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FDIC Alert
The Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. in late
June issued a security
alert captioned “Gar-
rison Bank Ltd. May Be
Conducting Banking Op-
erations in Canada or the
U.S. Without Authoriza-
tion.” That alert stated
“[t]he Office of the Su-
perintendent of Financial
Institutions of Canada
has identified Garrison
Bank Ltd. as an entity
that may be illegally
operating as a financial
institution,” noting
Garrison Bank Ltd. has
not registered with that
office as required by
law and has not re-
Troops Complete
Medical Mission
ceived authorization
from the government
of Canada to engage in
banking business.
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oldiers from Task Force Gunner ments at clinics and hospitals. Medical Military Officer has
Med at Forward Operating Base training also was conducted. informed Garrison Bank
Delta in Iraq completed nearly a The Bring on the Docs mission at the Ltd. that its ads no lon-
year’s worth of missions with a visit to the Jassan Health Clinic was a little less hec- ger will be accepted until
Jassan Health Clinic in Wasit province for tic than previous medical engagements, as MOAA is fully satisfied
a cooperative medical engagement June 23. doctors saw about 100 patients instead of that Garrison’s legal sta-
The mission, Operation Bring on the the typical 250 to 300. tus has been favorably
Docs, began in August 2008 and was a joint Army Capt. Jason Smith, Headquar- resolved and the com-
medical civil-military operation between ters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Fires pany meets all criteria set
the Wasit director of general of health and Brigade, said he was impressed with the forth by the MOAA board
the 41st Fires Brigade. It was designed to operations at the Jassan Health Clinic: of directors policy direc-
restore the medical capacity in Wasit and “I got to work hand-in-hand with an tive approved March 25,
bring clinics up to regional standards. Iraqi physician, and she did an outstand- 2003, concerning adver-
The task force identifi ed ways coalition ing job seeing and treating people.” tising in Military Officer.
forces could help with facility improve- — Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson, USA
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