A portable career is a must for most military spouses. Unless you get lucky and your soldier stays at one duty station for a long time, you are going to need a career that can travel with you. It seems that a lot (not all) spouses are under the impression that they can’t make great [...]
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Those on my board and on my personal Facebook page know what my opinion is on General McChrystal being relieved of his duties. I made a promise long ago that politics wouldn’t be brought to my blog so I won’t go there now. What I do want to talk about is Mrs. McChrystal, his wife. [...]
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I just clicked over to the website of Fallen Heroes Project and felt the tears start to roll down my face. There are currently 29 pages of fallen heroes with their hand drawn portraits featured. Heartbreaking. Sad. Overwhelming. I slowly went through all of the pages. As I looked at each portrait, it is hard [...]
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A new article in the Army Times states that the Army is favoring nine-month deployments with three years of dwell time in the future. The article says that it could be 2014 before this is implemented. Here’s the full article if you would like to read it: 9-month deployments, 3 years of dwell favored How [...]
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I have blogged about the MyCAA program being halted and then the MyCAA program being reimplemented for some. Well, now, a statement has been made that the My Career Advancement Account program is being reviewed to determine its future. Let’s take a look at this. Here is the press release in its entirety: Gates Reviews [...]
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from Senator Webb’s site… June 11, 2010 Senator Jim Webb introduced the Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2010 to ensure the continued freedom of military families to honor our men and women in uniform. The Blue and Gold Star flag, also known as the Service flag, is authorized by the Department of Defense (DOD) [...]
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I am absolutely floored by this decision! Here is the article from the AJC: http://www.ajc.com/news/ptsd-diagnosis-could-appear-523250.html Veterans will voluntarily be able to list that they have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on their driver’s license. According to some article, this was brought about when a Vet said that he would basically freak out [...]
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On a recent trip, my plane landed 3.5 hours before my friends were going to be arriving. Of course, this was also the first time EVER that I have had a plane land thirty minutes early. Of course, on the day I would have been okay with being late, it is a half hour early. [...]
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