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For Military Assistance
Please call...
219.874.4247 or 888.632.4355
After hours
call our 24/7 pager
877.210.5218
Using the lastest computer and telecommunications technology, the Red Cross allows military members stationed all over the world and their families to send messages to loved ones back home during an emergency or other important event. These communications are delivered around-the-clock, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
If you need to contact a loved one in the service, please have this information ready when calling...
Branch of Service
Rank
Full name
Social Security Number
Date of Birth
Current Military Address
Your name, address and phone number where we can contact you
Your relationship to serviceperson
Any information you wish for us to pass along must be verified prior to sending the message...
If you reason for calling is a medical reason, we must know Doctors name and phone number so we can verifiy the medical issue. You may have to call prior to give them permission to release this information to us!
If you are calling because of a death in the family, we will need the doctors name, hospital, hospice or funeral home and their phone numbers. Having the arrangements at this time is helpful if requesting presence.
If you are sending a message of a new arrival, again we will have to verify the birth.
If you have not heard from the serviceperson in quite a while and it is unussual you have not been contacted, we can send a Health & Welfare requesting the serviceperson to give you a call or write you a letter.
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