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This is the first deployment my husband and I have gone through and I can't tell you enough how hard it is coping. He just left less than 2 weeks ago and I feel like I'm already going crazy. I'm trying to stay at least somewhat busy to keep...
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i am 26 disabled and may get ssd and prior to my adopted family's leave i lived with them. they have gone to germany and we thought that i could get dependancy and to find out to little info too late that we needed prof that i lived ther and we have...
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I am PCSing to Korea in less than two weeks and I would like to know whether or not I would have to sign something to extend my tour there if I have less than a year left before I ETS. I haven't seen any paperwork asking me to do so and I am going...
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I'm a 21 year old college student who is tired of struggling...let's just say I was born with a rusted knife in my mouth. My whole life I've been deprived of the simple everyday things other youths have taken for granted. After high school...
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My youngest is now in the army and has been told that he has a "hard start mos". What does this mean? This didn't come up when his older brother went through. Thanks for any info. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...
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ok so my baby brother is at basic training in GA.. 1 week after being there he was informed that he was a "hard start MOS" and as a result of that he would leave traing early to go to AIT in VA. well, another result of that is that he will leave...
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I need advice! My wife just came down with cancer, so she'll need insurance for the rest of her life. However, I am totally miserable in the Army. My wife tells me to go to OCS, that I'd be happier as an officer, but I don't believe that I...
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My son has already talked to a recruiter. They have done his background check everyting looks good. About nine months ago he was was pulled over at a check point they found marijuana in his car. His car was seized. He cooperated with DEA. And so far no...
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I thought I'd post this so it isn't lost, as memory erodes. When I left to go to Iraq in 2004 my daughter had just turned 2. She's 5 now (soon 6) and doesn't remember a lot about when I was gone, but when asked last year what she did remember,...
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My boyfriend is in the Army. He just left this past July. He'll be in California for the next 2 years or so, and after that, who knows; maybe he'll be lucky enough to stay in the US, or maybe he'll be sent somewhere overseas. Wherever he goes,...
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to make a long story short, I'm a cadet at the USAF Academy, and my fiance deploys to Iraq in 3 weeks with the 3rd ACR from Ft. Hood, TX. we hadn't seen each other since May, and were finally together this 3 day weekend. it was the best weekend...
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I have a few questions that I hope the members of this site can help me with. I was active duty 2001-2005 got out finished my master's degree. The day I graduated I got MOB orders back to Ft. Benning . My MOS was err is 11B but I have never served...
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This is my first deployment and to top it we are getting married during his mid-tour leave in JAN. I love so help on how to cope with this and also i have a question. After the wedding can I get military housing on his post in Italy, so that I can be...
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Okay it's been 3 months so far since my husband left on his second tour. I thought it would be easier second time around but nope. Not even close. In fact this has been a lot harder than I ever even anticipated! We have a daughter and more bills and...
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Click here for the military service records of 14 leading Democratic and Republican candidates for the 2008 Presidential bid. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...
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Just take a can of paint and have it drip out the back of a car and drive up and down a dirt road every few hours for a week with other cars using that road and you will see the road spoted everywhere with that paint in a week. Now try and hide something...
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I thought long and hard about how to end this blog, and posted another pretty irate rant to it... but thought better of it a few hours later (thankfully, before anyone important saw it.) The way I see it, I've done a good amount of bitching on this...
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This measure would update the current G.I. Bill and improve upon VA home loans . Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...
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Just wanted to say "Welcome Home" a bit late to all of the Vietnam Vets out there, after reading Bob Parsons' post on the subject . My uncle served in Vietnam and has never been much interested in talking about it, though my own Iraq experience...
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http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001633.html and https://peosoldier.army.mil/pmweapons/cswcurrentsystems.asp Click on CROWS in the middle of the page Anyways, this is the kinda stuff the army should be spending money on, instead of ice cream in the...
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VA Mortgage Center.com is proud to announce three winners in our Military Education Scholarship Program . Hundreds of applicants wrote essays based on the theme: "Why I Choose to Serve". Follow the link to read more about the winners and a chance...
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BlackFive has a piece up on the possible end of soldier blogging from war zones. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!...
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The reply to an email sent to them about whether or not we're supposed to be able to wear the IRR patch. One line reply.... "Per AR 670-1, IRR soldiers will wear the IRR shoulder sleeve insignia." So what are our glorious leaders doing?...
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Alright, it seems I'm getting lucky! Today I went out to a central camp in Tehran to know where should I serve after this. Thankfully today was a good day and I got good news! I'll spend remained months of my service (18 months) in a division...
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Yesterday I finished my military training, got my Second Lieutenant rank and got back to home. Till next Monday I can rest then they'll let me know where should I serve in next 18 months but I don't think they kick me to another city again. I...