Navy Marine Corps Relief Society

POTOMAC, Md. (Oct. 02, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) International Conference Banquet and gives thanks to the organization f More

POTOMAC, Md. (Oct. 02, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) International Conference Banquet and gives thanks to the organization f More

POTOMAC, Md. (Oct. 02, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) International Conference Banquet and gives thanks to the organization f More

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Mar. 05, 2018) Culinary Specialist Seaman Maya Aponte serves the crew cake during the kick-off to the active duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) aboard th More

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Capt. Timothy Keane, Japanese jurisdiction officer with the Staff Judge Advocates Office, delivers a speech during the kickoff of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s active duty fund drive at the Strike Zone More

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Washington, D.C. (Apr. 23, 2005) Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Michael Hagee looks on as Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark speaks at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Ball of 2005, held at the More

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 23, 2005) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England speaks at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Ball of 2005, held at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington, D.C. Mr. England spoke More

Norfolk, Va. (Oct. 14, 2006) Over 3,000 motorcycle riders attend the "Rumble through the Tunnels" event to raise money for the Navy-Marine Corps relief society. The event honors the Armed Forces and is sponsore More

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Oak Harbor, Wash. (Feb. 15, 2007) Aviation Structural Mechanic Equipment Airman Kimberly Leonard, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., looks at military uniforms in the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Thrift St More

SIGONELLA, Sicily (Mar. 01, 2007) Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella kicks off the annual Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) fund drive for its permanent and tenant commands during a cake cutting ceremony. More

BREMERTON, Wash. (May. 16, 2007) Navy Region Northwest Chief of Staff, Capt. Thomas Dargan, addresses and thanks volunteers of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) at Naval Base (NB) Kitsap Bremerton. T More

YORKTOWN, Va. (Mar. 21, 2008) Runners participate in the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) 5k run on board Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in an effort to raise money for NMCRS. Army Spc. Gabe Moore, assi More

Awards sit on a table during the annual Hampton Roads Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Recognition Luncheon at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. This event recognizes command teams and community volun More

Vice Adm. Mel Williams Jr., commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, kicks off U.S. 2nd Fleet's Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Fund Drive by signing his contribution with Command Master Chief Michael Stevens, Capt. Micha More

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (Mar. 26, 2009) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Sickles, assigned to Navy Recruiting Command, participates in the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society 5K Race at Navy Lake. Sickles finished More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 28, 2009) Members of the U.S. Navy Band Contemporary Music Ensemble, The Cruisers, perform during the 3rd annual Navy Band Silent Auction to benefit the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. More

Jo Walker, the visiting nurse for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society at Cherry Point, plays with two nine-month-olds, Autumn and Elizabeth Tucker, while making a home visit. Walker makes between three to five More

WASHINGTON (Apr. 17, 2010) Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway, left, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead thank guests for their contributions to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief More

GULFPORT, Miss. (May. 06, 2010) Finalists of the 2nd annual Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport Bee Wash clean the Bee. Naval Construction Battalion Construction Battalion Gulfport raised approximately More

Navy Marine Corps Relief Society volunteer Kate Carlsward, presents a Sailor with information about the costs associated with having a baby. NMCRS's Budget for Babies class provides sailors and Marines with fi More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason Beaty, Marine Corps Base Hawaii area coordinator, Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, holds up a card during the March 4 fund drive kickoff. Beaty and several other unit volunteers r More

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri, commanding general of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler and deputy commander of Marine Corps Bases Japan, awards Master Sgt. Armando Quintanilla, the assistant coordinator for the Navy M More

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Yokosuka's Assistant Director William Costello presents Master-at-Arms 1st Class Roberto Hayward, a sailor attached to Naval Air Facility Misawa, a certificate from the Navy-Mar More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 24, 2012) Retired Adm. Steve Abbot, President of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), makes closing remarks at the NMCRS Ball. Abbot thanked all of the guests for their generosity and More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert talks with sailors, soldiers and airmen at a base dining facility about the importance they all play in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert shakes hands with Senior Chief Aviation Maintenance Administration man Timothy L. Nettles, command senior enlisted adviser aboard the Avenger-class mine counterm More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, middle, and U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Thomas C. Krajeski, left, meet with Bahrain Defense Force Commander in Chief Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa to disc More

NORFOLK (Mar. 30, 2012) Christina Murray, director of Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), Little Creek, Kathy Nelson, director of NMCRS Norfolk, Capt. Erik Ross, commanding officer of the multipurpose amp More

Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class Thomas Peterson heaves a pie in to the face of Chief Aviation Boatswain Mate (Equipment) Andrew Thomasson during Naval Air Facility Misawa's "Pie in the Fac More

Lance Cpl. Nicholas Day vacuums dust and dirt on the windows of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society Thrift Store on Camp Pendleton, May 9. About a dozen Marines vacuumed, washed and dried the windows and windo More

