If you need to send an emergency military message contact the Indiana County Chapter of the American Red Cross by calling:
1-877-272-7337
How You Can Help
Because the military so often serve in remote areas of the world with unreliable mail and telephone systems, Red Cross emergency communications service provides a vital link with home. This around-the-clock, around-the–world emergency communication network is available to the men and women of our Armed Forces and their families during times of personal emergencies. The service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, at no cost to service personnel or their families. It provides military members and their families interest-free loans and grants, if needed, when urgent personal crises arise, such as an illness or death in the family.
American Red Cross messages allow the service members and their commanders to make informed decisions on matters such as the need for emergency leave. The Indiana County Chapter can also connect Active Duty, Reserve or National Guard service members, their families, and veterans with other agencies that provide help.
The Red Cross keeps military personnel in touch with their families following the death or serious illness of a family member, the birth of a child, or in response to other family emergencies. Red Cross emergency messages provide military personnel and their commanders with fast, reliable information to help them make decisions regarding emergency leave, deferment, compassionate reassignment and dependency discharge.
Regular communication between service members and their families is ordinarily no problem, but long periods with no communication can be worrisome. The Red Cross can help. Through our worldwide network, we can communicate with the installation or ship where the service person is stationed. Families will receive a report on the service person’s status, easing the families’ peace of mind. Also, service members can request the same service related to their family back home.
