Educate Engage ExciteCandace WheelerVice PresidentStrategic Communications & Marketing

Uniting to Protect EARNED Benefits

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Over 2 Million Service Members,

Veterans, Military Families,

Survivors, Persons with Disabilities,

Employees, Concerned Citizens

Standing United To Protect

Military Resale And

Service Members’EARNED

Commissary & Exchange Benefits

Increase Advocacy Consistent Message

Fighting to Protect EARNED Benefits

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Fighting to Sustain EARNED Benefits

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60,000 Advocacy Messages Sent #BudgetBattle Campaign

Don’t Tax Military People First Alert - 44,000 Storming the Hill

Don’t Balance Budget on the Backs of Those Who Serve Alert - 15,000

“Between the FY14 and FY15 pay caps, the purposed BAH reductions, the planned reductions in commissary savings, and the new health care fees, an E-5 family of four would experience a loss of nearly $5,000 in purchasing power annually and an O-3 family of four would experience a loss of nearly $6,000 in purchasing power annually.”

Advocating for EARNED Benefits

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“Uniformed and civilian leaders have created a perfect storm, providing political top cover to slash pay and benefits with repeated, alarming – and noticeably misleading – statements on personnel cost growth.”

“This ‘quadruple whammy’ of capping pay, increasing out-of-pocket expenses for housing, consolidating TRICARE, and slashing commissary benefits would be four giant steps towards repeating past insidious measures that led to retention and readiness problems.”

The Military Coalition (TMC) Testifies Before Congress and MOAA “Storms the Hill”

Wait for Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission Report

Advocating for EARNED Benefits

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“You know that commissaries are a core benefit of the military family, an integral part of total compensation. Military families see 30% savings by shopping at commissaries. They save up to $4,400 dollars a year. The Pentagon plan would crush that savings hitting families right in the pocket book.

The strangulation plan the Pentagon has foisted out would mean higher prices at the commissaries making commissary shopping less attractive. Resulting in fewer customer visits, diminished sales. It would also cause a deep drop in sales at exchanges, exchanges which pay for Morale Welfare and Recreation programs, such as child care, sports programs for the family.”

Valued Associates Strongly Supporting Military Commissary

Sustainment Act.Introduced by Senators Warner & Chambliss,

House Bill introduced by Representative Forbes

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Grassroots Advocates Join Fight

#KeepYourPromise Joins Fight to Protect Commissary Benefit

“This is a pay cut, pure and simple.”

“Anyone who tells you otherwise is playing an inside-the-beltway,

fuzzy-math game that doesn't take into account the bottom line for most military families.

It’s going to be painful.”

Jeremy Hilton, Co-Founder #KeepYourPromise Alliance

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Engaging Employees and Patrons

• Engaging commissary employees and patrons to TAKE ACTION NOW!

• Sending Capwiz messages to Congress and President.

• Sharing Call to Action alerts and posts with commissary employees through Facebook, website, and handouts.

Visual Media Campaign

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Streamlined Homepage

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Facebook Retooled and Energized

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Twitter Helping Drive Message

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• Launched Twitter duringMOAA #BudgetBattle week

• Helping drive message• Increasing Facebook followers• Handle @saveourbenefits• https://twitter.com/saveourbenefits • Following Patrick Nixon @nixonala

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2,280 Messages Sent in 5 Days!

13,000 Advocacy Messages Attention Save Our Benefit

Member Alerts

Fighting to Protect Resale Benefits

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Strong Congressional Support

Congressman Joe WilsonChairman Military

Personnel SubcommitteeAnd Strident Supporter

of Military Resale Addresses ALA Members

Strong Congressional Support

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Faces Behind the Bases

Worthy Causes Affected by Cuts

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