Military Officer - September 2008 - (Page 1) contents Slow Boat Through China 98 Features Looking Ahead When will you retire, where will you live — and how will you pay for it? MOAA’s Fall Retirement Guide can help you find the answers. MOAA’s mission 54 66 80 90 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: U.S. soldiers scan an area after finding an improvised explosive device (IED) in al-Jara, Iraq. An effort by DoD is under way to counteract IEDs. SEPTEMBER 2008 Middle Ground By Deborah Huso Finance Your Future By Latayne C. Scott One Step at a Time By Marilyn Pribus Cover Story: Reducing the Threat DoD has launched a joint organization to combat improvised explosive devices. By Contributing Editor Gina DiNicolo Slow Boat Through China Get a peek at all there is to see in China. By Cork Millner 98 106 Practice Makes Perfect Today’s simulators allow servicemembers to practice for combat scenarios before hitting the battlefield. By Mark Cantrell PHOTOS: ABOVE, KEREN SU/GETTY IMAGES; COVER, JEWEL SAMAD/GETTY IMAGES/AFP MILITARY OFFICER 1
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