REMEMBER - If you need assistance, or run into an emergency call
the CDO.The Navy Marine Corp Relief Society can provide financial emergency
assistance based upon need, through either loans or, when there is a particular
hardship, grants. Categories of financial assistance includes: Basic living
expenses (food, shelter, utilities), medical not covered by CHAMPUS, dental not
covered by DDP, funeral expenses, emergency transportation, essential car
repair, pay and allotment problems, disasters and assistance for widows, mothers
and children. The American Red Cross can also help in times of emergency. Quick
communications with home about family emergencies, including verification of
dealth or serious illness or immediate family, birth announcements to fathers
deployed overseas, and health and welfare reports resulting from a lack of
communication over a long period of time. The American Red Cross offers
financial assistance for military personnel and their immediate families in the
form of interest free loans or grants when a loan would place a greater hardship
on the family.