Hi everyone -
If you are looking for a reason to smile today, then check out Jenny. Comic strip creator Julie L. Negron has given spouses a chance to look in the mirror. Fantastic is all I have to say!!!!
Click here to visit her website.
Happy reading.
Marc
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Help is all around!!!!!
Hello everyone-
I wanted to let you all know of a free counseling assistance program for family members, service members, and DOD civilians.
For some reason, there is a negative stigma in the military community about getting help and going to counseling. Some are afraid that records will be kep about a counseling session that may be used against them later.
No worries now!!!!!!!
The DOD understands these concerns and has hired a contractor with certified counselors to give SIX FREE sessions.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) recognized an emerging need to provide information support to Soldiers and families in addition to resident counseling services at installations. The Military Family Life Consultants (MFLC) Program uses licensed clinicians with Masters Degrees and at least five years experience in Social Work, Counseling, or related clinical discipline. Consultants are trained on military specific topics including basic orientation to the deployment cycle, military culture, the chain of command, and reporting requirements in accordance with Military Family Advocacy Program.
MFLC is an military program designed to provide anonymous, confidential support to Soldiers and their family members, especially those returning from deployments.
How Can MFLC Counselors Help?
MFLC Counselors can help you and your family problem solve with issues resulting from deployment, reunions, reintegration and other times of change including:
Marriage and Relationship Issues
Family Issues
Stress and Anxiety
Depression
Grief and Loss
Anger management
Parent and child communication
Soldiers and families are entitled to six prepaid, face-to-face counseling sessions.
CALL: 1-888-755-9355
You can also reach them at their website: www.mhngs.com
Please utilize this free function!!!!!
I wanted to let you all know of a free counseling assistance program for family members, service members, and DOD civilians.
For some reason, there is a negative stigma in the military community about getting help and going to counseling. Some are afraid that records will be kep about a counseling session that may be used against them later.
No worries now!!!!!!!
The DOD understands these concerns and has hired a contractor with certified counselors to give SIX FREE sessions.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) recognized an emerging need to provide information support to Soldiers and families in addition to resident counseling services at installations. The Military Family Life Consultants (MFLC) Program uses licensed clinicians with Masters Degrees and at least five years experience in Social Work, Counseling, or related clinical discipline. Consultants are trained on military specific topics including basic orientation to the deployment cycle, military culture, the chain of command, and reporting requirements in accordance with Military Family Advocacy Program.
MFLC is an military program designed to provide anonymous, confidential support to Soldiers and their family members, especially those returning from deployments.
How Can MFLC Counselors Help?
MFLC Counselors can help you and your family problem solve with issues resulting from deployment, reunions, reintegration and other times of change including:
Marriage and Relationship Issues
Family Issues
Stress and Anxiety
Depression
Grief and Loss
Anger management
Parent and child communication
Soldiers and families are entitled to six prepaid, face-to-face counseling sessions.
CALL: 1-888-755-9355
You can also reach them at their website: www.mhngs.com
Please utilize this free function!!!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Once A Marine
Hello all-
Just wanted to let you all know about a great book that hit the market a few months ago and is now getting national media attention.
Once a Marine http://www.onceamarine.com/ author Nick "Gunny Pop" Popaditch--a former Marine tank commander and Silver Star recipient who has only 8 percent vision remaining in his left eye, with the other gone due to combat wounds in Iraq was interviewed on the Fox News Channel show Red Eye last Thursday and the response has been overwhelmingly positive!
Please take five minutes and watch the interview here http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/21814156/once_a_marine.htm#q=red+eye
We all think we have men and women in our families that are heroes, but Nick is the real deal.
I know it is sometimes hard to read or watch or listen to what is going on downrange, but I really think Nick's story needs to be heard. He is a true American hero!
Check out his website: http://www.onceamarine.com/ when you get a chance.
All the best -
Marc
Monday, January 12, 2009
Call it a Day!!!!! Storytelling game.
If you are looking fora great board/card game to help pass the time until your service member gets home, check this game out.
My wife and I played it with a few close friends two nights ago.
Laughs all around the table.
Call It A Day http://poplinpress.com/ is a stroytelling game that can be played with 2-8 players for ages 8 to adult.
Check it out. A great game!!!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Scholarships for Military children!!!
Even more scholarships!!!!!!!!
Check out the link below. The 2009 application is now open!!!!
http://www.militaryscholar.org/about/about.shtml
Take care,
Marc
Check out the link below. The 2009 application is now open!!!!
http://www.militaryscholar.org/about/about.shtml
Take care,
Marc
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
More Scholarships!!!!
Check this out: The National Military Family Association is offering more scholarships.
Military Spouse Scholarship Applications Available Now!
NMFA's Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000, are awarded to spouses of Uniformed Services members to obtain professional certification or to attend post-secondary or graduate school. The scholarship funds may be used to assist with tuition, fees, and school room and board, and are paid directly to the accredited educational institution involved. Applications are due by midnight February 1, 2009.
This year, we are pleased to offer three scholarship categories. Click here for more information or to submit an application.
Remember... Stay Active, Stay Busy!!!!
Marc
Military Spouse Scholarship Applications Available Now!
NMFA's Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000, are awarded to spouses of Uniformed Services members to obtain professional certification or to attend post-secondary or graduate school. The scholarship funds may be used to assist with tuition, fees, and school room and board, and are paid directly to the accredited educational institution involved. Applications are due by midnight February 1, 2009.
