Yes, and they're there too. It doesn't necessarily have to be as a member of the LA. The ladies' auxiliary is extremely important to branch life. If it wasn't for a lot of the ladies' auxiliaries, the branches wouldn't be able to function, because they do raise a lot of money. They do the cooking. They do all the things in trying to raise money to support the branch.
The military psyche and mentality is that of a closed family. When we deployed we had rear parties that looked after our families, internal to the military. Every base now, whenever a unit deploys, has that internal organization called the rear party that looks after all of the needs of the family. All that the spouse of the family needs to do is contact the rear party and ask them what they need and it will be provided to them.
The military on bases tends to group together. What we're trying to do is talk to our branches that are close to make sure they have very good ties with the base organization and that they know what kind of support we can provide them through the branch, through our service officers, and through the ladies' auxiliary. As we get that information out, that's where we're trying to assist those people.