Missouri National Guard Association MONGA Membership Drive

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Missouri National Guard Association (MONGA)
Membership Drive
2009

• 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 1947
• 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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For 128 years, the National Guard Association
has been fighting for the citizen-soldiers who
fight for America.
President George W. Bush, Feb. 9,
2006
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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?
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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What has MONGA done for you?(Cont)

• 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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2009 Missouri Legislative Goals

• Passage of legislation that will exempt all
  military retirement pay, regardless of age, from
  Missouri state income tax.
• Others 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 2009
• Increase MONGA, NGAUS and EANGUS memberships by
  15 or more during 2009
• Stretch Goal Be the state with the greatest
  increase in national memberships by June 30, 2009
  

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Joining is Just the Beginning