Do you have a family emergency and need to contact an Armed Forces family member? Caseworkers are available to assist you 24-hours a day, seven days a week.   If you are a resident in one the following counties:

American Red Cross communication services help to keep families in touch with military personnel following the death or serious illness of a family member, the birth of a child, or other family emergencies. The Red Cross can send messages quickly, anywhere in the world - to ships at sea, an embassy, and even to isolated military units. Each year, the American Red Cross provides emergency communication services to half a million military personnel and their families.

Active duty and community-based military can count on the Red Cross to provide emergency communications, emergency financial assistance, counseling, veterans assistance, and aid in the field where Red Cross workers are deployed to serve with America's military.

PROCEDURES:
With your contact information ready you must call 706-323-5614.   This number will be answered at all times - emails are not monitored at night, weekends, and during the day with frequency so a phone call is REQUIRED.
We are not responsible for any delays if you use an email to initiate emergency communication requests to the Red Cross.nnel following the death or serious illness of a family member, the birth of a child, or other family emergencies. The Red Cross can send messages quickly, anywhere in the world - to ships at sea, an embassy, and even to isolated military units. In 1999 the American Red Cross provid

Active duty and community-based military can count on the Red Cross to provide emergency communications, emergency financial assistance, counseling, veterans assistance, and aid in the field where Red Cross workers are deployed to serve with America's military.



PROCEDURES:

With your contact information ready you must call 706-323-5614.   This number will be answered at all times - emails are not monitored at night, weekends, and during the day with frequency so a phone call is REQUIRED.



We are not responsible for any delays if you use an email to initiate emergency communication requests to the Red Cross.tion requests to the Red Cross.
Do you need to send an emergency message to an Armed Forces family member?   If so, please have the following information ready when you call:

   * Service Member's Full Name
   * Rank/Rating
   * Branch of Service
   * Social Security Number
   * Military Address Where Deployed
   * Home Base Unit
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     THEN and NOW - Always There               for Soldiers and their Families
What began more than a hundred years ago with Clara Barton tending to needs of soldiers on the Civil War battlefield and reaching out to their families back home, has grown to a wide range of Red Cross services to military families today.
One of the most important Red Cross missions to the Armed Forces is the 24/7 connection between soldiers overseas and their families back home during family emergencies. A commitment that means peace of mind for military families around the world.
THEN.