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Quick and Easy Low Carb Lunch
Fresh from the oven, a dish of broccoli, carrots and Angle Hair Pasta… Nice! There are times when pasta just sounds right. My mind really likes the idea of that comfort food… and when it comes, presented in the form of Angel Hair pasta… oh my! I like this! This summer we canned carrots like nobody’s business. We love them. Some I put in quart jars… a bit too big for us to use in one meal. I also froze broccoli. We had the best plants ever. So there are freezer bags and bags of them yet in produce freezer downstairs. Life is so good!We zoomed in late for lunch…
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Week in Review: Week of February 14-20 (Military News)
Here are ten of our most popular military-related articles for the week on MilitaryAvenue.com: February Featured Military Reward This month has been extremely busy for the men and women of our armed forces! With Haiti relief in full swing and many deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq and other “hot spots” the community is feeling very stretched! We have decided to recognize this month’s Featured Military Reward with a military spouse run business! We had many wonderful Rewards to choose from but hers stood out!…Loving a Person Loving a person just the way they are, it’s no small thing. I woke up this morning with a song in my head. Kind of strange, as I…
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2010 Military Saves Week – The Stress of Making a Purchase
Did you know that The Department of Defense has designated Feb. 21 through Feb. 28, 2010 as Military Saves Week? Saving money… kind of a sore point for me. I would MUCH RATHER take a shopping spree at Target then save a budgeted amount each month for my retirement … in like 30 years! Egads… don’t the ‘financial experts’ know that I live in the here-and-now?! Well not my husband. He is my saver. Finances might be tight but darn-it-all our monthly budgeted-allotment is going into our IRAs. “You have to pay yourself too”, he says. Well I’ll pay myself… by buying that cool new household-gizmo that I just need…
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Training the Afghan Army – DoD Roundtable with Maj Gen Hogg
Maj. Gen. David Hogg, deputy commander-Army, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan provided some great insight into the current NATO efforts with the Afghan Army training, including their current status, plans for future builds, and the many challenges they face. His responses to the Roundtable questions were especially informative and helpful in understanding the current situation within the Afghan Army. If we are to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people their Army must be well trained and support the government security programs. This will be necessary before we can disengage and allow the Afghans to maintain their own security programs and provide opportunities for their people to become…
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Medicine in Iraq in 2010 and Beyond – DoD Roundtable
Imagine trying to find a doctor or nurse in a country where 90% of the doctors fled after multiple devastating wars, an insurgency with criminal elements kidnapping physicians for ransom and a medical community that spent 35 years locked in a closet away from the rest of the world’s medical system by the dictatorial government under Saddam Hussein! The Iraq medical community has a long ways to go before recovering to its previous expertise! At one time this country’s medicine was the envy of the region! Now they are re-building with American assistance! We spoke with Dr. Adel Hanson, linguist/medical advisor, USF-I Health Affairs, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission (ITAM);…
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Loving a Person
Loving a person just the way they are, it’s no small thing I woke up this morning with a song in my head. Kind of strange, as I haven’t heard it for awhile. It takes some time to see things throughBut it has reminded me of how blessed I am. And yet, relationships in my life require work. Simply because I am me. They are them. My husband is head-strong, my dad is a mover & shaker, my mom wants the best for me, my step-son is, well, a teenager, I sometimes threaten to eat my own children (think about spiders eating their young and you get the picture), friends around the world…
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“Here to Protect, Ready to Rescue” – The Coast Guard 2011 Budget – DoD Roundtable
The DoD Roundtable had the privilege of interviewing the Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Allen prior to his retirement this year. Admiral Thad W. Allen assumed the duties of the 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on May 25th, 2006. The Coast Guard is the largest component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), comprised of about 42,000 men and women on Active Duty, 7,000 civilians, 8,000 Reservists and 34,000 volunteer Auxiliarists and is the fifth military service. I spent several tours in the Air Force combat rescue world and my Coast Guard contacts were always extremely professional and they often accomplished much with few resources. Visits to Coast Guard…
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What would you ask at the Council of College and Military Educators?
MilitaryAvenue Followers! You would think Nashville would be warmer than Grand Rapids, Michigan. Well it’s not. In fact, it is snowing as I type. This week I am at the Council of College and Military Educators: http://www.ccmeonline.org/nashville10.aspx. I will have a chance to meet with military program directors from a number of colleges and universities that want to get in front of military audiences. The week will heat up Tuesday morning with the convention opening. While at the convention I will have numerous opportunities to ask military friendly universities, Military OneSource staff, and other attendees any questions you may have. Please use our Education Avenue, Answers tool, Facebook page, Twitter,…
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Supporting Our Troops in the Field – DoD Roundtable
As “Operation Moshtarak” kicked off this week it brought me back to the fourth military budget theme from the Department of Defense discussed in earlier blogs. During the Roundtable with Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Robert Hale, he highlighted the themes of the military budget as being: 1) Taking care of our people2) Rebalancing the Military3) Reforming what and how we buy4) Supporting our troops in the field I wrote on the first priority in, The 2011 Military Budget – DoD Roundtable with Secretary Hale and people programs usually gain a lot of support. I wrote on the second and third themes in The Defense Budget…
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Popular Articles: Week of February 7 – 13
Here were our top 10 most-viewed military-related articles for the week on MilitaryAvenue.com: The “Can Do” Seabees in Afghanistan – DoD Roundtable Angels Amongst Us … USAA and Zag Team up with Mercedes-Benz USA For Our MilitaryAvenue Partners: Stop by and introduce yourself! Advance Pay for a PCS Military OneSource Offers Free Tax Filing For our MilitaryAvenue Partners: Your Military Rewards and How to Win the Hearts of the Military Community Ft Stewart – Army Wife Network presents Priceless Packages Escape and Save with the Armed Forces Vacation Club Growing up in the Military MilitaryAvenue on FacebookMilitaryAvenue on TwitterVisit our Reading Room to find more relevant news! To find…
