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Written by Kbmoose2
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 10:26 |
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I've realized that all of my correspondence has been slightly negative in nature, even though it's only the facts.
I would like to let everyone know that not everything about the Army is bad. Most of the good things do happen with friends in civilian clothes,
but they do take place.
Last night I had a real good time with some friends at a German American-style sports bar. The beer was great, the food was good and my friends made for very interesting conversation. Though most of the conversation revolved around work and work related events, everyone knows that reminiscing is sometimes more fun than it sounds. I've known these two guys most of my career and we were never short on good times. One of them is about to deploy for his second time, so we were having a last "bang", so-to-speak. Mostly we talked about our old unit that we were all in together at the same time. One tour in Iraq and we slowly begin to recognize the flaws of the Army and how change usually comes slow.
One thing that I try to focus on is that change. I do my best to recognize it as a hope that we all need to have. I really enjoy being stationed in Europe. Sitting at the same duty station for four years really started to run me dry, especially since I was in the same unit the entire time I was there. A permanent change of station is a small change, but hopefully leads to a bigger one.
Speaking with my friends, we all focus on the fact that the Army is beyond any one individual being able to change the machine. One thing we can all agree on is that if we are to survive Iraq, Afghanistan, random peace keeping missions in Haiti and the Army as a whole, then we need to learn to embrace the chaos.
I've realized that all of my correspondence has been slightly negative in nature, even though it's only the facts.
I would like to let everyone know that not everything about the Army is bad. Most of the good things do happen with friends in civilian clothes,
but they do take place.
Last night I had a real good time with some friends at a German American-style sports bar. The beer was great, the food was good and my friends made for very interesting conversation. Though most of the conversation revolved around work and work related events, everyone knows that reminiscing is sometimes more fun than it sounds. I've known these two guys most of my career and we were never short on good times. One of them is about to deploy for his second time, so we were having a last "bang", so-to-speak. Mostly we talked about our old unit that we were all in together at the same time. One tour in Iraq and we slowly begin to recognize the flaws of the Army and how change usually comes slow.
One thing that I try to focus on is that change. I do my best to recognize it as a hope that we all need to have. I really enjoy being stationed in Europe. Sitting at the same duty station for four years really started to run me dry, especially since I was in the same unit the entire time I was there. A permanent change of station is a small change, but hopefully leads to a bigger one.
Speaking with my friends, we all focus on the fact that the Army is beyond any one individual being able to change the machine. One thing we can all agree on is that if we are to survive Iraq, Afghanistan, random peace keeping missions in Haiti and the Army as a whole, then we need to learn to embrace the chaos. |
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Advocacy Alert: Wounded Warriors and Caregivers need your HELP Today! |
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Written by Web Attendant
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Friday, 16 October 2009 01:37 |
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Go to the article on Wounded Warrior Project's website.
YOUR ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR SENATE TO PASS A STRONG BILL TO HELP OUR MOST SEVERELY WOUNDED WARRIORS AND THEIR FAMILIES
Wounded Warrior Project’s (WWP) top priority is getting desperately needed legislation passed by Congress to provide critical support to family caregivers of severely wounded warriors including those with catastrophic injuries such as severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Spinal Cord Injury, and others.
Over the past 4 years, WWP has listened to the needs and concerns directly from family caregivers of critically injured service members from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Respite care, mental health counseling, technical assistance, health care coverage and a modest stipend, can make the difference between a warrior being able to receive the care and services they need in their own homes and communities rather than in institutional or nursing home settings.
A bi-partisan bill, (S.801) is currently awaiting action in the United States Senate. This bill acknowledges and fully supports the vital role of the family caregiver for the warrior’s well-being and will provide long –term support and services for our severely wounded warriors and their family caregivers.
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Written by Ryan M. Smeltz
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 21:57 |
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America is falling as a nation. We are divided by internal political turmoil. We fight so that super majority power to exercise our will over the minority. Political Darwinism at its finest is what we create. We our a society of misinformation, and emotional responses, despite our submersion in a sea of data and information. Our society has evolved beyond its original scope. We’ve adopted policies that have moved away from our most fundamental structure, the proper interpretation of the United States Constitution. The one thing we’ve yet to have taken away from us is the ability to right our own usurpations. The internal war may last longer than we can imagine, but we can become true to our roots once again.
If you follow the media, you’ll hear horrific criminal stories, economics, and political dramas more than anything else. Frequently you’ll hear Nancy Grace convince us that someone committed some horrific crime against a child, even before the defense has a chance to present its case. We watch a legislatures continue their political assaults on the rights of common people through criminal law. We’ve recently witnessed, the majority left try to force socialism down the right’s throat. While watching our stock markets plunge to reveal the true state of our societies economy. We’ve watched businesses ascend to the same status as a person, in a recent United States Supreme Court Decision allowing businesses unrestricted political contributions. We’ve watched the last two presidents approval ratings plunge. With all this information we still don’t see the true state of our country. We are in debt beyond true imagination, we have systematically been stripped of our rights, and we have no plan for true change.
Despite the fact that our society has had over two hundred years to prefect our political climate, we have degenerated to a Roman era. The jurisprudence of today legitimizes its usurpations by saying such action is justified because our society has advanced beyond what the framers of our constitution could realize. While the face of this justification seems sensible, it’s highly suspect that the majority of us are scholars with a keen background in American History. We allow the mob (misinformed people) to be pleased with the blood of the helpless, weak, poor, and people who make mistakes. We fail to realize that crime is a major part of our economy, without it we wouldn’t need security, police, military, or government. There is no utopia of a society were evil will not show its ugly face, and to think that laws will prevent evil can be disproved by reading history. True change comes from understanding the social compact which we are apart of, education, religion, and communication all play important roles in that evolution.
We as citizens should fight to make schooling include civics from first grade forward. We should model our institutions after our judicial system. We should learn where to find judicial decisions, and study them. We must take the initiative, dedicate the time, and burn the energy to find our truth once again. Our problems may not be eradicated, but we will calm the waters in this lake of a nation. We will stand victorious in the face of evil, because we know how to co-exist with it. Let the news become a fictional drama, and see the true nature of this beautiful beast through your own being.
Written by Edward C. Mullen III
Special reference: www.findlaw.com |
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