Make Sure Your Congressional Memberships are Up To Date!

The Air Force Association realizes the critical importance of a healthy relationship with all of our elected officials and the particular link between AFA chapters and their national elected officials (both House and Senate). As a result, AFA has complimentary memberships available for each member of Congress. However, these memberships are available exclusively through AFA chapters and can only be initiated or continued if you take action.

All Members of Congress already receive a copy of Air Force Magazine in their office on Capitol Hill (as well as hundreds of other publications). The purpose of this complimentary membership program goes beyond that. It is to personalize and localize the membership, including chapter affiliation and the distribution of Air Force Magazine. That is why we are asking the local chapter to act in extending these memberships and that is also why we are asking each Congressional applicant to use his or her home address or home district office address.

To sign up a new Congressional member in your chapter, all you need to do is get the consent and contact information of the local office. We will not accept addresses on Capitol Hill. When a positive response is received, complete any AFA membership application in the name of the Member of Congress. Then write “CONGRESSIONAL” across the “Membership Options” section of the application. (Or you can download a Congressional membership Application off the website at http://www.afa.org/members/CongApp.pdf. Be sure to indicate whether the individual has any military experience in the “Eligibility” section, include chapter information and write in the name of the unit president as the sponsor. Please send the completed application to Bryan Larson at AFA Headquarters.

Members of Congress should be included in all chapter mailings and invitations, and either the Chapter President or Vice President for Government Relations (or both!) should keep up a reasonably frequent correspondence with these members. If you have any questions about this program, please contact Bryan Larson at blarson@afa.org or ext. 4805.

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