as the ﬁrst ingredient. Honey wheat bread often is made with white ﬂour rather than whole wheat. ON THE WEB Virtually all bakery ■ Rear Adm. Joyce Johnson, and grocery store breads USPHS-Ret., D.O., provides recipes for healthy bread opare made with fortiﬁed tions at www.moaa.org/well ﬂours to increase their B ness. Click on Nutrition Facts. vitamin content. Miscellany: Defense Forum Washington MOAA AND USNI TEAM UP: The U.S. Naval Institute and MOAA invite you to attend the 2008 Defense Forum Washington progress report on care for wounded warriors and their families Sept. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Visit www.defenseforumwashington.com to register or see the ad on page 32 for more information. * GET MORE LEAVE: With a high operation tempo and frequent deployments, many servicemembers are finding it difficult to use all their leave in an allotted year. Currently, servicemembers may carry over a maximum of 60 days of leave. But from Oct. 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2010, that limit will increase so servicemembers may carry over up to 75 days of leave. Some exceptions apply. Learn more at www .dfas.mil/mil-news/mar2008/leave.html. * SAVE THE DATE: Be sure to mark your calendars now for MOAA’s Capital Event Nov. 17-18 at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Va. Visit www.moaa.org/capitalevent for more information and event details. * ARMY TEN-MILER: MOAA invites you, your friends, and your family to join its fourth annual Army Ten-Miler Team. Take the challenge, and run in the nation’s largest 10-mile race in Washington, D.C., Oct. 5. Learn more at www.moaa.org/running. IMAGES: CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT, ROSE RICHEY; PUNCHSTOCK; GETTY AUGUST 2008 * MILITARY OFFICER 25 http://www.moaa.org/careerfair http://www.moaa.org/careerfair http://www.moaa.org/careerfair http://www.moaa.org/wellness http://www.moaa.org/wellness http://www.moaa.org/careerfair http://www.defenseforumwashington.com http://www.dfas.mil/mil-news/mar2008/leave.html http://www.dfas.mil/mil-news/mar2008/leave.html http://www.moaa.org/capitalevent http://www.moaa.org/running

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