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    The Army Profession, Drawdown, Army Families and more! DoD Bloggers Roundtable

    Army children in youth program … see below for creditChandler said,  Secretary of the Army – no cuts to Army programs for families without his specific approval. Did you know that the US Army end strength (total number of active duty soldiers) under the Defense Departments current plan and budget will be at 490,000 after the drawdown is complete? That is the loss of eight brigade combat teams and other resources (80,000 soldiers to be specific).   The number of cuts seems to be a bit of a moving target as we talked just recently (December) with the DoD Blogger Roundtable and the number was 50,000!  The Sergeant Major of the…

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    Free “Time-out” for Military Spouses at Fort Sill

    We, MilitaryAvenue.com, are proud sponsors of the Army Wife Network Event, Field Exercises™: Priceless Packages . I wanted to make sure that all of our military spouses in the Fort Sill area got the word about this wonderful event coming up. Contact Tara Crooks or Starlett Henderson of Army Wife Network1-888-866-5041,http://www.armywifenetwork.com/, fromthefield@armywifenetwork.com For immediate release April 16, 2009 A Deployment Survival & Resources Event In their ongoing, nation-wide, efforts to provide support and service to military spouses, Crooks & Henderson will appear in person at the Fort Sill Gunner’s Inn on April 23 and 24 to present a deployment survival & resources seminar. To empower military spouses, the two—founders of…