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Armed Forces Emergency Services
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Red Cross provides services to soldiers at Fort Dix, NJ. Photo courtesy of
Getty Images.
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Around the clock and around the globe,
During times of personal crisis,
We keep the American people
In touch with their family members
Serving in the United States Military.
The Red Cross Movement began on the battlefield. Today, that same spirit is present wherever United States military troops are located. American Red Cross employees and volunteers are here to meet the special needs of military personnel stationed around the world. The American Red Cross provides reporting and communication services through a network which links members of the military any place in the world with their loved ones back home.
How do we do it?
- With 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year emergency communication services reaching military installations, embassies and ships at sea around the world.
- With 26,831volunteers serving in Red Cross chapters throughout the United States and on military installations worldwide.
- With a worldwide emergency communication network with two Armed Forces Emergency Centers, 987 chapters across the nation and offices on 109 military installations around the world.
How did we perform in 2002?
- 476,956 incoming calls received in the Armed Forces Emergency Service Centers.
- 732,004 outgoing calls from the Armed Forces Emergency Services Center.
- 74,524 e-mail messages transmitted by the Armed Forces Emergency Service Centers.
- $4,143,625 in emergency financial aid to 4,145 service members, their families, retired military personnel and widows of retired military personnel in partnership with the military aid societies.
- $376,371 in emergency financial aid to 477 National Guard and Reserve members through the American Red Cross National Guard Assistance Program.
- 339,642 National Guard, Reserve and ROTC personnel briefed through the Get to Know Us Before You Need Us Program in communities throughout the United States, up 85 percent from the previous year.
- 523,660 military families received direct assistance from the Red Cross, up from 475,690 the previous year.
- 767,066 Armed Forces Emergency Services family services provided, up 10 percent from the previous year.
Last year the Berkshire County Chapter served 140 members of the Armed Forces From Berkshire County by Emergency Communications, Financial Assistance and Information and Referrals.
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