Sgt. William French, an assistant section leader with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting and a Whittier, Calif., native, collects flyers from a Marine Corps Community Services booth during a Headquarters and Head More

Three-year-old Vanessa Duarte passed away Dec. 6, 1996 after falling ill from her second bilateral lung transplant. She was diagnosed with acute pulmonary hypertension. Her mother, then 23-year-old Sgt. Lawanda More

Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake speaks to Marine Corps Installations Pacific and III Marine Expeditionary Force leaders about the annual active-duty fund drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert joins Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos to deliver opening remarks at the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball in support of More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks at the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. This year's ball and silent auctio More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Guest of honor Lt. Brad Snyder, wounded warrior and gold medal para-olympian, makes his remarks at the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and his wife Darleen Greenert make their official entrance at the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball in support of the Navy-Marine Corp More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Retired Adm. Steve Abbot, president of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, and his wife Marjorie Abbot make their official entrance to the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball. This year's b More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks to guests at the 2013 Navy-Marine Corps Ball in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. This year's ball and sil More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 23, 2013) Retired Adm. Steve Abbot, president of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, and Josi Hunt, chairman of the Navy-Marine Corps Ball, present a check for $400,000 to the Navy-Marine Cor More

Sgt. Jack C. Dolley II, a navigation communication systems technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14, was cash-strapped when he learned that his mother passed away earlier this year. The NMCRS provi More

Station residents stand in line to get food during a cookout by the baseball field located in front of Building 1 here, March 29, 2013. The cookout was hosted by the station chow hall, with the Navy Marine Corp More

WASHINGTON (Apr. 01, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert fills out his Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) contribution form with the 2013 CNO NMCRS department representative Yeoma More

Col. John Farnam, right, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, dunks Lt. Col. Daniel Levasseur, left, commanding officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, into a dunk tank for a fund More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah A. E. Lowe, a Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point corpsman, checks a Marine at the Naval Health Clinic here April 8. Lowe used the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society in 2008 when she wa More

Seaman Dylan T. Adkinszimmerman, a corpsman with Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, practices putting on a thumb spica, which is used for sprained wrists, at the Naval Health Clinic here April 8. Shortly after a More

The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., provides financial assistance to active-duty service members, as well as retirees and family members.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii - Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ioannis Vrachnos (second from left), the Marine units Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society coordinator and native of Bridgeport, Conn., congratulates Marines and s More

Milena Medina and her husband check out items in the layette provided by the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society after the Budget for Baby workshop in building 219, Aug. 19, 2013. At the end of the class, eligible More

POTOMAC, Md. (Oct. 02, 2013) Chief of Chaplains Rear Adm. Mark Tidd gives the invocation at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) International Conference Banquet. The NMCRS' workforce is comprised of ne More

POTOMAC, Md. (Oct. 02, 2013) President and Chief Executive Officer of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) retired Adm. Steve Abbot thanks volunteers in the audience for all of their hard work during th More

“Auntie” Pat Phillips holds up one of several handmade cards she has crafted. Phillips sells the cards to support the Wounded Warrior Project and splits sales from her other sewn goods between the wounded warri More

SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 24, 2014) Sailors participate in a 'Polar Plunge' at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo to kick off the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society active duty fund drive. The event was designed to rais More

Lt. Col. Troy M. Pehrson signs an allotment form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s annual active duty fund drive at Cherry Point Tuesday. The fund drive kicks off Saturday and runs through the end of M More

SAN DIEGO (Mar. 03, 2014) Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, center, commander of Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and Navy Medicine West, Capt. Lisa Mulligan, left, NMCSD deputy commander, and Command Master More

Meredith Lozar, director of the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, Camp Pendleton, Calif., speaks to Marines during a dodgeball fundraising tournament to increase awareness for the organization and raise fun More

Carol Aquino crotchets a blanket at the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society office March 4 at Cherry Point. Aquino is a volunteer for the society and donates her time making blankets for babies, handling phone cal More

Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson speaks to Marines and sailors March 10 during the commencement ceremony for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active-Duty Fund Drive at the Camp Foster Community Center. The event More

Chief Warrant Officer Frank G. McKain Jr. was a single sergeant stationed in Washington, D.C., when a bank error motivated him to seek help from the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. McKain is a personnel offic More

Col. Brian P. Annichiarico, commanding officer Marine Corps Base Hawaii, speaks to unit representatives at the kick-off brief for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund Drive in classroom 2 of Co More

Chief Yeoman Ken Vinoya, originally from Bremerton, Wash., kicks off Navy Misawa's 2014 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society's fund drive, March 14, 2014. The Society provides financial assistance and education, as More

The 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, gives remarks during the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Ball in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2014. The Society provides financial assistance and edu More

The president of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), retired Navy Adm. Steve Abbot, second from left, presents a check for a $52,000 donation during the NMCRS Ball in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2014. More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 31, 2014) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert completes a contribution form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society as Senior Chief Yeoman Timothy Stickrod and Yeoman 2nd Cl More

