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 Updated January 24, 2012 |
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Chapter Scholarships for School Term 2012-2013 Coastal Carolina Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America Scholarship applications for the school term 2011-2012 are now being accepted. The Chapter normally presents up to five $1,000 scholarships to qualifying students each school term. Scholarship applications are due no later than April 5, 2012. To be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must be a dependent of an active duty military member who is permanently assigned to a military organization within Craven, Carteret, Jones, or Pamlico County; or, be a dependent of a retired service member who resides in one of the above counties. Deployed military personnel must be permanently assigned to a military organization within the above four county area. continues............
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Purpose It works to protect the rights and interests of all active duty, retired, reserves, and National Guard personnel of the branches of the uniform services and their dependents and survivors. continues..... |
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 Updated December 17, 2011 |
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Chapter Toys for Tots Luncheon
On
December 16th, Chapter Members gathered at Taberna County Club for the Chapter's annual Toys for Tots luncheon.
About 40 Members and Spouses attended and brought a nice selection
of toys for the Toys for Tots program. The Marine Reserve Unit out
of MCB Camp Lejeune will be distributing the toys. The luncheon
provided a nice break from holiday hectics and a time for Christmas fellowship.
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has been its tradition, the Chapter provided bicycles to the cause. See pictures here........ Chapter Veterans Day Gala Chapter Members gathered at the Taberna Country Club on November 17, 21011 to recognize the Veterans of all the seven uniform services. After an excellent meal Chapter Member,Guest of Honor, and Speaker, RADM Bill Schmidt USN (Ret), started the festivities. Many a glass became empty and had to be recharged as toast after toast was offered by those in attendance. As those festivities came to a close, many took to the dance floor. See pictures here........ |
Sample photos from our Photo Gallery but check them all out
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The Member Spotlight is written by Chapter Secretary and Newsletter Editor, Maj. W. (Bill) S. Culler, USMC (Ret) The latest story is available here.... |
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Medicare/TRICARE Cut Looms Legislators began to trickle back into Washington
this week, and they face a full plate in 2012. A long term debt reduction plan remains the most
divisive and elusive issue, and it will likely dominate the
proceedings of the 2nd session of the 112th Congress. In the more immediate future Congress will need
to pass a long term "doc fix" without which Medicare/TRICARE
payments to doctors would be cut by more than 27%. The current
extension expires at the end of February. Grappling With DoD Healthcare Costs The Pentagon is putting the final touches on a soon to be released report providing a new perspective on the rising cost of military medical care. Most importantly the report focuses on options to save money without shifting costs to beneficiaries through fee increases. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates repeatedly bemoaned that "health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive." continues..........
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New Additional Method for Reporting Retiree Deaths DFAS has a new on-line form for grieving families to report the death of a military retiree. The use of this form avoids the aggravation of calling the Defense Finance Agency (DFAS) and then waiting on hold for the Customer Service. Survivors of recently deceased military retirees can use the on-line DFAS 9221. Notification of Death Fast Form. It can be completed in minutes and is found at http://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/survivors/Retiree-death.html. Other valuable information and important links are also available on that page. |
The Chapter newsletter is edited and produced by Chapter Secretary, Maj. W. (Bill) S. Culler, USMC (Ret) and his wife, Dee. The last few editions can be found below:
January 2012 Remembering our past; check out a Chapter Newsletter from our historical archives
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