Submit your Nomination for MILITARY SPOUSE OF THE YEAR, 2013!

Nominations Closing Soon!
Be sure to nominate a deserving Military Spouse, for the
Military Spouse of the Year, 2013.

This is the time to honor the women that Stand Beside the Uniform!

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me - Tessa

tessa.smith07@yahoo.com
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 Military Spouse of the Year 2013

 

www.militaryspouse.com

 

Military Spouse magazine founded the Military Spouse of the Year® (MSOY) award in 2008 to honor military spouses of all ranks and from all branches of service. More than a million military spouses support and maintain the home front while our service members defend this great nation. The Military Spouse of the Year® award recognizes military spouses' important contributions and unwavering commitment to the military community and our country.

The Military Spouse of the Year® award solicits nominations from the military community as well as all Americans in the late fall. Three distinct phases of voting follow, culminating in the announcement of the Military Spouse of the Year® at an annual awards luncheon in our nation's capital in early May. The event attracts Congressional members, senior military and Department of Defense leadership.

•In 2008, Military Spouse pioneered the concept of empowering the community by enabling military spouses to recognize leaders within their ranks.

•In 2008, the inaugural Military Spouse of the Year® awards luncheon.

•In 2009, Military Spouse magazine added a Spouse of the Year (SOY) for each branch of service.

•In 2012, Military Spouse introduces a MSOY Alumni Luncheon to foster greater camaraderie among current and former branch and military SOYs.

•For 2013, Military Spouse magazine added an installation level to the award, ensuring that each and every base, district (Coast Guard), and state (National Guard) has a representative. Military Spouse magazine's vision isto enhance communication and strengthen connections amongst military spouses at the local level

Military Spouse magazine encourages all Americans to consider nominating their friends, relatives, neighbors or colleagues for this prestigious honor.

You're Invited: Homefront for the Holidays Luncheon

Homefront for the Holidays Luncheon

Saturday, December 1, 2012

12:00 noon – 2:00 pm

Prince of Peace Christian School

4000 Midway Rd.

Carrollton, TX 75007

We invite you to join us for a holiday luncheon to honor the female spouses of military service members and female service members. The luncheon will feature great food, lots of fun, an entertaining speaker, and festive goodie bags for the holidays.

The luncheon will provide laughter, tears, sharing and friendship.
The luncheon is sponsored by the National Charity League N. Dallas Chapter and
Operation Homefront of Texas
Registration is required for the luncheon. To register, please send an email to:

 texas@operationhomefront.net

Include the following information:

Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Email Address
Phone Number with Area Code
Rank of military service member
Branch of Military
Registration is limited to 75 participants. Registered guests will receive a confirmation email for the event.
National Charity League is a mother/daughter philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences. Through the mother-daughter relationship, National Charity League develops strong women leaders serving and impacting communities today and for generations to come.
We are honored to host this event for the women who serve our Country and support our military service members.

Happy Thanksgiving from Task Force Bowie!

As the Soldiers of Task Force Bowie prepare for another day at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan...

Back home their families prepare for a day of thanks and fellowship with family and friends this Thanksgiving. The leadership of Task Force Bowie wants to say Thank You for the many sacrifices you are making as your love ones are conducting their duties in Afghanistan.

With your support, your Soldiers are staying focus on the mission at hand and providing a safe and secure environment for our Coalition Forces, other US Forces and the people of Shindand. 

Task Force Bowie is thankful for the many supporters from the Fort Worth area and family members who have been providing our Soldiers the never endless care packages and letters that has been a major uplifting factor in our mission.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Soldiers of Task Force Bowie!

Fourth Texas – Fix Bayonets! 

John A. Sturgill

Major, Infantry

David Snowden

Command Sergeant Major

Free Thanksgiving Dinner... All Welcome!

The owner of  Duffy's Diner will be hosting a

FREE Thanksgiving Meal on Thursday, November 22, 2013 from 11-until close.

Please feel free to pass this along to ANY SM or FM that is in need of a meal
(they do NOT have to be in the military to receive a free Thanksgiving meal).

Duffy's is located at.... 3700 S Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76015

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Duffys-Diner/219320411490478

Thanksgiving Prayer for our Military Families

Thanksgiving Prayers for our Military Families

At Thanksgiving, as you consider all of the things for which you give thanks.  Please remember those who place themselves in harm’s way so that we may peacefully celebrate with our families.

Pray that they are protected, safe and return home quickly.  Pray for the families without their loved ones, that they remain strong and steadfast supporting their loved one while serving our country.

WE all have SO Very Much to be grateful for; let’s not forget to thank those who fight for us!

http://youtu.be/reDiz5nkxK8

God Bless our Military Men and Women!

 Bring them all home safe and sound!

Awesome Thanksgiving Banner sent to Charlie Company

What a great surprise Charlie Company received...

How sweet and cool is that?!

 

 

Christopher Pathe, Christopher Michael Gipson, Richard Ramirez, Justin Osborn, Josh Garber and Company Commander Brian Smith.

 

 

Our Soldiers got goodies and this banner from school kids.

 

It warms my heart to know there are people who not only think about our Warriors but also take their time to show the appreciation.

 

God bless those kiddos!

Nominations Open for MILITARY SPOUSE OF THE YEAR

             NOMONATIONS ARE OPEN:
If you know a deserving Military Spouse, here is your change to nominate them for the Military Spouse of the Year Award. Time to honor those women that stand beside their husband's uniform with pride!
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                              Nominate your favorite Military Spouse of the Year!

http://msoy.militaryspouse.com/nomination#

  

Military Spouse magazine founded the Military Spouse of the Year® (MSOY) award in 2008 to honor military spouses of all...

ranks and from all branches of service. More than a million military spouses support and maintain the home front while our service members defend this great nation. The Military Spouse of the Year® award recognizes military spouses' important contributions and unwavering commitment to the military community and our country.
...
The Military Spouse of the Year® award solicits nominations from the military community as well as all Americans in the late fall. Three distinct phases of voting follow, culminating in the announcement of the Military Spouse of the Year® at an annual awards luncheon in our nation's capital in early May. The event attracts Congressional members, senior military and Department of Defense leadership.

