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Flu Prevention and Treatment – DoD Roundtable Discussion
MilitaryAvenue participated in a DoD Roundtable discussion this morning with Commander (Dr) Danny Shiau, a Navy Preventive Health specialist and Dr Robert Morrow, a subject matter expert for the seasonal flu and H1N1 flu. The doctors provided some great information for military families concerning treatment and the flu vaccines available to the military community! One critical note for military and family members who suspect they have the flu: Before proceeding to the medical treatment facility (MTF) please call and ask for where to go, nurse triage, etc. To reduce the spread of the viruses to expecting mothers, small children, reduced immunity folks (cancer treatments) and others the facilities have established…
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The Power of Reading
I’ve written a couple of times about the power of a book! When hubs was deployed we got a few books through the “United Through Reading” program sponsored by the USO. Hubs read books to the boys from Iraq, recorded on a DVD, and mailed to us. The boys received a DVD & book to read along with Dad, the opportunity to hear Dad’s voice and find the pleasure in a book. In fact, my boys enjoyed the books so immensely that I ordered a few Scholastic books through their school and included them in ‘care packages’ to Hubs. He could then make his own books-on-DVD to send back to…
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Popular Articles: Week of October 18 – 24
We post all types of articles on MilitaryAvenue each week. Deployment Information, Holiday Support, Veterans Day Discounts, Pentagon Happenings: all of this and more can be found on MilitaryAvenue. It can be hard to keep up with the latest news and happenings around the Military Community. Here are ten of the most read articles on MilitaryAvenue for the past week; news that is important to our Military Families and their community! Pentagon Radio Volunteers Move to New OfficeWe are social!Find MilitaryAvenue on Twitter and Facebook! Atlanta, GA Area: Free Veterans Day Pizza – Heard of any other great Veterans Day Celebrations? Let us know! Planning for the Holidays – Programs…
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Wordless Wednesday: Standing Still
Sometimes it is just impossible to stand still… Can’t that be said of all of us at one point or another in our lives… and who said it is a bad thing?! – Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.com byLeanneonWednesday, October 21, 2009Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Leanne,Wordless
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Popular Articles: Week of October 11 – 17
Have you seen what MilitaryAvenue has to offer? Military Discounts, Military Alerts, Family Newsletters, Military News, ‘Our Letters to You’ with blogs packed full of experience, advice, our own questions, and more written from our perspective as an American Military Family. (And that is just the tip of the ice-berg.) We post hundreds of articles to MilitaryAvenue every week. It can be hard to keep up with the latest news and happenings around the Military Community. Here are ten of the most popular articles on MilitaryAvenue for the past week; news that is important to our Military Families and their community! Veterans Day 2009 – Military Discounts A Free Meal…
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Planning for the Holidays – Programs that support you, the military family
Last year at this time our family was in the midst of our first deployment. Thanksgiving wasn’t giving me the usual warm and fuzzy vibes I get. Christmas was all but on the back burner. I just had other things to be thinking about… like my husband, & father of our three beautiful boys, off in a foreign land. I just ran across two great programs though that are perfect for the holidays. I wanted to be sure to share them with you. Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry Program – If you or your spouse is on Active Duty register for free gift cards from Sears. Money comes in…
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Who is tipping their hat this Veterans Day?
We are searching high and low for what businesses are taking the time to appreciate the military veteran this Veteran’s Day. Not just your “Veterans Day deals” for the general public … but the restaurant, the local merchant, the flower-shop, the home-improvement store, you name it, that wants to show their genuine appreciation for our veteran this Veterans Day 2009. Veterans Day 2009 – Military Discounts Click on our list above and revisit as we get closer November 11. We want to hear from you, too. If you know of an area military-Veteran’s Day celebration place it as an event at your installation or if you know of a merchant…
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Wordless Wednesday – Deployment Family Support
Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) Operation Kid Comfort Program “Our Military Kids” “Green Care for Troops” “YMCA” “Family Readiness Group (FRG) Events”Get involved, find out what is out there for you! – Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.combyLeanneonWednesday, October 14, 2009Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:deployment,Leanne,Support,Wordless
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Popular Articles: Week of October 4 – 10
Have you seen what MilitaryAvenue has to offer? Parenting, Relief Effort, GI Bill information and community support: all of this and more can be found on MilitaryAvenue. We post hundreds of articles to MilitaryAvenue every week. It can be hard to keep up with the latest news and happenings around the Military Community. Here are ten of the most popular articles on MilitaryAvenue for the past week; news that is important to our Military Families and their community! Captain Provides Glimpse Into Relief Effort Friendship and Brotherhood … A Parenting Moment Army answering flood of GI Bill questions Holiday Mailing Deadlines for APO / FPO Addresses MilitaryAvenue.com Resources: So you…
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Mary Alice Has the Right Idea
I just read Mary Alice’s Blog titled Thankful Thursday. Perfect! There is so much out there, around me, in me and in my friends and loved ones for which I am thankful. I suppose every blog should be about this 🙂 Thanks for the uplifting idea of just writing down life’s reasons for making you thankful.Here is my ‘fast flight of ideas’DALEFamilyFriendsFaithFellowshipFUNandDoctors and medical staff who have been there for me… all too often.Great restaurantsthe sun… which I miss in the winter monthsturning leaves – absolute beauty moving in the breezesa new car that still smells new even though there is a mud sheen to it because of our country…