Missouri National Guard Association MONGA Membership Drive

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Missouri National Guard Association (MONGA)
Membership Drive
2010

• Every Member Is A Recruiter!
• Join Online At
• http//www.mongaonline.com/

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Missouri National Guard Association (MONGA)

• Your voice on Capitol Hill and in Jefferson City

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MONGA, Who We Are

• An association composed of officer and enlisted
  members or past members of the Missouri National
  Guard
• Founded in 1946
• A non-profit corporation incorporated in 1968 in
  the State of Missouri
• Governed by a set of Bylaws

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Purpose

• Promote and support the National Guard of the
  State of Missouri in accordance with its mission
  both Federal and State
• Foster and improve the status of the National
  Guard of the State of Missouri with the
  governmental agencies of the state

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Purpose (Cont)

• Promote and support the National Guard
  Associations of the United States (NGAUS, EANGUS
  AGAUS) in its activities to improve the
  Missouri National Guard and the Army and Air
  National Guard of the United States as components
  of the Armed Forces of the United States

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HISTORY

• Since 1878, NGAUS has provided the National Guard
  with a powerful voice in Washington. In their
  first meeting after the Civil War, militia
  officers from the North and the South formed the
  Association to petition Congress for better
  equipment and training.
• More than a century later with the backing of
  nearly 45,000 members and other supporters
  NGAUS continues that mission.

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EANGUS, Who We Are www.eangus.org

• Largest Enlisted Reserve Component association
• Created in 1970 by a group of senior
  Noncommissioned officers from MS and SD
• Incorporated in Jackson, Mississippi in 1972
• Created to give a voice on Capitol Hill for
  enlisted National Guard issues
• Represent over 414,000
• enlisted National Guard
• men women, and their
• families, and retirees
• Longstanding Member of
• The Military Coalition (TMC)

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MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS -Why Should You Join?

• There are many organizations such as AFA, MOAA,
  AUSA, ROA and others
• Only MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS speaks exclusively
  for the National Guard, and no one else
• No other associations have the words National
  Guard in their name

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AFI 36-2618 THE ENLISTED FORCE STRUCTURE

• 4.1.10. Promote organizational esprit de
• corps and foster good community relations by
  supporting professional organizations as well as
  unit, base, and Air Force events. Also, encourage
  subordinates to do the same.

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MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS

• Are partners working for your interest in
  Congress. NGAUS and EANGUS are members of The
  Military Coalition (TMC).

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What has MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS done for me?

• FY 2008 NDAA
• Lowers the eligibility age for retirement by
  three months for each 90 days a Guard member
  serves on certain types of active duty.  The
  active duty must be served after the NDAA was
  enacted, and eligibility cannot be reduced below
  50 years of age

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2007 Not much happened in Congress

• 2006
• After a 7-year campaign, all Guardsmen were
  granted better access to TRICARE at an affordable
  rate
• Lowered the basic housing allowance threshold
  from 140 days to 30 days for members of the Guard.

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2005

• TRICARE Select Reserve at one rate for ALL Guard
  members
• Stopped DOD attempts to increase TRICARE fees,
  co-payments, and deductibles
• 2004
• TRICARE access 90 days prior to mobilization and
  180 days after separation

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What has MONGA done for you?
2009 Missouri Legislature

• HB 82-Authorizes, beginning January 1, 2010, an
  income tax deduction from a taxpayer's Missouri
  adjusted gross income for 15 of any military
  retirement income, regardless of age or income.
  The tax deduction rate will increase by 15
  annually until 2016 when it is fully phased in
  and all of the military retirement income will be
  deductible.

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2009 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• HB 427- This bill changes the laws regarding
  members of the military, veterans, and their
  families. In its main provisions, the bill
• Designates May 1 of each year as "Silver Star
  Families of America Day" to honor the wounded
  soldiers of this state and the efforts of the
  Silver Star Families of America to honor the
  wounded members of the United States armed
  forces

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2009 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• 2. Allows the Adjutant General to assign the
  number of assistant adjutants general that are
  authorized by the rules and regulations of the
  National Guard Bureau of the United States. The
  assistants are required, if they qualify, to hold
  military rank as may be authorized and approved
  for the positions by the bureau. Currently, the
  Adjutant General may only assign two assistants

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2009 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• 3. Authorizes the Department of Revenue to
  provide one set of "PURPLE HEART" specialized
  license plates free of charge other than the
  regular registration fees to any person who has
  been awarded the medal. Any additional set of
  special license plates may be obtained at the
  current fee for specialized plates

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2009 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• 4. Allows for a special license plate
  designated "Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal" for
  any person who has been awarded this military
  service award. To obtain this plate, a person
  must make application, furnish proof as a
  recipient of the Armed Forces Expeditionary
  Medal, and pay a 15 fee to the Department of
  Revenue in addition to the registration fee and
  any other documents required by law

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2009 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• 5. Requires all court orders regarding child
  custody or visitation issued or modified while
  either party is in active military service and
  deployed out-of-state to be temporary in nature
  unless the party in active service knowingly and
  voluntarily signs a waiver to the right to have
  the hearing upon his or her return. Upon return
  from deployment, the party will be given an
  opportunity to be heard on the child custody and
  visitation order before a permanent order is
  entered.

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What has MONGA done for you?
2008 Missouri Legislature

• SB 806-This act provides that the U.S. and
  Missouri state flags shall be flown at half-staff
  for one full day whenever a Missouri resident is
  killed in the line of duty during military
  service.

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2008 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• SB 830- This act shall be known as the "Missouri
  Returning Heroes' Education Act," and provides
  that all public institutions of higher education
  that receive any state funds appropriated by the
  general assembly shall limit the tuition charged
  to combat veterans to fifty dollars per credit
  hour, for any program leading to a certificate,
  or an associate or baccalaureate degree.

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2008 Missouri Legislature (Cont)

• SB 830 (Cont)-A combat veteran is any person
  who served in armed combat after September 11,
  2001, who was a Missouri resident when first
  entering the military, and who was discharged
  from military service under honorable conditions.
  

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2007 Missouri Legislature

• House Bill 444, the Senior Tax Justice Act,
  Passed - Signed Into Law By Governor Blunt July
  5, 2007
• Phased in state income tax exemption for military
  retirement pay at age 62

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2010 Missouri Legislative Goals

• Good Samaritan bill which would protect
  Guardsman from legal liability while performing
  state emergency duty during natural disasters 
• Others as determined to be in the best interest
  of the members of the MONGA this legislative
  year

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Strategic Legislative Strategy
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Guard Caucus

• House Guard and Reserve Caucus
• (168 members)
• Senate Guard Caucus
• (90 members)

Steve Buyer (R-IN) Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Kit Bond (R-MO) Pat Leahy (D-VT)
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Join Today!www.eangus.org

• The only association that has two things in
  common with YOU
• - National Guard
• - Enlisted
• Shouldnt you and all your troops be an EANGUS
  member today?
• For the price of a meal at a fast food
  restaurant
• 800-234-EANG (3264)
• www.eangus.org

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Membership Goals

• Every current member, recruit one new member or
  former member in 2010
• Increase MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS memberships by
  15 or more during 2010
• Stretch Goal Be the state with the greatest
  increase in national memberships by June 30, 2010
  

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Joining is Just the Beginning