Tag: family readiness
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More chili recipes
What struck Kaylei Deakin about Moranda Hern wasn’t the determination to start an organization for teenage girls who had a parent deployed overseas, though that was impressive, considering they were both in high school. What Deakin remembers is just how Hern, now on the diving team at the Air Force Academy, didn’t act like she…
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Volleyball moving to California
When dad’s deployed, there’s no distraction good enough to trump that reality. But there are some that make it more bearable. “I’m not so good at drawing, so I wondered if I took this class, if I might become a good drawer,” 8-year-old Emma Speakes said on a recent afternoon as she penciled a masterpiece…
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It’s not a collapse if you still prevail
Locking eyes, Angie Moore clutched her husband and gave him a kiss months in the waiting. Their daughter, Brooklyn, latched onto his leg, competing for the first hug.Two feet back, Owen Moore, 6, refused to flinch and gazed silently at his father. A homemade sign in his hands delivered the message that Owen refused to…
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Francis struggles, offense does too
The proclamation reads: “Since our Nation’s earliest days, courageous men and women of all backgrounds and beliefs have banded together to fight for the freedoms we cherish. Behind each of them stands a parent, a sibling, a child, a spouse — proud family members who share the weight of deployment and make profound sacrifices on…
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Scorecards, once a ballpark staple, have become a novelty
Army wife Dina McDonald didn’t attend Spouse Relationship Resiliency Day to learn to cope with deployment.She attended to learn to cope with its aftermath.Nearly a year and a half after her husband returned from Afghanistan, her marriage hangs on by a thread.“We’re fighting a lot, so I told him that I wanted to come here…
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Springs’ bullpen has breakdown
Rebecca Edmonds, the daughter of a Navy captain, proudly followed in her father’s footsteps when she joined the armed forces. But her dream came to an abrupt halt when the Air Force found out that she was about to start a family of her own. Edmonds, a graduate of Marquette University with a full scholarship…
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USOC says NGBs must show cause to get cash
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2012 – The Defense Manpower Data Center is making it easier for service members and their families to get and maintain identification cards. The center has launched its RAPIDS — Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System — self-service portal to allow service members and reservists with the Defense Department’s common access card, or…
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Friday baseball game between Air Force and BYU moved to 1 p.m. start
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2012 – As service members prepare for any and all possible military operations, the Defense Department is reaching out to ensure that there are no contingencies back home to distract them from the mission, namely their personal finances. Barbara Thompson, director of DOD’s Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth, is leading the…
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Miss opportunity
SIDNEY, Ohio — The mother of a former Navy SEAL killed in Libya has called on Mitt Romney to stop talking about her son during his political campaign. A spokesman for the Republican presidential candidate says Romney will respect her wishes. Romney in recent days has been telling voters of a chance encounter with the…
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Clarett happy with chance to prove detractors wrong
A group of volunteers from Home Depot are set to paint, saw and hammer at a White Lake Township home today to finish the work an Army officer couldn’t before he was shipped off to Afghanistan. Since 1st Lt. Joseph Prapotnik, 42, left in the spring, his wife, Melanie Prapotnik, and her 13-year-old daughter have…