Major Chuck Ziegenfuss was a captain when he was wounded in Iraq in 2005. His experience was the inspiration for Soldiers’ Angels Project Valour-IT. He’s now a student in the Army Intermediate-Level Education program (formerly Command and General Staff College) in Fort Leavenworth, where he submitted this essay as part of his initial writing exam. …
Continue reading “The most significant day of my life- by MAJ Charles Ziegenfuss”
Lance Cpl. Jeremy P. Tamburello 19 years old from Denver, Colorado 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force November 8, 2005
tiara tip Kat
Update: This post at Blackfive clears up any misconceptions about this. It just means it is banned from the military computers. I am very saddened by this and think it is a BAD idea!!! Here is the Marine document and a story by Wired. Make policies for social networking OPSEC concerns – not ban. This …
This was sent from Pelican Park today. Some parents need to grow up!!! August 3, 2009 Dear Parents: On Saturday July 25th, Pelican Park was the site of a physical altercation between two parents in a 7 year old basketball game. This is a very unfortunate situation that happened and what made it worse is …
I received this email yesterday. We can’t do enough for our men and women who serve and each of us working together can make a difference! I’m honored to be a part of Soldiers’ Angels. It is really like heaven has sent all of you to earth, my prayers have truly been answered. I will …
The Vietnam Veterans National Convention was held in KY and retired Army General Lt Gen Russel Honore weighed in with this “The VA, as good of an organization as it is, it does not have the capacity to take care of all the Vietnam veterans, the Korean War veterans, and now all the new veterans …
Listen here as my co-host Chuck Collins and I interview Chad Rogers from The Dead Pelican and Jim Hanson from the Warrior Legacy Foundation (last quarter).
Yep – doing the #militarymon thing on Twitter again. We start Sunday when Monday starts in Kabul and continue through our Monday. Come over and honor all the men and women who serve, our veterans, our fallen heroes, and military families on Twitter. @kissmygumbo
The Examiner has this article about James Carville stepping into the Afghanistan political scene. Apparently Carville is going to help Mr. Ghani, Karzai’s opposition. It appears that Mr. Ghani feels Carville to be qualified to run a successful campaign for him. In a report to NPR, he said: ‘This is a Louisiana boy who understands. …
I usually don’t post an entire news story – but this is too important for anyone to miss. Money for Fallen and Disabled Soldiers Posted: July 31, 2009 06:29 PM Money For Soldiers’ Families The chairman of the State Senate Veterans Committee wants to expand a state law that would pay $250,000 to families of …
Continue reading “LA families of fallen & qualifying disabled vets to get $”
I admit it, I have become such a social networking whore, that my blogging is suffering. I see a great story and instead of writing about it, I post on Twitter and Facebook for instant gratification. Today, I am stopping to share some stories that I really feel you should not miss. Heh- if I …
Yes, seems like this Summer vacation and Mommy thing is isolating me into the world of Agent P. and chicken nuggets. What did you say – school starts August 7th? OMG – should I be sad??? Well, as soon as school starts, I leave for a week to attend the Military Order of the Purple …
Sad to see this poor gal get raked over the coals any more. But this one might do her political “career” in. Maybe she will just open a laundr-o-mat now (bad joke Greta).
Don’t miss my show on healthcare with special guest, Steve Scalise. Podcast is here!