Predeployment

All Soldiers Have Not Served With Honor

January 4, 2012
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  Folks, I’m a fan of Support Our Troops. I am truly grateful that the nation has supported soldiers and our military brethren despite opposing the war. That is a good thing, a...

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The 9 Month Deployment Myth

August 6, 2011
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So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying...

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Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When the Men Are Gone

January 14, 2011
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Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When the Men Are Gone

One of the cool things that happened for me at RWA 10 this year in Orland was the opportunity to attend multiple publisher’s parties, courtesy of my agent. At NAL, I...

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The closer it gets

January 13, 2011
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It’s getting closer. The thought of my husband deploying again and knowing I’m stuck back here, waiting for the phone calls and the emails is slowly but surely eating away at me. It keeps me up...

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The new year brings…

December 30, 2010
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New Years is a time for resolutions. Honestly, I’m not big on them. There’s just something futile in telling myself this will be the year that i do x. I make them, as many people probably...

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What Makes Soldiers Tick: Military Wives

November 28, 2010
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My agent passed this along to me and thought it would be something my readers might enjoy. I don’t have an attribution other than the original poster is a retired VietNam Vet who served...

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The Army is Fun

March 9, 2010
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Things have been a little too serious here on the blog for the last couple of posts. I’ve been literally obsessing about the questions that PBS has raised in my brain and am starting to annoy...

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What if I’m Wrong?

February 23, 2010
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I’ve been researching. Ever since PBS offered me the opportunity to be part of the POV blog Regarding War, I’ve been researching. Women’s roles in the military. Statistics. Facts and media reports. What I find is...

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A Night in the Life of a Soldier, Mom & Wife

January 20, 2010
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I can’t say this week has been easy. It hasn’t. But I’m starting to wonder just what y’all think is going on here. Monday night, I was in tears....

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oovoo my friend

December 2, 2008
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oovoo is my friend.

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