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SUBJ/2018 ACTIVE DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
RELIEF SOCIETY//

REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5340.7/8FEB1999//AMPN/REF A IS SECNAVINST 5340.7, ACTIVE 
DUTY FUND DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY (NMCRS)//

RMKS/1.  The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) has provided need-based 
financial assistance to Sailors, Marines, their families, surviving spouses 
and orphans for more than a century.  They also provide financial education, 
budget counseling, thrift shops, and visiting nurses to help address the 
unique challenges of military life and service.  With offices on every major 
Navy and Marine Corps installation around the globe, NMCRS provided a 
financial life line for nearly 60,000 Sailors, Marines, Retirees and Sea-
service families with more than $45 million in interest-free loans and grants 
in 2017.

2.  On 1 March 2018, the Department of the Navy (DON) kicked off its annual 
active duty fund drive in support of the NMCRS.  This is an all hands effort.  
I ask for your leadership and support at every level to ensure a most 
successful campaign.  Our senior leaders must communicate to our Service 
Members the value, importance, and benefit that we all derive from the 
society’s diverse offerings of financial assistance, programs and services.

3.  The DONs goal for the 2018 active duty fund drive is $12.5 million.  To 
increase situational awareness NMCRS has designed a web-based tool for 
monitoring our efforts.  I encourage command triads to maximize its use.  
While striving for 100 percent meaningful contact with our Sailors and 
Marines we will only have a DON-level goal.  I am confident that with 
enthusiastic leadership our goal is achievable.

4.  Consistent with rules for the use of appropriated funds, commanders may 
authorize the use of appropriated funds for traditional kickoff events, 
recognition ceremonies, and other non-solicitation events to support the 
active duty fund drive.

5.  Released by the Honorable Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy.//

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