This year, we are pleased to offer three scholarship categories. Click here for more information or to submit an application.
Remember... Stay Active, Stay Busy!!!!
Marc
Monday, December 22, 2008
Free Education Information - Central Texas College
Hi everyone-
Check out this article by the Fort Lee Public Affairs Office. CTC is giving wounded soldier's spouses 30 semester hours of free tuition:
Fort Lee, Va. (Nov. 26, 2008) -- By T. Anthony Bell
For some time now, Army spouse Pasha Quintana has desired to start a college degree program but couldn't get the ball rolling for various reasons.
Thanks to a Central Texas College scholarship program, she's one step closer to realizing her dream.
The wife of Warrior Transition Unit Soldier Sgt. Roberto Quintana is the installation's first recipient of a CTC program that will allow her to complete 30 credit hours at the school free of charge.
"I'm just so happy," said Pasha, who recently completed her first two classes at the school. "It's just great what Central Texas is doing, especially for our wounded Soldiers. There is so much out there for them, but the fact that they're including the wives and Families, makes me emotional. It's one of the most American things they can do."
Under the provisions of its Wounded Warrior Spouse Scholarship Program, which was created in the spirit of Army Family Covenant, spouses of Purple Heart recipients are eligible for up to 30 semester hours within a one-year period that began Aug. 1.
Spouses interested in the program must present a marriage license, Department of Defense identification card and their spouse's DD Form 214 or Purple Heart award orders. Only spouses of those Soldiers who earned the Purple Heart after September 2001 are eligible.
Dick Gates, the CTC site manager at Fort Lee and a former veteran himself, said the program is a way of giving back to military members who have sacrificed so much for their country.
"It's an excellent program," said the Vietnam veteran. "My personal feeling is that we can't do enough for Soldiers. They deserve the best that we can provide."
Spouses who take full advantage of the program stand to gain about $3,900 in free tuition, "Plus text books," said Gates, "so you're probably looking at around $5,000."
Pasha, who is a licensed stylist, said the scholarship offer helped her to kick-start a degree program in information technology. She added that she knows all too well the challenges that spouses of wounded warriors face in supporting their Families and that higher education is sometimes not an option.
"Everybody who can should take advantage of the program," she said.
Stacey Towns is an education counselor with the Soldier and Family Assistance Center which provides a number of assistance services to WTU members. She said that although Pasha is the first recipient of the program, she anticipates that more will sign up.
"I would hope that the number will grow as more Soldiers and spouses become aware of the program," she said, "and as Fort Lee expands because of BRAC, I'm sure that it will."
The WWSSP is available at CTC campuses throughout the nation, said Gates. The program is funded for the current program year, but funding beyond that is uncertain, he added.
For more details on the program, visit the CTC Web site at www.ctcd.edu/militaryspouses
Check out this article by the Fort Lee Public Affairs Office. CTC is giving wounded soldier's spouses 30 semester hours of free tuition:
Fort Lee, Va. (Nov. 26, 2008) -- By T. Anthony Bell
For some time now, Army spouse Pasha Quintana has desired to start a college degree program but couldn't get the ball rolling for various reasons.
Thanks to a Central Texas College scholarship program, she's one step closer to realizing her dream.
The wife of Warrior Transition Unit Soldier Sgt. Roberto Quintana is the installation's first recipient of a CTC program that will allow her to complete 30 credit hours at the school free of charge.
"I'm just so happy," said Pasha, who recently completed her first two classes at the school. "It's just great what Central Texas is doing, especially for our wounded Soldiers. There is so much out there for them, but the fact that they're including the wives and Families, makes me emotional. It's one of the most American things they can do."
Under the provisions of its Wounded Warrior Spouse Scholarship Program, which was created in the spirit of Army Family Covenant, spouses of Purple Heart recipients are eligible for up to 30 semester hours within a one-year period that began Aug. 1.
Spouses interested in the program must present a marriage license, Department of Defense identification card and their spouse's DD Form 214 or Purple Heart award orders. Only spouses of those Soldiers who earned the Purple Heart after September 2001 are eligible.
Dick Gates, the CTC site manager at Fort Lee and a former veteran himself, said the program is a way of giving back to military members who have sacrificed so much for their country.
"It's an excellent program," said the Vietnam veteran. "My personal feeling is that we can't do enough for Soldiers. They deserve the best that we can provide."
Spouses who take full advantage of the program stand to gain about $3,900 in free tuition, "Plus text books," said Gates, "so you're probably looking at around $5,000."
Pasha, who is a licensed stylist, said the scholarship offer helped her to kick-start a degree program in information technology. She added that she knows all too well the challenges that spouses of wounded warriors face in supporting their Families and that higher education is sometimes not an option.
"Everybody who can should take advantage of the program," she said.
Stacey Towns is an education counselor with the Soldier and Family Assistance Center which provides a number of assistance services to WTU members. She said that although Pasha is the first recipient of the program, she anticipates that more will sign up.
"I would hope that the number will grow as more Soldiers and spouses become aware of the program," she said, "and as Fort Lee expands because of BRAC, I'm sure that it will."
The WWSSP is available at CTC campuses throughout the nation, said Gates. The program is funded for the current program year, but funding beyond that is uncertain, he added.
For more details on the program, visit the CTC Web site at www.ctcd.edu/militaryspouses
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