Helping Widows
Posted by Warren Enos on 29 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Glimpses from out of the past
AUXILIARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
February 2005
Editor’s note: In July 2004, MOAA’s board of directors established an Auxiliary Advisory Committee and asked it to consider how MOAA might better serve auxiliary members. The committee also must advise the chairman and the board about current and future MOAA programs, plans, and policies as they pertain to the recruitment, retention, and representation of the surviving spouses of uniformed services officers. Carolyn Epling was selected chairperson for the committee. This was her first article printed in The Affiliate.
At a stop during her 2004 campaign, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) addressed a large audience, many of whom were from the military community in Albuquerque, N.M. She thanked the auxiliary members of the Military Officers Association of Albuquerque for educatiing her about the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) “widows tax.” She also told us that members of Congress are faced with thousands of bills and it is impossible to understand all of them. continue reading