Most important, AVR ensures that Americans who accept assignments to move on short notice won't face barriers to doing their civic duty – people like my brothers and sisters still serving our country in the Marines. From my multiple U.S.-based assignments and two deployments to Afghanistan, I know what it was like to finish an assignment, pack up the next day, and drive across country without knowing exactly where you would be living when you got there. The last thing on any service member's mind was updating his or her voter registration.