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In
1905, the U.S. Congress granted a charter to the American Red Cross
that required the organization to act "in accord with the military
authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the
United States and their armed forces..." Since that charter was
granted, the Red Cross has provided emergency communications to
members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families around the
world.
The Mount Washington Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross
keeps
military personnel in touch with their families here at home,
following the death or serious illness of a family member or the
birth of a child, or in response to other family emergencies. Red
Cross emergency messages provide military personnel and their
commanders with fast, reliable information to help them make
decisions regarding emergency leave deferment, compassionate
reassignment, and dependency discharge. |
