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MOAA is working on many fronts to recognize, promote, and
instill the highest caliber of military offi cer professionalism,
and your participation is vital to our efforts.
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ept. 16 in Washington, military ethics column (What
D.C., MOAA will cohost our Would You Do,
www.moaa
third annual Defense Forum .org/ethics) and a magazine
Washington with our partner department featuring lessons
for this event, the U.S. Naval learned in service (page 108).
Institute. Participants will examine and We have received outstand-
discuss issues surrounding America’s he- ing content contributions
roic wounded warriors; we’re expecting and feedback from MOAA
at least 500 major players who work those members. Not only do our ef-
issues to attend. Chairman of the Joint forts recognize excellence and
Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, USN, promote learning, but a new
will speak, and we have invited President generation of offi cers gains
Obama and Secretary of Veterans Affairs awareness of our association.
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA-Ret. MOAA’s Sept. 16 wounded-
Why is this important? For the past warrior event will be followed
several years, MOAA has tried to ensure by a symposium Oct. 24 at our
that, as a professional military organiza- annual meeting in San Diego,
tion and leader among veterans’ groups, this one focusing on challeng-
we promote the highest caliber of military es faced by guardmembers and reservists
offi cer professionalism. From an intel- and their families and civilian employers. It
lectual standpoint, we want to promote will feature a keynote speech by Gen. Craig
innovative thinking and dialogue between McKinley, USAF, the new chief of the Na-
agencies, groups, and advocates. We want tional Guard Bureau, and a panel discussion
to call attention to the profession of being by military leaders and civilian employers.
a military offi cer. We want to show there’s We look forward to developing MOAA’s
more to what we do than bullets, beans, professionalism programs — but we need
ships, planes, and foxholes. your help. Please attend any MOAA sym-
In 2004, MOAA hired a deputy director posium you can, contribute to our contests
for Professionalism to promote these goals. and columns, and provide feedback (via
Some initiatives have included hosting sym- e-mail to
profseries@moaa.org) on how
posia in the Pentagon and other locations MOAA can better promote issues of profes-
on such subjects as the military and the sional interest to military offi cers of all ages.
news media, military confl icts, and the vi-
ability of the all-volunteer force in wartime.
Our attempts to promote professional
dialogue did not stop there. We have spon-
sored essay contests and launched an online — Vice Adm. Norb Ryan Jr., USN-Ret.
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