March 28, 2017, by Eileen O'Shanassy - You have served your country well and in addition to all the physical and emotional scars that war has left on your body, you now have to adjust to life with a disability. The shock of an amputation or mental illness comes differently for different people. Some are able to adjust to the reality quickly, and seamlessly make the necessary … [Read more...]

March 28, 2017, by Travis Pike - The United States Marine Corps has a very broad mission. To meet these mission requirements, they have various personnel in different specialties - otherwise known as Military Occupational Specialties or MOS. The main fighting force of the Marine Corps is the infantry. Infantry carries a 03 designation with two following numbers that break … [Read more...]

March 27, 2017, by Dana Atkins - The main scourge of the U.S. Servicemen in the past and present deployments aren’t militant extremists but IEDs. IEDs or Improvised Explosive Devices are the culprit behind serious injuries, dismemberments and worse; death among our military. What are IEDs? An IED, as mentioned above is an Improvised Explosive Device. Its components come … [Read more...]

March 23, 2017, by Jack Neely - In our fast-moving environment, it is very important that everyone learns techniques and relaxation methods to avoid stress. This is even truer for those returning from deployment. Being deployed can have effects which make one's daily life more difficult, and therefore it can take a conscious effort for a soldier to maintain healthy levels of … [Read more...]