Radio Show – Parents Zone going to be interviewed

May 30, 2009 · Filed Under Military Parents, This & That · Comment 

We are going to be on Army Wife Talk Radio! Tammy and LAW are going to talk about ParentsZone,  why we started it and the needs of the Parents of Service Members who are presently serving.  Please call in, listen and ask questions. We are being interviewed on MONDAY, June 1.  The show starts at 8 pm Eastern time.

Here’s the link

Army Wife Talk Radio is a great interview show, and you can chat online at the same time.   Army Wife Network is a fun and informative  site for Army Spouses – so if your family members don’t already know about it,  send them the link.

Talk to you there.

LAW

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Deployment – Parent’s style

May 29, 2009 · Filed Under Deployment, Military Parents, National Guard Parents, Survey, This & That · 1 Comment 

I was asked to post this – and it sure would be great to get OUR voices and experiences heard.  Dr. Crow has gone through deployments of her son to Iraq and her daughter in law to Afghanistan, so she understands.  But to help her tell our story, get the information about what deployments are like for the parents of these men and women – she needs our help.

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Parents of Service Members who have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan….

Your input is needed to understand the experience of a parent who has had (or currently has) a son or daughter deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Parents are very much a part of the military family and yet very little is known about their experiences and how they support their deployed adult children. Dr. Janet Crow, an assistant professor of Child and Family Studies at Baylor University, is conducting a survey of parents of service members to add your perceptions to what we know about how military families cope with deployment. If you are interested in participating simply go to: https://www1.baylor.edu/surveys/crow/deployed_child.htm. You will find a complete explanation of the study and will be able to add your experiences by completing the anonymous online survey.

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Please – go over and give her your input.  Thanks!

LAW

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Poll participation-research

May 28, 2009 · Filed Under This & That · Comment 

I am conducting a 1 question poll [about the Veterans History Project] requiring only a yes or no answer. This is for research purposes only (not to drive traffic to my blog).   Link-click here. [http://blog.militaryhealthmatters.org/home.html/] Poll is at the very top-side bar] Results will be by numerical count tally only (not by participant). If you have a moment to answer … I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

Karen

505duiProud Army Airborne Mom

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The Bracelet

May 25, 2009 · Filed Under Deployment, Military Parents · 3 Comments 

My son wears no jewelry, nor has he ever liked to wear it. He wears his wedding band, removed only during training or while deployed. He carries in his inner pocket a piece of jewelry, a personal reminder of his wife’s love and devotion. He wore an obligatory bracelet as a baby and remove at every opportunity.  My son, never removes his bracelet.

Two years have come and gone since 05 March 2007 but the memory of seven brave paratroopers is never gone. For the parents left behind … memories of their sons remain as fresh as they day their flag draped coffins arrived at Dover on a spring day. Nor, memories of their visits, home cooked meals, laughter, and tears when their time home was up. Voices heard through the hollowed sound of a poor phone connection, memories never gone. For the paratroopers with whom they served, the memories of their fallen brothers, never gone. Through the darkest days of the unit’s deployment, through losses, each of the men who served with them came away with memories that will never be gone. Times spent together with very few moments of peace and quiet, days and nights of patrols, rushes of adrenalin, precious few hours of sleep. Each, is regarded as a hero although they themselves would be the last to consider themselves as such.

This year, the day brings a much heavier heart, more than usual. The 3rd BCT, 82nd ABN is deployed to Iraq. I am certain they all paused during their duties to remember.  Perhaps, they were able to have a memorial service honoring all the fallen. My feelings about the price paid by generations of men and women with their lives and the family and friends left behind are right at the surface. I do not have to go down very deep into my heart to remember them: faces of sacrifice and courage.

RESPECT  |  HONOR   SELFLESSNESS | DIGNITY

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With great honor and deepest respect, we remember seven brave, vibrant young men whom are missed by their mothers and fathers, wives, children, families, loved ones, and their paratrooper brothers in C co., 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT-82nd ABN.

They left our world too soon but their spirit lives on forever in the hearts of those who remain behind.

God Bless our troops, veterans and their families.

May God continue to embrace the families and loved ones of all our brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Each did so with respect, honor, selflessness, courage, and dignity.

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 Articles and Information: On the Road in Samarra   Return from Samarra 

Staff Sgt. Justin M. Estes, 25
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes 

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Stanley, 27
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes

Sgt. Andrew C. Perkins, 27
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes

Spc. Ryan M. Bell, 21
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes

Spc. Justin A. Rollins, 22
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes

Pfc. Cory C. Kosters, 19
05 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, TF Lightning
Died as a result of injuries sustained following an explosion near vehicles while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din province / DoD Release: Died Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an IED detonated near their unit during combat operations Iraq-Afghanistan Heroes

505thSpc. Joshua M. Boyd, 30
14 March 2007
2nd Bn, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division
DoD Release: Died Mar. 14 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device exploded near his unit Mar. 5 in Samarra, Iraq Iraq-Afghanistan War Heroes

 

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