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subsidy for cost-effectiveness reasons. Reviews have indicated patrons realize several dollars in benefit value for each dollar spent on the subsidy, making commissar- ies one of the most cost-effective of all military support programs. Similarly, dependent schools
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scholarshipdonors (continued from page 102)
MAJ Steven M. Cronin, USA-Ret. Maj James P. Crowley, USMC-Ret. CAPT George E. Cruft, USN-Ret. COL Patrick J. Cunningham, USA-Ret. Maj Gen Gerald A. Daniel, USAF-Ret. COL William B. Degraf, USA-Ret. CDR and Mrs. Jamieson K. Deuel, USN-Ret. CDR Charles W. Devaney, USNR-Ret. LTC Richard Diamond, USA-Ret. LTC James L. Dickey, USA-Ret. LTC Daniel V. DiLoRetto, USAR-Ret. COL Archie M. Doering, USA-Ret. MG Lyle C. Doerr, USA-Ret. Renate Doheny Leslie S. Dorsey
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Muriel Dubuc CAPT Leslie M. Dunn, USPHS-Ret. CAPT James Ellison, USN-Ret. CAPT Robert C. Evans, USN-Ret. CAPT Thomas R. Fedyszyn, USN-Ret. Juanita B. Felder Carolyn Fielding Maj Emmett L. Finn, USAFR-Ret. COL Eugene Fitzsimmons, USA-Ret. Jane C. Flood MG Thomas C. Foley, USA-Ret. COL Hayward L. Fong, USAR-Ret. Lillian Foster COL Reginald B. Fowkes, USA-Ret. COL William I. Fox, USA-Ret. LTC Thomas R. Frankenfield, USA-Ret. CW4 Durward R. Freer, USAR-Ret. (continues on page 106)
Where MOAA stands MOAA agrees with the fiscal com- mission’s key premise: “America can- not be great if we go broke.” The already alarming — and rapid-
ly growing — debt facing our country is all too real, and there’s no easy way out. Solving this problem for the long term will involve shared pain by all Americans, and the military commu- nity will be no exception. In all likelihood, we’ll see enact- ment of some changes in the coming years that would have been deemed unacceptable in the past. As we go through the next several
years of increasingly difficult budget decisions, we need to keep these key points in mind: • The military community has done very well over the past decade — winning TFL and TRICARE Senior Pharmacy coverage, concurrent re- ceipt for most severely disabled and combat-disabled retirees, substantial pay improvements for currently serv- ing personnel, significant health care upgrades for the Guard and Reserve community, major GI bill improve- ments, and elimination of the age-62 Survivor Ben-
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