A cake is presented to show appreciation to the volunteers at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society annual Volunteer Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Officers Club aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River More

Kimberly Watcher (left) and Izzy Carnes (right) practice countering a front choke during a self-defense class held at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 10, 2014. During the class, participants l More

Officials from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society met during the Volunteer Executive Board, Dec. 9. The purpose behind the board was to More

Retired Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Elder Hal Pierce, a service missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed as Santa, greets a resident of Nadamien Nursing Home in Iwakuni C More

The commanding officers and senior enlisted advisors of II Marine Expeditionary Force gather for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society kick-off aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 18, 2015. During More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta (front left), commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West-Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, selected staff and other area commanders and senior enlisted pers More

Col. Thomas A. Pecina speaks to Marines, sailors and civilians about the importance of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society March 16 at the Camp Foster Community Center at an event commemorating the start of th More

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, Combat Center Commanding General, addresses attendees during a breakfast coordinated by members of the Active Duty Fund Drive at the Officer’s Club, March 23, 2015. The Navy-Marin More

Maj. Gen. Mike Rocco, left, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, awards Capt. Eric Meyers, center, a 3rd MAW and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar fund drive representative for the Navy-Marine Corps R More

150610-N-IU636-040 PEARL HARBOR (June 10, 2015) Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) command representatives receive a certificate of appreciation during the Pearl Harbor NMCRS 2015 Fund Drive Award Ceremon More

Left to right: Megan McCarty, a Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society volunteer caseworker; Cheryl Milca, the NMCRS director; U.S. Marine Pfc. Karla Iannicelli, a personal property clerk with the base Distribution M More

Air Force spouse Elizabeth Torres and Allison Meeder, layette coordinator for the Kaneohe Bay branch of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, craft blankets during the society's knitting and crocheting circle, More

160216-N-IU636-006 PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 16, 2016) Capt. Ken Epps, commanding officer of Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center, Pearl Harbor and 2016 active duty fund drive chairman, delivers remar More

Ray Caldwell, director of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, Twentynine Palms Branch, explains the purpose of the Active Duty Fund Drive to Combat Center Unit representatives at the Village Center, Feb. 19, More

Pictured here with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s commanding officer Col. Chris Pappas III and Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Pangborn are volunteers with the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society were recognized for t More

160223-N-IU636-067 PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 23, 2016) Builder 1st Class Brandon Sparks, a participant of the 2016 Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) Pacific Trials, joins in a panel discussion during the NWW - Safe Harbor's More

Master Gunnery Sgt. Tarik Inge addresses guests at the 2016 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund kickoff March 1, aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The NMCRS is a nonprofit organization that prov More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Nard, a religious program specialist with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion serving in Okinawa, Japan, tells his story about how the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society helped support him More

Gunnery Sergeant Ronald Dorval, a career planner with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, serving in Okinawa, Japan, tells his story about how the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society helped support him when More

WASHINGTON (Mar. 17, 2016) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson completes a contribution form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society as CNO staff NMCRS representative Yeoman 2nd Class Kerry Gr More

As the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society kicks off its annual fund raiser aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Col. Sekou S. Karega leads by example, signing a form which allocates a specific doll More

SLADE CUTTER PARK, NORFOLK, VA - Marines and sailors take part in a softball tournment to raise awareness for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, March 24. The units who participated include Headquarters and More

Yvonne Richaudeau Skidmore shows some of the baby blankets she’s made for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society-Bethesda chapter. In her 22 years of volunteering, she’s made more than 1,300 baby blankets that ha More

WASHINGTON (Apr. 05, 2016) Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Michelle Howard completes a contribution form for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) as NMCRS representative Yeoman 2nd Class Lat More

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Apr. 06, 2016) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Andre Laturno, from Woodbridge, Virginia, smashes a pie in the face of Cmdr. Rodney Hagerman, senior medical officer, during the Navy-Marine Corps Rel More

NORFOLK (April 19, 2016) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) speak to a Morale, Welfare and Recreation representative during Mason's Health and Wellness Fair. Mason is in port at Nava More

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan – Marines and sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force raise funds for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society by participating in competitive group sports April 29, 2016 on Camp Han More

Michelle Budzien thanks the personnel on Marine Corps Installations Pacific for their contributions during the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund Drive ceremony May 23 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa More

From left to right, Patrick Szigeti, Marine Corps Community Services director, Kiyotaka Nozaki, Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau deputy procurement director, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert V. Boucher, Marine Corps More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jillian Johnson helps sort a box of clothes hangers while volunteering at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Thrift Shop aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 24, 2016. Johnson More

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Oct. 14, 2016) Capt. Stephen H. Murray, commanding officer of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division, left, and Gordon Bourns, honorary Inland Empire Navy Birthday Ball chairman More

161023-N-XP344-014 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Oct. 23, 2016) Chief Petty Officer Michael Hancock, center, receives a letter of appreciation for his work and command coordination efforts in the 2016 Navy-Ma More