Silicon Valley, California
Military Officers Association of America
General Local Information
We should display our
flag on these holidays.
Martin Luther
King Day - 3rd Monday in January.
Presidents' Day - 3rd Monday in February.
Armed Forces Day - 3rd Saturday in May, May 14th
Memorial Day - Last Monday in May.
Flag Day - June 14th.
Independence Day - July 4th.
Labor Day - 1st Monday of September.
Columbus Day - 2nd Monday in October.
Election Day - 1st Tuesday in November.
Veterans Day - November 11th.
Other
days to remember in 2007
Valentine's
Day - Wednesday, February 14th
Daylight Savings Time Begins, Sunday, March 11th
Mother's Day - Sunday, May 13th
Father's Day - Sunday, June 17th
Grandparent's Day - Sunday, September 9th
Daylight Savings Time Ends, Sunday, November 4th
Halloween - Wednesday, October 31st
Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22nd
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Friday, December 7th
Christmas - Tuesday, December 25th
New Years Eve, Monday, December 31st
New Years Day, Tuesday, January 1, 2008
529 Plans
Do you have a child or grandchild
that you would like to have a college education? 529 College Saving Plans
allow parents and grandparents to establish state sponsored investment
accounts for the benefit of a child or in some cases adult students. The
account earnings accumulate tax free and then may be withdrawn, again
free from federal taxes, to pay for most college expenses. Each state
establishes its own plan. For more information about 529 Plans, including
a state-by-state comparison, go to www.savingforcollege.com.
(excerpts for TROA Member Services Update, 6/19/2002)
Do you have a story to tell,
a memory to share or a piece of history to preserve? If so, visit the
Veterans History Project at www.loc.gov/folklife/.
The U.S. Congress created the Veterans History Project in October 2000.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is to collect
and preserve audio and video taped oral histories, along with documents
such as letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and home movies of America's
war veterans and those who served in support of them during World War
1, World War II and in the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars. This
web site invites your participation in this national effort.
Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program
Long term care enrollees are urged to use coordination services to prepare
for the future. The program's care coordination services are available
to develop a plan for the future. Having an idea of what is available
before there's a critical need can alleviate some of the stress involved
in decision making. Coordinators are available to assist with the process.
Call 1-800-582-3337 or go to their web site below. Eligible groups include
Active Duty and Retired Service Members, Selected Reservist and certain
family members. For Long Term Care Insurance information; log on to www.opm.gov/insure/ltc.
The Department of Veteran Affairs has published a new guide for Agent Orange related issues; log on to, www.va.gov/agentorange/docs/IDAO_Brochure.PDF.
Were you awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal? If so, you may want to join The Distinguished Flying Cross Society! You may contact them toll free at 1-866-332-6332 or visit their web site at www.dfcsociety.org.
Are you a golfer? The annual National Retired Military Golf Classic will be held May 30 - June 3, 2006 in Myrtle Beach, SC. For applications, call 1-800-255-4763 or 1-866-469-7853. Mailing address is; Retired Military Golf Classic; PO Box 3608, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 or go online at; www.patricia.com.
Are you at least 61 years and 9 months young and plan to start receiving SSA retirement benefits within four months? Then you can apply for Social Security retirement benefits online at www.ssa.gov/applytoretire. Just follow their instructions.
Wearing of the Uniform.
As a retiree,
you are authorized to wear the uniform for occasions of ceremony, patriotic
events, and other military-related functions. Some other events in which
wearing the uniform may be appropriate are memorial services, military
weddings, military funerals and meetings or functions of associations
formed for military purposes.
Wearing of the
uniform is prohibited in connection with personal enterprises or activities
of a business nature. Also, when participating in any demonstration, assembly
or activity whose purpose is furtherance of personal or partisan views
on political, social, economic or religious issues.
(Extract from Honors Newsletter, July 2002.)
Military Funeral Honors.
