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prehend what they will face when
their spouse or parent is gone,” ex-
plains CWO4 Wayne Stallings,
USA-Ret., Service to the Armed Forc-
es coordinator for the Triangle Area
Chapter. “Running the academies in
the time frame we do is actually more
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The Red Cross employs cross-
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The Red Cross’ Disaster Action Team
plays a pivotal part in military sup-
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manager (Reserve) at Camp Ana-
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