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ANSO Norfolk Chapter Meeting
March 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join our monthly ANSO Norfolk Chapter meeting! We will have a joint conversation and training on topics like Good Financial Strategies, Emotional Intelligence, Commissioning Programs, Leadership, Effective Communication, Mentorship, and much more. In addition, at the end of our meeting, we will have a networking and social section to allow members to connect and seek potential mentors. “Adelante con ANSO!”
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with peers and leaders stationed in Hampton Roads area!
Become a ANSO member Today! Visit: https://www.ansomil.org/why-join-anso/
ANSO Norfolk Chapter
Invitation to 2023 Western Region Symposium
ANSO Familia,
The 2023 Western Region Symposium is shaping up to be our best symposium yet. For more details visit our events page. We will have more sponsorship details soon. Marines, the MARADMIN supporting the event has been released and is posted to our events page. We also just launched our 2023 WRS YouTube playlist where we will be posting more event videos like the invite video below. Everyone is invited! Hope to see you all there!
Happy Birthday America!
ANSO Familia!
We wish you and your families a very happy and safe 4th of July. And to all our brothers and sisters on duty today and everyday, thank you for keeping the watch. Happy Independence Day!
ANSO President 2023 ERS Message
CAPT Roy Love, USN (Ret) invites everyone to the upcoming Eastern Region Symposium. Participation can be in person or virtually. Register today!
April 2023 Message
En Familia, April 2023
April and May celebrate the valuable contributions of military families. April is the month of the military child and May honors military spouses. Those in uniform and retirees know how much military families sacrifice for the nation. Military families make a difference daily by responding to a call they did not volunteer for and supporting their Service Members without fully understanding the complexities of military life.
The military lifestyle requires constant changes, increased adaptability, multiple moves, and high levels of flexibility. Resilience becomes an integral part of the heart of military families. Every set of orders generates uprooting and replanting cycles impacting homes, friends, hobbies, schools, and other activities. Military families find ways to remain fruitful through the challenges of deployments, exercises, long hours, training, and demanding lives. While the journey is full of requirements, military families find a way to move forward.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III recently released a plan to strengthen the well-being of military families and the U.S. military force. This plan described the following six lines of effort:
- Universal prekindergarten at Department of Defense Education Activity schools. Congress is helping identify funding for this program.
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts for Service Members. Dependent Care FSAs will partially alleviate financial pressure affecting Service Members with dependents.
- New military parental leave benefits. The new parental leave benefits offer 12 weeks of paid, non-chargeable leave to Service Members welcoming a child through birth, adoption, or long-term foster care.
- Improvements to the Exceptional Family Member Program. The DoD plans to make the EFM program work more effectively for military families.
- Expanded spouse eligibility for My Career Advancement Account financial assistance. This helpful program will cover E-6 and O-3 military spouses in obtaining a license, certificate, or associate degree.
- Portability and best practices for professional licenses. The DoD plans to keep advocating for military families holding professional licenses facing challenges in portability after moving while executing orders. The goal is to increase employment opportunities for military spouses after relocation.
ANSO joins in these military families’ observances. Part of our Latino/Hispanic heritage is the value of family. The most recent U.S. Census data highlights how 90% of Latino/Hispanic parents share meals frequently with their children (Mayol-Garcia, 2022). Family meals together increase positive youth outcomes and lead to improved family functioning. As Service Members from a Latino/Hispanic heritage, building lasting memories with our families becomes foundational. These are the times to share our values, discuss what gives meaning and purpose in life, and express the importance of sacrificial living as the basics of military life.
En Familia, ANSO celebrates, honors, and appreciates military families!
Mayol-Garcia, Y. (October 11, 2022). 90% of Hispanic Parents Shared Frequent Meals With Their Children. United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/10/family-dinner-more-common-hispanic-and-immigrant-families.html
2023 Eastern Region Symposium
June 6, 2023 @ 7:00 am – June 8, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
Our annual east coast flagship event is being coordinated the Norfolk Chapter and will be held 06-08 June 2023 at the Vista Point Catering & Conferencing Center onboard Naval Base Norfolk. A virtual option will be available and details are TBD. Check the event webpage for all details.
ANSO Norfolk Chapter Meeting
February 22, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join our monthly ANSO Norfolk Chapter meeting! We will have a joint conversation and training on topics like Good Financial Strategies, Emotional Intelligence, Commissioning Programs, Leadership, Effective Communication, Mentorship, and much more. In addition, at the end of our meeting, we will have a networking and social section to allow members to connect and seek potential mentors. “Adelante con ANSO!”
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with peers and leaders stationed in Hampton Roads area!
Become a ANSO member Today! Visit: https://www.ansomil.org/why-join-anso/
ANSO Norfolk Chapter
ANSO Norfolk Chapter Meeting
November 16, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join our monthly ANSO Norfolk Chapter meeting! We will have a joint conversation with CAPT Javier Medina (ANSO Norfolk President), LCDR Diego Londoño (ANSO National Chaplain), CWO2 Yandy Hernández (ANSO National Secretary), and many more amazing leaders on topics like Good Financial Strategies, Emotional Intelligence, Commissioning Programs, Leadership, Effective Communication, Mentorship, and more. In addition, at the end of our meeting we will conduct a networking and social section to allow member to connect and seek potential mentors. Adelante con ANSO! Nuestra Familia.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to network with peers and leaders stationed in Hampton Roads area!
Become a ANSO member Today! Visit: https://www.ansomil.org/why-join-anso/
ANSO Norfolk Chapter
October 2022 Message
En Familia
The last few months have been a continuous celebration of the Sea Services’ birthdays. Starting with the Coast Guard’s 232nd birthday celebration on 4 August, to the 247th birthday of the U.S. Navy on 13 October, and now the celebration of the 247th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps on 10 November. We take time to celebrate these special occasions because these pauses to wear our best uniforms, participate in formal galas, partake in cake cuttings, enjoy the suck of a great run, or build camaraderie with our peers is what shape our traditions by providing meaning and purpose to our cause.
While sharing common values in the intersection of our missions, each branch intentionally reaffirms a sense of direction, pride, and belonging during these birthday celebrations. Still, it is in each member to embrace the invitation and, more so, in each one of us to inspire our peers to connect with the reason that brought us to service. Even if the reasons that brought someone into the service were egocentric, most Service Members during their time in uniform have had a moment in which sacrifice makes sense. Whether this is because of family, peers, honor, respect, or just confidence, the reason to serve that gives meaning to all we do comes alive and leads to transcendence.
As recipients of the appreciation and gratitude of our nation on Veterans Day, this is a perfect time to connect with the reason to serve for whatever term we wore or are still wearing the uniform. The smile on the face, the gut feeling deep inside, the tear or almost emotional outburst that connects with memories, are part of the range of reactions during ceremonies, special meals, or a “thank you for your service” echoes in our ears. Today on Veterans Day, the combat spirit is revived, sacrifices re-framed, allowing our unique narratives to place us back to the first day we stood ready to serve.
We celebrate what Veterans and military families have done to support and defend our constitution, flag, and citizens. Today, as we hear someone expressing their appreciation or the sound of our Star-Spangled Banner, may we connect with the legacy of military service of those who have served, are currently serving, or are preparing to join our fight with honor. We join our ANSO members, partners, and leaders to wish you a Happy Veterans Day and thank you for your dedicated service to our nation!