We got back yesterday! We were so impressed with the quality of the young men and women reporting in and their families. We've started the Facebook stalking for photos of our DD and have seen several so far. My thoughts and prayers are all about the swabs and their cadre right now. They are all...
True. I guess I just don't buy the idea that any press is better than no press. I still think it's better to represent the U.S. Military and those serving in a more professional light. And it's hard to do that when a Navy official gives the media a quote like that rather than an explanation like...
Scoutpilot ... This point I totally get and agree with.
But this is the part that I just think is completely silly for even entering the context of the story. I'm not sure if it was pitched as part of the story or if it's just the angle that the media jumped on. But I think it set the...
I heard that next year, the Navy will introduce phase two of this program whereby each sailor's mother will record the message over soothing background noise for personal delivery to her DS or DD.
For the life of me, I don't know how this change helps the Navy "save money" or "gain...
Sometimes when something ugly happens at my daughter's Catholic high school, a parent will corner the principal insisting that he explain how such a thing could happen at a Catholic school. The principal's response is, "Mr. or Mrs. So-and-So, there are Catholics in jail."
When I attended the Defense Information School and they were teaching us to write and evaluate headlines, they told us that we had to think dirty because if we didn't our readers would.
Sooo ... can I just add a little levity to this thread and ask if I am the only one getting a little...
Huh???
Does that mean that if I have a son at an academy and I advise him not to get ridiculously drunk which could potentially lead to consensual drunk sex with a female cadet who could possibly later regret the encounter and report it as sexual assault to minimize her embarrassment ...
I read elsewhere that the reason the victim did not want to press charges was because she was under the influence and, therefore, felt that she had contributed to the situation. This is so tragic on so many levels because there are so many factors that need to be investigated and what's legal...
66 Days! I have the countdown clock on my phone. Last night was DD's last HS softball game. Next time I see her play it will be in a Coast Guard uniform! So many mixed emotions. So proud and so excited but also a little panicky about the sadness of not seeing her every day anymore. But we could...
I was enlisted and I found the most respectable and successful officers to be ones who:
Exhibited the confidence of a leader but the humility of someone who understands that he/she can learn something from anyone, including enlisted.
Understood that a Senior NCO has wisdom and experience...
LOL about the poopy hat! My DD and two other girls got latrine duty at AIM. One of the toilets was clogged (and let's just say it was with the stuff that ruined your hat, LITS). With only minutes to solve the problem, the three of them decided to engage in a showdown of "Rock, Paper, Scissors"...