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Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System - Publications: Recent Issues [of Military Unit Newspapers] Listed are the most recent issues of 40+ publications. Units include: Ali Times, 407th Air Expeditionary Group, Ali Base, Iraq ANACONDA TIMES, Proudly Serving LDA Anaconda, Iraq Band of Brothers, 101st Abn. Div., FOB Speicher Coalition Chronicle, Official magazine of Multi-National Corps, Iraq Cobra Strike, 4th Infantry Division, Forward Operating Base Prosperity, Baghdad, Iraq
875th Engineer Battalion,South Dakota Army National Guard,
Veterans Administration Survivors Guide The Department of Veterans Affairs recently activated a new website aimed directly at surviving spouses of military members who died on active duty and surviving spouses of veterans who died after serving their country. The website not only has links to the VA pages describing survivor benefits but also to other government sites that may offer valuable information and assistance. There is also a link to Frequently Asked Questions that answers most questions. For more specific questions, the site tells how to contact the VA directly.
Adopt a Fort Bragg Soldier: If you are interested in "adopting" a deployed Fort Bragg Soldier, please contact Vicky Lee, Fort Bragg Community Relations, at vicky.lee'at'@us.army.mil or (910) 396-5401/8015. The "adoption" is a commitment on your part to send letters and care packages to "your" Soldier until he/she returns home.
MILblogging.com is the world's largest index of military blogs - searchable by a variety of attributes. Any visitor can find the right milblog that interests them generally in fewer than five clicks. Registered users can submit military blogs. Registration is free! For milbloggers, Milblogging.com provides one of the most productive and efficient online channels available for getting free traffic to your site.
FBI: Crimes Against Children - Links to State Sex Offender Registries - Has links to the sex offender registries for each of the 50 States and District of Columbia. Highly recommended for military families with young children. Is there a registered sex offender residing in the house across the street?
Military Kidz Website: Entertaining website for children. Excellent set of Internet rules for Kids. Includes Patriotic information - The Flag, Presidents, Military Topics, Sign Language for the Deaf, Braille, Guest Book and Coded e-Mail Messages. Military topics include morse code, semaphore and international signal flags.
Fort Bragg, NC: Widely known as the "Home of the Airborne and the Special Forces". Home of US Army XVII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, Special Operations Command and the Golden Knights Parachute Team.
Destiny Group Job Search: "Destiny forms an integrated recruitment network, specializing in professional transition assistance to individuals with military content in their background." A FREE service for servicemembers, their spouses and military retirees. Click on Destiny Group link above to access the following FREE services:
FREE Resume Writer
FREE Personality Assessment/Skillls Inventory
FREE Trade Publications for research and industry knowledge on more than 100 industries
FREE Job Fairs and leads
Military Exchanges sponsor Phone Card donor program for servicemembers:
Alpha Battery, 1/5 FA, Support Page Website sponsored by a commercial company - H.T.C. Systems - who is to be commended for their patriotism.
Surf Safely Search Engine for Children: "Family friendly web directory open only to PICS rated sites. Child safety online by informed content selection using free parental controls, Internet filters and prefiltered Internet service."
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act This act provides protection for Reservists and National Guardsmen called to active duty. It can save you money, and help you avoid bankruptcy. This subject should be discussed with your legal officer - even if you are not experiencing financial difficulties. You should know your legal rights.
Old Time Wooden Nickel Company: Free 'Support Our Troops' Wooden Nickels.' "Send us a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope To request your 4 FREE Wooden Nickels."
US Army Regulations Commercial website that maintains what appears to be a fairly complete index of Army Regs. We cannot determine if they are current.
DOD Statistical Information "The Statistical Information Analysis Division (SIAD) is responsible for the collection, processing, and publishing of Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian work force information. website provides maps, transcripts of speeches, press releases, progress reports, RFP's, business opportunities in Iraq, and many other pages and links."
This website answers the questions:
How many soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are there?
How many civilians are employed by the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force?
How many casualties and deaths have there been?
What about statistics for WWII, Korea and Vietnam?
This site includes statistics regarding uniformed and civilian personnel strength statistics from 1978 to present.
CPA-IraqCoalition Provisional Authority - Iraq Due to the dissolution of the CPA, this site for the CPA-Iraq Coalition will no longer be updated. It will remain available for historical purposes until June 30, 2006. Current information for the new sovereign Iraq may be found on the U.S. Embassy-Iraq Web site at:
USCENTCOM - Headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands assigned operational control of U.S. combat forces.
USCENTCOM's Commander, Gen. John Abizaid, reports directly to the Secretary of Defense, who in turn, reports to the President of the United States.
A Unified Combatant Command is composed of forces from two or more services, has a broad and continuing mission, and is normally organized on a geographical basis into regions known as "Areas Of Responsibility" (AORs). USCENTCOM's AOR stretches from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia. This area includes Iraq and Afghanistan.
ESGR Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve: "Many employers have recently expanded their pay differential and medical coverage policies for Reserve and National Guard members called to active duty. The employers listed below have gone above and beyond the requirements of the law in support of their National Guard and Reserve employees." Visit this site and see the list of several hundred Outstanding Employers that are doing 'more than their share' in support of our troops.
HOOAH 4 HEALTH (H4H) "is a web-based health promotion and prevention program
developed to respond to the needs of the U.S. Army Reserve Components. The site
was launched in May 2000 and since then over 46 million hits have been
recorded." The site contains a "Family Deployment Checklist" that should be required reading for deploying soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and their spouses. Highly recommended for troops deploying in the near future.
The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: "In this paper, the emotional cycle of deployment experienced by family members at home is discussed in detail. In order to provide a common frame of reference; this cycle is divided into five distinct stages closely correspond to the soldier's experience of deployment: pre-deployment, deployment, sustainment, re-deployment and post-deployment." Highly recommended for the families and troops deploying in the near future.
Navy LIFELines: "The Official Quality of Life Service Delivery Network of the Department of the Navy, serving Sailors, Marines and their families.
" . . . Open to the Public . . .
Army Families Online: "The Well-Being Liaison Office (WBLO) assists the Army Leadership with its constituent communities - Soldiers (Active-Duty, National Guard and Army Reserve), Civilians, Retirees, Veterans and their Family members - to ensure the effective delivery of Well-Being programs to the Army by providing focused representation of constituent interests and attitudes as they relate to Well-Being.
" . . . Open to the Public . . .
Veteran Survival: is a non-profit site whose mission is to "Identify needy veterans and match them with appropriate private sector assistance."
FearlessAmerican: Contains a well written open letter to Terrorists, "Dear Terrorists: . . . . "
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