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 …
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
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 …
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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 …
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 …
I can’t tell you how anxious I am for my radio show this Saturday. I’m so anxious, I am promoting it on Monday instead of Thursday. Why? Well, because I want people to listen as this is probably my most important show yet. This Saturday from 9-10 AM central time on WIST AM 690 out …
What can I say – but Carson Daly (@carsonjdaly) really cares about our military. Most celebrities don’t seem to “get it” but he does! HOOAH! If you did not know, Carson and I have teamed up on Twitter to recognize the military with #militarymon. So far, it seems to be working and it will get …
Podcast is up. Join me this Saturday 9-10 AM on AM 690 WIST New Orleans or live on your computer here as I discuss the true meaning of Memorial Day. My first guest will be Bill Detweiler, Consultant to the President of the National WWII Museum for Military and Veteran’s Affairs. He will talk about …
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Sgt. Christian E. Bueno-Galdos 25 years old from Paterson, New Jersey 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade May 11, 2009