•In 2008, Military Spouse pioneered the concept of empowering the community by enabling military spouses to recognize leaders within their ranks.

•In 2008, the inaugural Military Spouse of the Year® awards luncheon.

•In 2009, Military Spouse magazine added a Spouse of the Year (SOY) for each branch of service.

•In 2012, Military Spouse introduces a MSOY Alumni Luncheon to foster greater camaraderie among current and former branch and military SOYs.

•For 2013, Military Spouse magazine added an installation level to the award, ensuring that each and every base, district (Coast Guard), and state (National Guard) has a representative. Military Spouse magazine's vision isto enhance communication and strengthen connections amongst military spouses at the local level

Military Spouse magazine encourages all Americans to consider nominating their friends, relatives, neighbors or colleagues for this prestigious honor.

Military and Veterans Discount Center

The military and veterans discount center was a ten year old idea that one of the founders, Terrence Thomas, had but never acted on until a fateful day at the AT&T store in April 2011. Prior to going to the AT&T store, he had read on the web and on several message boards that the company had a military discount and veterans were eligible. He went in and asked the associate about it and she was very helpful, but did not know about the discount for veterans. Feeling embarrassed with all of the fuss and ruckus caused over this (a manager was called in and made a call back to headquarters) he decided to make the purchase without the discount and hoped to resolve the issue at a later date.

Two trips back to the store with DD-214 in tow coupled with faxes and personal calls to their corporate offices still resulted in no discount. Now it was time to act. He knew that some veterans have been able to get the discount with a DD-214, but why them and not everyone? Did they make a mistake? Who knows.

While we understand that companies are under no obligation to provide military discounts, (and we are grateful that they do) active duty personnel, reservists, retirees, veterans and spouses are entitled to accurate information about military discounts and veteran discounts. No one should have to pour through pages of pages of angry posts on message boards to determine their military discount eligibility.

What is MVDC?

It is the largest collection of military and veteran discounts on the web. On the site you will find accurate and up to date information about military and veteran discounts in your local area. In addition, if you see a discount, feel free to add it to our list. Our job is to save you time in figuring out who has discounts and more importantly, to save you money.

Who are we?

Terrence Thomas - Co-Founder and Navy Veteran

Terrence is no stranger to building websites that help the military community, in 1998, he cofounded GI Bill Express, a site that linked veterans and military personnel with schools that provided discounts for the military community. The site was acquired by Military.com in 2000 and formed the foundation for their careers and education channels. This is where he also met Ted.

Ted Gizewski -- Co-Founder and Marine Corps Veteran

Ted first met Terrence at Military.com, where they worked together on building one of the largest miitary community sites on the internet. Ted has over 15 years of experience as an attorney in the technology industry. He has worked at both major law firms and in-house at Fortune 50 technology companies assisting online and software companies succeed.

Click Link Below to start SAVING!!

http://militaryandveteransdiscounts.com/veterans_day_discounts

Task Force Bowie - First 90 Days with Boots on Ground

Task Force Bowie taking major strides in securing Shindand Air Base!

The Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment (Forward) "Task Force Bowie" has been on the ground at Shindand Air Base since mid-August and has already provided over 250,000 man hours of base security in one shape or another.  Each and every Soldier here is focus on the mission.  Several of the Soldiers when they are not on patrol or guard duty, are taking advantage of the several different online college courses that are available or other military distance-learning courses to improve not only themselves but also the unit they serve.

In August we conducted our Transfer of Authority with Task Force Griffin (Ohio National Guard) Soldiers and assumed the security mission here on Shindand Air Base.  In September, we saw the dawning of T-Patches on several new Soldiers who have never been deployed before and a change in our higher headquarters from the 838th AEAG (USAF) to the 47th Garrison Command.  October brought on more taskings as we began our movement of our Base Defense Operation Center from one side of Shindand Air Base to another.  With the beginning of November, Task Force Bowie Soldiers are still focus on the security mission and the spirits are high as we continue to work through any challenge that presents itself.

We have accomplished more than the previous three units before us within one of their rotations.  The command is very proud of the each and every Soldier who has step up to the plate and has gone above and beyond what was asked of them.  Most of the leadership on the ground is performing either one or two levels above their current duty position; with major sufficient results and praises from our superiors.

Special recognition goes out to all the Task Force Bowie family members who are making the ultimate sacrifice with your love ones standing watch from thousands of miles away.  I thank all of you of your continue support to our mission here.  I look forward to coming home with these “Brave Texans” next year and being able to see the smiles from all of you as they are embraced in open arms to each and every one of you.  I ask that you continue engage with the rear Family Readiness Groups and the Battalion Full-Time Staff for any questions or concerns you may have.

Sincerely,

John A. Sturgill
Major, Infantry
Battalion Executive Officer

New Right Sleeve Combat T-Patchers of Task Force Bowie.

November 12, 2012

November 12, 2012, a set on Flickr.

Special Thank You to Matt Blackwell, for the latest photos!

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans Day to all! 

An extra special wish to Charlie Company and Thank you to our Company Commander 1LT David Brian Smith.


It is your integrity, honor, and example that you lead your men in the MILITARY way.  God Bless you all and God Speed for a quick and safe return! 

 AMEN