Amy Petrenko

I helped identify that Tricare South had forgotten to include any diabetic supplies in their formulary. The association presented this to Congress and helped all diabetics reduce their out of pocket expenses in the southern military health care system.
I also was honored by President Bush in 2007 with the Freedom Corps Volunteer Award when he came to Ft. Bragg to welcome home the 82nd Airborne Division when they returned from 15 months in combat.
Communicated with legislators in 2006-2007… Show more

I helped identify that Tricare South had forgotten to include any diabetic supplies in their formulary. The association presented this to Congress and helped all diabetics reduce their out of pocket expenses in the southern military health care system.
I also was honored by President Bush in 2007 with the Freedom Corps Volunteer Award when he came to Ft. Bragg to welcome home the 82nd Airborne Division when they returned from 15 months in combat.
Communicated with legislators in 2006-2007 in North Carolina that the Military Children's Interstate Compact needed to be implemented so that students transitioning between states could still meet high school requirements so that they could graduate on time.
In the fall of 2007 in Oklahoma I contacted state legislators to thank them for signing the interstate compact that summer and ask them to help seniors who had just moved into the state. The example was a young man who wanted to play sports and thus had to be enrolled in school 4 of 6 periods but only needed 3 classes offered at the school. He was told that he could enroll in college classes but the laws said he had to participate in classes during high school hours. Unfortunately there were no classes available during that timespan when he arrived a week before school. After talking with legislators and the superintendent, we explained that the MCIC should help schools be flexible and allow the young man to take classes anytime during the day. He was allowed to take 2 college classes each semester and come home to study during the 2 extra periods of the high school day instead of sitting in study hall. Show less

I helped start and co advised the 82nd Airborne Division Wounded Warrior Committee. We helped supply break away clothing and other items to wounded warriors when they were being treated at Brooke Army Hospital and Walter Reed Army Hospital.

I represented my husband's military Battalion from 2000-2002 and then his Brigade from 2005-2006 in monthly information meetings. Then when my husband was the Chief of Staff of the Division from 2006-2008, I helped plan and conducted the meetings to bring in information and speakers that needed to be shared with all military families in the 82nd Airborne Division. We also planned social events and fundraisers for all spouses in the 36 Battalions of the Division.
While the Command and Staff… Show more

I represented my husband's military Battalion from 2000-2002 and then his Brigade from 2005-2006 in monthly information meetings. Then when my husband was the Chief of Staff of the Division from 2006-2008, I helped plan and conducted the meetings to bring in information and speakers that needed to be shared with all military families in the 82nd Airborne Division. We also planned social events and fundraisers for all spouses in the 36 Battalions of the Division.
While the Command and Staff Spouses organization was a private organization from spring 2006-winter 2007, I was the liaison and helped disperse items from organizations wishing to donate to 82nd Airborne Division families. Show less

Attended monthly meetings as a military family representative for the 82nd Airborne Division and the Child Advocacy Center communicating what was available to the Units Robinson Health Clinic to help abused children.
Helped plan the American Girls Fashion Show at the community theater until we moved to Oklahoma 2008.

Through this Army Family Action Plan process, issues requiring actions are prioritized, assigned to a lead agency for resolution, and an action plan is established to achieve desired change. The AFAP process operates on three levels: Installation level, Forces Command (FORSCOM) level and Department of the Army (DA) level.
Served as a unit representative at a post AFAP, post representative to the FORSCOM level and then a facilitator at various posts. Served as the Co Coordinator at Fort Knox… Show more

Through this Army Family Action Plan process, issues requiring actions are prioritized, assigned to a lead agency for resolution, and an action plan is established to achieve desired change. The AFAP process operates on three levels: Installation level, Forces Command (FORSCOM) level and Department of the Army (DA) level.
Served as a unit representative at a post AFAP, post representative to the FORSCOM level and then a facilitator at various posts. Served as the Co Coordinator at Fort Knox AFAP in December 2010. Show less

Represented military families across Fort Bragg. Encouraged the school system to allow homeschool students to participate in activities and classes.

Meet monthly with the 5 high school vice-principles or their representatives within an hour commute of Fort Knox to help them understand the needs of military children as they move from state to state and school to school as the post transitioned from an Armor Training Center to the Army's Human Resource Capital Center.

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