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Ready for D-Day 66 Features Dealing With the Deficit


Trying to reduce the national debt means making tough budget decisions — as early as 2011. By Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret.; Col. Phil Odom, USAF-Ret.; and Capt. Kathy Beasley, USN-Ret., of MOAA’s Government Relations Department


Coming to You From ...


Combat correspondents strive to give those at home a clear picture of war. By Don Vaughan


Take Action


MOAA council and chapter members work hard on behalf of military people to pass state legislation that benefits service- members, veterans, and their families. By Contributing Editor Kris Ann Hegle


Cover Story: Ready for D-Day


Troops prepared in Florida for beach and swamp landings in Europe and the Pacific during World War II. By Marilyn Pribus


PHOTOS: ABOVE AND COVER, USN/U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES 66 62 56 50 MOAA’s mission


Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is a nonprofit veterans’ as so ciation dedicated to main taining a strong national defense and to preserving the earned en- titlements of members of the uniformed services and their families and survivors. Member ship 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 Ser vice, or NOAA and their surviving spouses.


On the cover: Americans disembark from landing craft off the beaches of Normandy June 22, 1944, and (above) Omaha on D-Day, June 6, 1944.


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