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- Good afternoon.

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My name is Major Brown.

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I work in the G1 of the 7th mission

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Support Command headquarters,

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here in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

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Additionally I am the Army

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Emergency Relief fund
representative for the command.

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I wanted to talk a little
bit about the program.

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The Army Emergency Relief fund,

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is soldiers helping soldiers.

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This normally comes in the form of,

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0% interest loans or grants.

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That can be used for rent,
food, emergency travel

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and vehicle repairs.

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What some people don't know

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about the Army Emergency Relief fund

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is that there's also opportunities

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for spouses and children to
get scholarships for school.

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Now eligibility is normally limited

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to Active Duty, AGR and soldiers,

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that are on Title 10 orders
for longer than 30 days.

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However, because of the
recent Corona virus,

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there have been exceptions
to policy put in place,

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for TPU soldiers, for extreme hardship.

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In order to access AER funds,

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one only needs to go to the ACS office,

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on the post near you or talk
to your chain of command,

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for the exception policy.

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If you'd like to donate
to the AER program,

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you can see myself,

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or learn more about the program

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at armyemergencyrelief.org

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and there's a part that
you can donate as well.

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