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The 10-Year Pursuit

Tonight I watched the news along with all of my FB friends and the rest of the world as they announced the death of Osama bin Laden. I remember 10 years ago watching the Towers collapse and the horror that unfolded from those attacks on 9/11. I remember specifically sitting on the couch that night

Tricare won’t be affected by healthcare bill

I’m on the email list for the Association of the United States Navy (AUSN), and they sent this press release out yesterday which I thought I’d pass along. I don’t agree at all with the health care reform that’s happening, especially when the majority of the people don’t want it. But at least one politician

Employer military discrimination still there, just not as obvious

Saw an interesting article in last week’s Navy Times that backs up what this Navy reservist wife has been saying for the last two years. Overt discrimination in employment and re-employment stemming from employer ignorance of reservists’ legal rights has diminished, but more subtle discrimination is on the rise, says the executive director of the

What Happens When Guard and Reserve Members Come Home

One of the least understood parts of our country’s time at war as we know it today is the transition Guard and Reserve members and their families have to make going and coming home. It’s bumpy for all and sometimes very messy for many; I’ve jokingly referred to being a reservist wife as a never-ending

The National Guard/Reserve Unemployment Issue

UPDATE: Here is the survey link I promised. If you are a Guard or Reserve member currently unemployed, or your spouse who is a Guard or Reserve member is, please take my survey. Next month will mark one year that my husband has been without a full time job. His position was eliminated by his

Photo Ban on Soldiers Caskets May End

My friend Angela, a sister Seabee wife, passed this on to me in an email this morning. I had seen rumblings in the news and tweets on twitter over the last couple of days but this week has been so busy, I hadn’t really paid full attention to it. I don’t believe the media should

Military Makes the Most of Social Media

Here’s a good story I ran across today on one Army Reserve unit is using You Tube and other social media tools to reach a wider audience. Fort Snelling Army Reserve program first on YouTube When I was in Iraq in 2003, my photographer and I stayed with an Army Reserve MPAD (Mobile Public Affairs

The First Lady’s Message to Families

First Lady Michele Obama was championing the rights of military families during the campaign; it will be interesting to see what she accomplishes now that her husband is president, and whether her husband’s actions in office toward the military (bringing home troops too early, closing Gitmo, repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy) may actually

Guard and Reserve Benefits – Let’s Talk!

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been “tweeting” (Twitter talk for all you non-Twitter folks ) with Lauren Vargas (@AAFES_STYS) who works for AAFES and she told me something I didn’t know – that the commanding officer in charge of AAFES, Major General Keith Thurgood, was an Army reservist before accepting his current assignment. Actually, I think

We are Winning… But is Anyone Noticing??

Had to post this… will get back to my current series later today… Last One Turn Out the Lights: Marines Quietly Begin Leaving Bases in Iraqi Cities WASHINGTON — When Marine Maj. Gen. John Kelly deployed to Iraq in February, the violence had fallen so low in Anbar province that he began figuring out how