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Why Join?
Networking opportunities
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Gain access to our online and printed annual membership directories — great resources for those seeking career counseling or new job leads.
Financial Aid
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Enhance your professional credentials by taking advantage of the assistance AFPAA offers through our Dalton Scholarship and PRSA accreditation stipend programs.
Tricks of the Trade
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Want to learn how the legends of the career field met their PA challenges? Benefit from the wealth of information you'll find in our Oral Histories and the Public Affairs Hall of Fame.
Quarterly Newsletter
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Get news about what’s happening in PA, reports about AFPAA activities, and stories about our members.
Annual Reunion and Membership Meeting
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A three day get-together of current and former PAs held near an active base with chances to network, see old friends, make new ones, and for those no longer in uniform, get “re-blued.”
Who's Eligible?
Full Membership is open to:
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All active, Reserve, and Guard 3NXXX or 35X members and Air Force civilians in a core Public Affairs occupational series or assigned to a Public Affairs office.
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All veterans and retirees, military or civilian, who worked in an active, Reserve, or Guard unit in any of the specialities of the Public Affairs career field – Band, Broadcasting, Visual Information / Combat Camera, and Public Affairs.
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Civil Air Patrol and Air Force Orientation Group members.
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Full members have voting rights and can hold office.
Adjunct Membership is open to:
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Spouses, widows, or widowers of those eligible for membership as Full or Life Members.
Affiliate Membership is open to:
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Any person not eligible for Full or Adjunct membership may become a member if recommended by the Membership Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.
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