Operation Purple Camp Sites Announced

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Stacey

From NMFA: The National Military Family Association is excited to announce the locations for the 2010 Operation Purple summer camps.  This free summer camp program was developed by the Association to support military children dealing with the stress of war.  The seventh summer of Operation Purple camps will host children at 68 locations in 36 [...]

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MyCAA Program Halted

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Stacey

My Career Advancement Accounts have been halted with no notice. This appears on the website (along with Military OneSource’s website): Effective immediately, the MyCAA program is temporarily halting operations. We are reviewing all procedures, financial assistance documents and the overall program. This pause will not affect approved Financial Assistance documents. We apologize for any inconvenience [...]

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Sometimes the Army does have good timing…

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Stacey

I heard someone say today that her soldier is graduating from training tomorrow so he will have Valentine’s Day weekend free with her. For whatever lucky reason, my husband seemed to always have big things happen on holidays. He graduated from OSUT at Ft Benning on February 13th which meant we also were able to [...]

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Special Operations Wife

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Stacey

Recently, an acquaintance began her first experience with deployment as a special operations wife. I don’t think she anticipated that it would be any different than anyone else’s experience with deployment. Little did she know how wrong she was. She quickly found out and I felt so sad for her. Yes, the world of special [...]

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