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The Military Order of the Cootie of the United States (MOC, or simply Military Order of the Cootie) is a national honor degree membership association separately constituted as a subordinate and as an auxiliary order chartered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW). [1]
Patriot's Pen challenges students from grades 6-8, to enter to win one of 46 national awards totaling US$55,000, as well as $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the national first-place winner. Students draft a 300-400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic, annual theme chosen by the VFW Commander in Chief.
The first female auxiliary service in the Wehrmacht was the Army signals communications female auxiliaries, formed on 1 October 1940. Others followed suit, in the army and in the other services. Until December 1941, recruitment was by volunteer enlistment, but by that date unmarried women in the age group 18–40 years could be drafted into ...
Lady Elks – unofficial female Auxiliary operating at the local level. [6] Order of Royal Purple &– Canadian female auxiliary, open to women over 18 who have a close male family member who is an Elk [6] Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World – official auxiliary of the African American version of the ...
Because the GAR required members to be veterans of the Union, their numbers began to dwindle as generations passed. In New Jersey, the Ladies Loyal League was an auxiliary that was created by women who had evidence that they were related to Union veterans. This group never reached the same level of importance nor power of the WRC whose members ...
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The Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) is a non-profit U.S. military and veterans organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, chartered by the United States Congress that represents the interests of all members of the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine veterans and active duty personnel in the United States.
Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma), a group of British and Australian women who operated mobile canteens for the troops of Burma Command in World War II; Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland), a unit of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II; Women's Auxiliary Service (United Kingdom), a national voluntary organisation in the United Kingdom