Thank you for taking the time to look at our new local website.  We will try and keep this site updated on a more regular basis.  As always the Idaho Enlisted Association is working on several big projects and we could definitely use all the help we can get.  Right now we are preparing for our National Conference next month in St. Louis Missouri to decide which legislative issues we will be fighting for to benefit our enlisted force.  Your Idaho contingent will try and get members in all of the committee meetings especially the Resolutions Committee which decides on the latest things to fight for in DC and the Legislative Committee which prioritizes our legislative goals for the next fiscal year.  We will also have a strong voice in the Resolutions committee to ensure that we aren’t railroaded with dues increases again this year.   Our National Enlisted Association is coming off a huge victory for us in securing Tricare medical benefits for gray area retirees and helping to lower the monthly premium of Tricare Reserve Select so we want to ensure that the focus of our National Association remains on Legislative issues before we will consider dues increases of any kind.     

Locally we are working on our Fall 2010 Young Patriot Scholarships, USO support for the 116^th deployment, Family Day preparations, local elections in November and our annual Washington DC trip visiting Idaho's two Senators and Congressman .  We are also planning on giving out (2) $1,500 scholarships this year to an EANGUS member or their child.  Please look at the scholarship section of this website for more info.  We are also working closely with the USO to get the USO mobile unit to Gowen Field for soldiers preparing to deploy later this year.  We also plan on our continued support of Family Day this year by handling vendor preparations and the Guardsmen of the Year Banquet by running the hospitality suite.  The hospitality suite is a great way for us to increase our membership, networking, and fundraising.  Finally, we are in the early stages of planning a Fall/Winter trip to Washington DC visiting Idaho's two Senators and Congressman to push for support of GI Bill equity and early retirement benefits for Guard members.  We will also ensure that Idaho’s entire congressional delegation is part of the National Guard Caucus.

As you can see there is always quite a bit on our plates which is why we are always looking for new energetic members to help us out in any way.  The membership dues are cheap and we only require as much time from you as you are willing to give.  Please take the time to look this entire website and if you have any questions at all please let me know.  My email address is chris_brearley@hotmail.com, Thank you,