March Chapter Meeting   Saturday, 15 March 2008 Cole Park Commons Ft. Campbell Assemble at 1200 PM   -  Eat at 12:30 PM Cost:  11.00  -  MENU:  Grilled Chicken Guest Speaker:  COL Swope, Garrison Commander   Reservations: NLT Wednesday, 12 March. 2008 Call for reservations: (Please don't wait to be called!) KY: Mrs. Alicia Pontius (270) 924-9975 TN: CWO Warren Evans (931) 647-5808   If you don’t have your directory and would like one come to the meeting there will be some copies available for distribution to those who need one.   Chapter Policy When reservations are made for Chapter meetings, commitments are made to the restaurant/meeting place to pay for the number of reservations reported. If you make a reservation and then later determine you cannot attend, please call your reservation chairperson as soon as possible. If you are unable to give sufficient notice of your cancellation, please send a check for the appropriate amount to:  P.O. Box 3569 Clarksville, TN 37043-3569.

April Meeting The April meeting will be at The Pioneer Club at 904 N. Main St. Hopkinsville, KY on 19 April 2008.    May Meeting The May meeting will be on 17 May 2008.  Location to be announced later.   Legislative Affairs (COL Stevenson)   MOAA Talks TRICARE Fees with Hill Staffers   Recently, MOAA briefed almost 50 House staffers about DoD proposals to raise health fees for retirees under age 65 including raising co pays for prescriptions that would make TRICARE’s drug plan worse than half of all civilian plans.   To help MOAA fight these disproportionate fee hikes, please take the time to send the tear-out post cards to your legislators included with the March edition of your Military Officer magazine, which will be in your mailbox soon if you haven’t received it already.  Feel free to add a little handwritten note at the bottom to give your letter an extra punch.  (FOR EXAMPLE:  We and many of those now serving were promised free medical care for ourselves and our family members if we served appropriately for 20 or more years.  We know the cost of Medicare is getting more expensive but, the Congress and Senate should not want to lessen the cost by reducing those contractual agreements.)   Guard-Reserve Caucus Breakfast MOAA was a proud sponsor this week of a House National Guard and Reserve Caucus event hosted by co-chairs Reps.  Gene Taylor (D-MS) and Steve Buyer (R-IN).   Again, The National MOAA Leadership is delivering our messages to those who can help.

Executive Committee Meeting   The Executive Committee meeting is 21 March. 2008 at Cole Park Commons at Ft. Campbell, KY.   We are scheduled to meet on the first Friday following each meeting at 12:00 noon.  All association members are invited to attend.   Members of our local association should be members of the National Chapter.  MOAA has tremendous lobbying muscle. See Legislative Affairs Notes.   If we can be of assistance or if anyone is sick or under the weather call Mary or Chaplain Charles Currie (Personal Affairs).  Their phone number is 931-645-2149.  Charles will put you on his prayer list and visit you in the hospital if you are sick.   Newsletter Editor’s Comments:   I know you’re all aware of the upcoming election.  You can’t turn on the TV and avoid hearing each newscasters slant on the possibility of those running being the party’s nomination.    I’ve been thinking about this and I have decided that it is my responsibility to vote for the president that will do what’s in our country’s best interest without the consideration of how those actions will impact me and my family.  I am sure that you will see this as I do.  We must encourage our family members no matter where they reside to do the same.  Each year prior to election I and my children and Juanita talk about the party’s and our perception of their goals.  We encourage them to keep abreast of what’s going on.  But invariably often just before the election several members of our family call and say “who should we vote for” and we tell them who we’re voting for and I’m sure for the most part they do likewise.   A Short Course in Human Relations The six most important words:  (I admit that I was wrong.) The five most important words:  (You did a great job.) The four most important words:  (What do you think?) The three most important words:  (Could you please…) The two most important words:  (Thank You.) The most important word:  (We.) The least important word:  (I.)   (THANK YOU)

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Fort Campbell Chapter, MOAA * P.O. Box 3569 * Clarksville * TN * 37043-3569