http://parentszone.org Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend of mine, who blogs at Gold Star Mom Speaks Out wrote this and graciously allowed me to post it here. When the military talks out loud about suicides in the military, it's a good thing. This week in Washington DC 1,000 people are attending a four-day Suicide ... http://parentszone.org/2010/01/18/suicide-prevention-for-all/ Over at PBS.org I have written a post about the meaningful bonds that are forged during military service... among soldiers... among wives... among parents... Throughout the course of our lifetimes, we make and break bonds with people. Some bonds are formed in friendship: schoolmates, neighbors, fellow workers. I have close friends ... http://parentszone.org/2009/12/22/the-bonds-that-tie/ Dec 17 - Another Update: A commenter below was asking about an error message he was getting when he got on the website. A PAO for the Department of the Army sent me this response I understand your frustration. We've been having some problems with the Retro Stop Loss Pay website. ... http://parentszone.org/2009/12/12/stop-loss-payments-update/ On Fridays, if you look around, you'll see a lot of people wearing red - some of us wear it as a tribute to wounded warriors, some for deployed servicemembers, and today - it's for Fort Hood. The USO has been working with the Community at Hood, ... http://parentszone.org/2009/12/11/a-salute-to-fort-hood-and-our-military-community/ When I first began with the Blue Star Moms, I wasn't sure about how we were going to get things going as far as packages for the Troops or our Wounded Warriors. Things have moved so fast in a positive direction that I know that being a part ... http://parentszone.org/2009/12/04/with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ A few weeks back, PBS re-launched its Regarding War site and invited a number of bloggers to blog on experiences of reintegration of soldiers to the civilian world. I am fortunate to be one of the bloggers. In my third post (and in the fourth next week) I am addressing ... http://parentszone.org/2009/12/01/pbspoint-of-view-regarding-war/ After some requests from readers, I did some checking. Sears announced on their FaceBook Page that due to a very large response, they reached their 20,000 person limit very early, and have closed the registration. I'm sorry, I wish we could have found out better news for you. LAW http://parentszone.org/2009/11/30/sears-heroes-at-home-program/ From the authors on ParentsZone to you - we wish you a peaceful, happy and wonderful Thanksgiving. We are thankful for you, our readers; we are thankful for the men and women of the Armed Forces who are not home today; who are sitting in messhalls and FOBS and ... http://parentszone.org/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving/ Getting mail to our loved ones in Afghanistan can take a long time, internet access can also be sporadic. So the Army has started Hooah Mail. A friend of mine sent me this: Beginning 1 December 2009 the Army will launch "HooahMail" as a pilot program for fast, easy, ... http://parentszone.org/2009/11/25/hooah-mail/ The Roundtable phone call yesterday : by now everyone should have received an email with your own case number, this is for you to "track" the status of your case online. They are working on the program to get an online tracking capability. The deficiency notices aren't saying you are ... http://parentszone.org/2009/11/20/stop-loss-pay/