"Secretary Of Defense," Fox News Personality And K-9S For Warriors Supports Military Benefit Association And The 39th Marine Corps Marathon

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"Secretary Of Defense," Fox News Personality And
K-9S For Warriors Supports Military Benefit
Association And The 39th Marine Corps Marathon
1888PressRelease - Military Benefit Association,
the nations premier non-for-profit military
benefits provider, joins forces with two-time
Super Bowl Champion, Dexter Manley, Fox News
personality, retired Army Col. David Hunt and K-9
for Warrior's Capt. Jason Haag at the 39th
running of the Marine Corp Marathon. MBa will be
there to help educate, empower, and protect
service members, veterans, government
employees. Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV - The
Military Benefit Association will host the
"Secretary of Defense," a national Fox News
personality and an American hero during Marine
Corps Marathon weekend from Thurs, Oct. 23 to
Sat., Oct 25, 2014 at the D.C. Armory. "We are
super-excited to have Col. David Hunt from Fox
News, two-time Super Bowl Champion, Dexter Manley
a.k.a. the 'Secretary of Defense,' and Capt.
Jason Haag from K9s for Warriors with his service
dog Axel, supporting our booth at the MCM Health
and Fitness Expo," said Military Benefit
Association president, Roy L. Gibson. "This great
group of celebrities is excited about meeting and
greeting expo attendees. Visit MBA and register
to win a classic piece of history!"
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MBA will be raffling off an autographed Jesse
Owens collage for any attendee who is eligible to
sign up for a free ten-thousand dollar accidental
death and dismemberment insurance policy. Visit
MBA at booth 248 fill out an ADD application and
get a free raffle entry for this historic
memorabilia item. Eligible personnel include
active military, Nationals Guardsman, Reservists,
veterans, government service professionals and
their spouses. Founded in 1956, by military
members, this non-profit association, Armed
Forces Enlisted Personnel Benefit Association,
sponsored term life insurance programs. Through
sustained success the company changed their name
to Military Benefit Association
(www.militarybenefit.org) in 1963 and currently
supports all military personnel, veterans,
federal government employees and their
dependents. At MBA, there is one clear mission
to make quality life insurance affordable for
everyone. MBA remains true to that mission today.
As a true not-for-profit company, MBA is
dedicated to their membership not the bottom
line. "Through our not-for-profit company's
success, we are poised to give back to our
military community the Marine Corps Marathon
gives us a great opportunity to do that," said
Gibson. "MBA was created to support our military,
veterans and our federal employees. Many of our
members are recreational runners or marathoners.
Giving them the opportunity to meet these
celebrities, get an autograph or photo is just
MBA's way of saying 'thanks'."
K9s for Warriors, Capt. Jason Haag and his
service dog, Axel, will greet visitors in booth
248 on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 from 1230 p.m. to
330 p.m. Col.
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(Retired) David Hunt, Fox News personality will
meet attendees from 1100 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat.,
Oct 24, 2014 with Dexter Manley following on
Sat., Oct 25, 2014 from 230 p.m. to 430 p.m.
"Having a presence at the third largest U.S.
marathon is close to home for the MBA family.
Supporting military-centric or government-centric
events is important to our company values," said
Gibson. "We are excited to be sponsoring this
great race!" This is the thirty-ninth running
of the Marine Corps Marathon in the nation's
capital. The weekend kicks off on Thurs., Oct. 23
2014 with the Health Exposition and continues
through the end of the race on Sun., Oct. 26
2014. The health exposition will be held in the
Washington, D.C. Armory located at 2001 East
Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. The
armory is accessible by Metrorail, Metrobus and
two major highways. Parking is available but
limited on the armory grounds. MBA is a
commercial sponsor for the Marine Corps Marathon
weekend. Visit MBA at www.militarybenefit.org.
The point of contact for MBA is Carl S. Ey at
202.803.1515 or carl.ey ( _at_ ) mammothglobalpartner
s dot com.