I have to admit being a bit behind. I should have written this last week but a little bit of taking on too much, my mind on personal issues, the political season and of course, writer’s block just all combined to make the blog a bit behind schedule.
Why too busy? More work than one person can do led to priorities.
Why the political season? I guess I am concerned that veteran and spouse issues might be used as a political wedge during a tough presidential campaign. Sensitive to the lead guy in the military (the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) criticizing retired, separated veterans for their activist role in our democracy (See
Dempsey: Political Activity Erodes Public Trust in Military). Yet, an active duty officer, speaking from the White House, for a veteran and spouse program that is led by the First Lady?
Then I had some other things on my mind due to some medical tests coming up (
cancer never really goes away) and finally I saw some tweets that just seemed to tell the story and
this was too important for our military community for me not to share it!
So let’s start with a tweet from
@JoiningForces:
First Lady: So far 26 states have adopted measures to help #milspouses transfer their licenses or more easily obtain new ones
Continue reading for some great military spouse and veteran employment resources!