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An Exercise in Search and Rescue


A search and rescue swimmer is lowered from a helicopter to save a simulated casualty during an exercise off the shores of Marine Corps Base Hawaii in March. Sailors conducted the exercise to prepare for future deployments.


Grants for Chapters T


his month, the MOAA Military Family Initia- tive (MMFI) launches a


new community outreach program. MMFI will provide grants to MOAA councils and chapters providing services to military families within their community either directly or through collaborations with other local community service organiza- tions. Such programs and services include assistance in critical areas such as housing, employment, fi -


PHOTO: LANCE CPL. MATTHEW KIRK, USMC


nancial assistance, and behavioral health. To learn more about this new grant program, visit www .moaa.org/foundation. MMFI needs your support to assist councils and chapters in these vital eff orts. MMFI military family assistance and educa- tion programs are funded, in part, through MOAA member contribu- tions. The more you give, the more


MILITARY FAMILY INITIATIVE


we can help. If just one-quarter of MOAA’s members donated $25 this year through MMFI’s “$25-in-’17” campaign, we would be able to di- rect more than $1 million toward these programs.* Please help mili- tary families today by visiting www.moaa


.org/foundation and donating $25 or more. Join us in our shared com- mitment to never stop serving.


*read more: Turn to “MMFI Contributor Honor Roll,” page 77, to read more about MOAA military family programs. MAY 2017 MILITARY OFFICER 13


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