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Caring for a Wounded Warrior? You're Fired!
Military.com
Since 2001, nearly 50,000 military families have received the call that their loved one has been injured in Afghanistan or Iraq. Within hours, these family members have dropped everything in the rush to be by their injured servicemember's side in a faraway military hospital. They may be there a few months or a few years, sacrificing for their wounded warrior and their country. And for that, they’re fired. Paulette Mason was fired by email. W... more
Commissary, Exchange and MWR
Military.com
Military family members enjoy many base privileges, these include access to the Commissary, Exchange, and MWR. The following is a summary of these important services: Commissaries The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) operates the military Commissaries throughout the world. DeCA Commissaries are supermarkets, usually located on military installations, that sell food, sundry and cleaning products for cost plus a 5 percent surcharge to active d... more
Is This The New America?
On April 15, while the Boston Marathon was getting underway, the boys and I were in Washington, D.C., embarking on another time-honored American tradition: visiting our representative in Congress. We entered the Longworth congressional building at the corner of C Street Southeast and New Jersey Avenue SE, with the Capitol building visible just a few blocks away. After we went through security, the first thing we saw was what looked like a woo... more
Victim Tale: What Spouse Story Are You Telling?
Jacey Eckhart
My daughter’s boss gave her the best advice about travel. He told Kelsey to organize her trip based on what kind of story you wanted to tell when you came home. Do you want to talk about how many things you saw? Then plan to do a lot in a day. Is your trip a story of deepening a relationship? Then spend more on the hotel so you will want to linger there longer. Is your story about international cuisine? Then don’t see so many sights and org... more
Article Misses Hidden Costs of Military Life
Sarah Smiley | Mar 21, 2013
A January article by David Wood for Huffington Post has risen from the dead, and it's making many military families mad -- again. The article, "Defense budget faces cuts to personnel after decade of war," has more than 60 pages of comments, half of which were made within days of its release on Jan. 30. On page 31, however, after nearly a month of silence, the comments picked up again on March 11. Soon after, it went viral in the military comm... more
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Lose A Friend: How do You Know it is Over?
The embarrassing thing is that I didn’t know our friendship was over. I thought for a long time that my friend was just busy. I thought that we didn’t get together because we lived almost an hour apart in our new duty station. I thought that the crazy sports schedules of our children put us ... Continue Reading
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