| Army
& Air Force Exchange (PX) |
Provide quality merchandise and services of
necessity and convenience to authorized customers at uniformly low prices
and generate reasonable earnings to supplement appropriated funds for the
support of Army and Air Force Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs.
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| Army
Emerrgency Relief |
AER is a private
nonprofit organization incorporated in 1942 by the Secretary of War and the
Army Chief of Staff. AER's sole mission is to help soldiers and their
dependents.
AER is the Army's own emergency financial assistance organization and is
dedicated to "Helping the Army Take Care of Its Own". AER provides
commanders a valuable asset in accomplishing their basic command
responsibility for the morale and welfare of soldiers.
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Army One Source |
AOS is a 24 hour 7 days a week toll-free
information and referral telephone service. User id: army Password:
onesource
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Dependent Education Benefits
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Summary of educational benefits under the dependents
educational assistance program.
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Family
Readiness Putting the Pieces back together |
DEPLOYMENT and separation are facts of military
life. Saying goodbye is difficult, no matter how long the separation lasts
or how many times loved ones are apart, and the strain doesn’t end when
soldiers return home. While reunion brings joy and excitement, it can also
bring apprehension and anxiety.
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| Fisher House
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Because members of the
military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel
great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House Foundation
donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military
and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a
loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an
unexpected illness, disease, or injury.
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| Housing and Urban
Development Veterans Resource Center
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HUD's Office of Community
Planning and Development, in consultation with national veteran service
organizations, has established a Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET). CPD's
goal is to provide veterans and their family members with information on
HUD's community-based programs and services. It is our hope that, equipped
with this knowledge, armed forces personnel and veterans can become more
involved in the community-based planning and decision-making process as
well as utilization of services and local resources.
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| Illinois National Guard
Family Readiness Program
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A program used to promote
family readiness through improved communication, education, and the
establishment of a mutual support network for family members of Illinois
National Guard members.
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| Illinois
Military Family Relief Fund
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The Illinois Military Family
Relief Fund (IMFRF), signed into law in 2003 by Governor Rod R.
Blagojevich, provides monetary grants to families of Illinois National
Guard members and Illinois
residents serving in the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve components who were
called to active duty as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks. Grants are intended to help families defray the costs of food,
housing, utilities, medical services, and other expenses that become
difficult to afford when a wage-earner has temporarily left civilian
employment to be placed on active military duty.
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Information on Military Divorce |
If you or your spouse are in the military, certain rules apply to your divorce. Federal law
controls military pensions and certain emergency child support orders, and
state law controls all other aspects of your divorce.
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Military Family Resource Center |
Information on building and strengthening child abuse prevention partnerships between
military and civilian communities
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Military Spouses' Career Network |
An organization to promote
and advance the education, employment, career development, and
professional
satisfaction of military spouses, through the exchange of accurate
information, facilitation of mentor-protégé relationships, and
mutual encouragement of individuals' progress.
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National Military Family Association |
The National Military Family Association is a non-profit, predominately volunteer
organization with membership from the seven uniformed services, active duty,
National Guard, reserves and retired, their families and survivors, as well
as interested civilians. NMFA is the only national organization whose
sole focus is the military family and whose mission is to serve those
families through education, information and advocacy.
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Operation Hero Miles |
In September 2003, the Pentagon started giving soldiers
stationed in Iraq two-week leaves in the largest R & R program since
the Vietnam War. Soldiers on R & R or Emergency Leave are flown by
the military to Germany or three airports in the United States,
Baltimore/Washington, (BWI), Dallas/Fort Worth, (DFW), or Atlanta, (ATL
) for free. Existing law in 2003 required soldiers to pay for
their own flights home from these three airports. The Hero Miles
program was started to provide free round trip tickets donated by
the American public to the almost 500 soldiers arriving each day
from Iraq on R & R Leave last fall. This public response
helped persuade Congress to change the law and beginning January 1,
2004, the Pentagon now pays for these domestic flights for the
soldiers.
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Operation Homelink |
Operation Homelink™ provides free refurbished computers to either parents or
spouses of deployed service men and women in the ranks of E-1 through E-5.
Our program enables email communications between families and their loved
ones deployed outside of the continental United States.
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Operation Uplink |
Operation Uplink is a unique program that keeps
military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families
and loved ones by providing them with a free phone card. Using contributions
from supporters like you, Operation Uplink
purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are
separated from those they care about.
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| Tragedy Assistance Program for
Survivors |
TAPS is
a national
non-profit organization serving families, friends and military service
members who have been affected by a death in the armed services. They
offer peer
support, crisis response and intervention, grief care and counseling
resources, casework assistance, long-term survivor wellness, and
community
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| U.S. Army Community & Family
Support Center |
MWR Is about...
Community -- You play an important role in the community around you.
MWR supports you with community-building activities, events and celebrations
that bring people together. Community is socializing with friends and
neighbors, fellowship and networking, all conveniently located.
Growth -- As a soldier, you continually train to build your skills
and stay sharp. In so many ways, MWR gives you that same edge in the rest of
your life. You and your family have a world of choices for personal growth,
self-enrichment, learning and discovery.
Peace of Mind -- Your well being is important to us. Through MWR, you
have a "safety net" of professional resources that promote personal and
family stability and give you peace of mind about what's important in your
life.
Renewal -- Active duty is tough and demanding. Like everybody else,
you need balance and time to recover from a hard day's work, MWR has many
ways for you to relax, recharge, renew and rejuvenate.
Self-Reliance -- MWR cares about Army families. From financial
counseling to preparedness for deployment or reunion, MWR support helps
teach and encourage families to be self-reliant.
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| USO of
Illinois
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The mission of the USO of
Illinois, in times of peace and conflict, is to enhance the quality of life
of the active duty men and women of the Armed Forces and their families
through social, recreational, entertainment and educational programs and
services.
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