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AER donation period now open By Margaret Steele Public Affairs Specialist
2019 AER program enhancements
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ast year, Army Emergency Relief at Fort Belvoir provided more than $500,000 in loans and grants to Soldiers, units, retirees and family members and received $196,000 in donations. Last week, program officials and leaders met and opened Fort Belvoir’s AER for the season. U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Commander, Col. Michael Greenberg said organizers would like everyone, from leaders on down, to be engaged in the annual AER effort. “We can do this by donating as much as possible and by spreading the word to Service members and families who could potentially benefit from Army Emergency Relief funds,” he said.
•Family member dental care grants increased •Special needs medical equipment, including cranial helmets and car seats, used to be covered with a zerointerest loan and is now all through grants Photo by Eliza Cantrell
Garrison Commander, Col. Michael Greenberg, makes remarks at the 2019 AER Campaign Kick-Off at the ACS building, March 28.
Removing financial burden Michele Godfrey, Fort Belvoir’s AER officer and Family Readiness Program manager, said AER offers
Soldiers and families in financial hardship a chance to request interest-free loans and grants, for a variety of reasons.
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•Passport and immigrant fees for foreign-born spouses are now grants instead of loans •The cap on funerals for family member spouse has increased.
Marine Corps Detachment deactivates By Victoria Piccoli NGA Office of Corporate Communications
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Photo by Erica Knight
Marine Corps Capt. Nathan Nofziger and Gunnery Sgt. Heidi Hill case the colors during the deactivation ceremony of Marine Corps Detachment Fort Belvoir March 26 at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Springfield, Virginia, campus.
Marine Corps detachment based at Fort Belvoir, rolled and cased its colors at a deactivation ceremony, March 26 at the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency’s campus in Springfield. The deactivation of Marine Detachment Fort Belvoir was part of a move to consolidate all Marine Intelligence training at Marine Corps Intelligence Schools, a part of Marine Corps Detachment Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Va. The detachment’s mission was to train and educate geographic intelligence, imagery analysis,
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and technical surveillance countermeasure specialists in their occupational field, said Marine Corps Capt. Nathan Nofziger, commander of Marine Corps Detachment at Fort Belvoir.
History of success Though the detachment at NGA was officially established in 2008, Marine Corps training in topography at Fort Belvoir began in 1972, under an NGA predecessor organization, the Defense Mapping Agency, Nofziger said. While at NGA, the detachment successfully executed its mission over the years, said Nofziger. More than 60 Marines served
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as instructors or support staff to graduate more than 1,300 geospatially-trained Marines. “These Marines will provide support to their commanders and the decision makers out in the field,” said Phillip Chudoba, d i r e c t o r o f N G A’s G E O I N T Enterprise directorate. “We are going to miss you, but as members of the larger geospatial enterprise, you won’t be too far.” The ceremony was paired with the last graduation of Marines at NGA, closing a chapter in Marine Corps history and the legacy of geospatial schooling at NGA. The next class of Marines training in geographic intelligence has begun at Marine Corps Detachment Dam Neck.
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