Upon request, the Department of Defense will provide military funeral
honors for the burial of military members and eligible veterans. A basic
military funeral honors ceremony consist of the folding and presentation
of the American Flag (provided by the VA) and the playing of Taps by a
bugler, if available, or by electronic recording. A funeral honors detail
to perform this cermony consists of two or more uniformed members of the
Armed Forces, with at least one member from the service in which the deceased
veteran served.
Family members should inform their funeral directors if they desire military funeral honors for a veteran. VA national cemetery staff can help arrange for honors and veterans service organizations or volunteer groups may help provide honors.
For more information, visit
the military funeral honors site: www.militaryfuneralhonors.osd.mil.
(extract from Honors Newsletter, July 2002)
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Senior Humor
An elderly gentleman (mid 90s)
very well dressed, hair well groomed, great
looking suit, flower in his lapel smelling slightly of a good after shave,
presenting a well looked-after image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge.
Seated at the bar is an elderly
looking lady, (mid 80s). The gentleman walks over,
sits alongside of her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns to her and says,
"So tell me, do I come here often?"
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An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years.
He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a
set of
hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor
said,
"Your hearing is perfect".
Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again."
The gentleman replied, "Oh,
I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around
and listen to the conversations.
I've changed my will three times!"
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Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench
under
a tree when one turns to the other and says:
"Slim, I'm 83 years old
now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know
you're about my age. How do you feel?"
Slim says, "I feel just like a newborn baby."
"Really!? Like a newborn baby!?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants. "
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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating,
the
wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking,
and one said, "Last night we went out to a
new restaurant and it was really great.
I would recommend it very highly.
The other man said, "What
is the name of the restaurant?" The first man
thought and thought and finally said,
"What is the name of that
flower you give to someone you love? You know...
the one that's red and has thorns."
"Do you mean a rose?"
"Yes, that's the one,"
replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen
and yelled,
"Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?
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Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients being discharged.
However, while working as a
student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman
already dressed and sitting on the bed with
a suitcase at his feet who insisted he didn't
need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being
rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the
elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
"I don't know," he
said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out
of her hospital gown."
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Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.
During a checkup, the doctor
tells them that they're physically okay, but
they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. "Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?" he asks.
"Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?"
"Sure."
"Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks.
"No, I can remember it."
"Well, I'd like some strawberries
on top, too. Maybe you should write it
down, so's not to forget it?"
He says, "I can remember
that. You want a bowl of ice cream with
strawberries?"
"I'd also like whipped
cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?"
she asks.
Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down, I can remember it!
Ice cream with strawberries
and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!"
Then he toddles into the kitchen.
After about 20 minutes, the
old man returns from the kitchen and hands his
wife a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment. "Where's my toast?"
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A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy: "So I hear you're
getting
married?"
"Yep!" "Do I know her?"
"Nope!"
"This woman, is she good looking?"
"Not really."
"Is she a good cook?"
"Naw, she can't cook too well."
"Does she have lots of money?"
"Nope! Poor as a church mouse."
"Well, then, is she good in bed?"
"I don't know."
"Why in the world do you want to marry her then?"
"Because she can still drive!"
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Three old guys are out walking.
First one says, "Windy, isn't it?"
Second one says, "No, it's Thursday!"
Third one says, "So am I. Let's go get a beer."
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A man was telling his neighbor, "I just bought a new hearing aid.
It cost me four thousand
dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect."
"Really," answered the neighbor. "What kind is it?"
Twelve thirty."
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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor
saw Morris walking down the street with a
gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the
doctor spoke to Morris and said, "You're really
doing great, aren't you?"
Morris replied, "Just
doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be
cheerful.'"
The doctor said, "I didn't
say that. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be
careful.'"
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A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself
slowly, painfully, up onto a stool.
After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, "Crushed nuts?"
"No," he replied, "Arthritis."
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
You
grow old because you stop laughing.