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 …
“I was hoping my plane would never land so I could finish it in one sitting. Homefront is an amazing novel of unique relationships and the personal struggles of one woman during her husband’s deployment. The character development is what sucks you in from the first page to the last!” Go buy this book by …
This Week’s Hero Was Suggested By Deb SSgt. Darrell “Shifty” Power 86 years old from Dickerson County, Virginia E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division June 17, 2009
OK – so whether you like David Vitter or not, he has a great reputation for being pro-troops and his voting record clearly states that. Here is one recent example. On a personal note, I witnessed him at a Town Hall meeting this past March in Mandeville. Unless he is the most amazing actor in …
LONG POST!!! It has been crazy for the past 2 weeks. First, there was my wild weekend in the French Quarter for Tales of the Cocktail. I came home for a few days and then flew off to DC to represent Soldiers’ Angels in a meeting with the American Legion. This meeting was monumental and …
Last weekend I was in the French Quarter with hubby and this week I travel to DC on Soldiers’ Angels business. I will be sitting with some great people at The American Legion. Now that I’ve done my Legion homework, I’m completely in awe of them even more than ever. Over 150,000 posts and over …
Sgt. 1st Class Gregory A. Rodriguez & Jacko 35 years old from Weidman, Michigan K-9 unit of the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th MP Brigade September 2, 2008
Many thanks to my friend Troy from Bouhammer (his post about it is here) for following through with my suggestion for a #militarymon t-shirt in a week’s time. He agreed to make all proceeds from this shirt go towards Soldiers’ Angels Project Valour-IT. You can buy the shirt here A win win!!! I’m so happy …
Update: For everyone involved in the contest mentioned on point #6 – good luck and have fun. 1. Who is @kissmygumbo? My name is Greta Perry and I’m just some 41 yo stoopid housewife (hate that word – but I never sit on the couch and eat bon-bons), mom of 3 who supports the troops …
Force Protection Team Members of the force protection team at Camp Eggars, Afghanistan, assess damage resulting from an explosion near the gate. A vehicle-born improvised explosive device exploded near the German Embassy and a U.S. base. Eliminating threats such as the VBIED is the focus of Army’s 3rd Counter-IED Conference that was scheduled July 28-30. …
I had to blurt this out this AM, because it was bugging the tar out of me. Freaking Twitter, FB and blogs are all on the fallen celebrity bandwagon right now. Every loss of human life is sad, but why isn’t there more talk about the fallen heroes? Each of these heroes should get front …
Band Of Brothers
Pvt. William Long 23 years old from Conway, Arkansas D Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry June 1, 2009
@kissmygumbo here. Try explaining to your visiting parents why you woke up early on Monday to get on Twitter. Never mind…Dad never touched a computer and Mom (who will read this), does fine on…er…uh…e-mail. Explaining Twitter=FAIL. Seriously, the world should freaking stop on Mondays so I can tweet all day – LOL. Why? Because, of …
UPDATE: Here is the podcast from today’s show RESOURCES: Suicide prevention 1-800-273-TALK New Orleans VA 800-935-8337 VA main site VA National Center for PTSD website VA journal (Volume 45, Number 3) on PTSD here Left to right: Mike Hue, me, Garry LaBorde and Dr. Uddo UPDATE: Scroll down for my video promo Update: My show …