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- [Announcer] One of the many challenges

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of being a service member is balancing work

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and personal responsibilities,

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which can be difficult at times.

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The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society promotes

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mission accomplishment by enhancing service member

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and family financial readiness.

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- Today was the 2017 Active Duty Fund Drive kick off

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and it's where senior leadership

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and members of the community who wanna join,

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Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society volunteers

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and the Active Duty Fund Drive coordinator

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all get together and the station command to kick off

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the Active Duty Fund Drive.

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- [Announcer] The Fund Drive brought

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service members together to pull and build comradery,

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all while raising awareness for NMCRS.

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- When service members actually have

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any financial difficulties or stress

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from their financial situations,

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it impacts their mission readiness.

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If you're you know dealing with I can't feed my family,

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or I can't pay my bills,

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it's gonna be really hard for you to focus

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on your actual duty as a military member or anywhere else

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and so the idea of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

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is that we can provide you access to our services 24/7.

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- [Announcer] This type of event highlights the significant

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impact these organizations have on our community.

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- The Active Duty Fund Drive,

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it helps educate service members

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on the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

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and it also helps raise money to support

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service members and their families.

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So 97 cents of every dollar actually turns back around

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and it helps the Sailors, Marines and their families.

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- [Announcer] The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

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are the four star rating from Charity Navigator,

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which is the largest and most used evaluator

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for charities in the US for the third consecutive year.

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Reporting from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan,

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I'm Lance Corporal Emily Kirk.