Dear Tenant Renting my House in Jax,
Thank you so much for signing a new contract to rent our house then deciding that you could no longer afford it. Thank you also for neglecting to pay your February rent therefore throwing our entire budget off and allowing me to bounce three checks. Yes, I am blaming you for that because when you pay your rent I can pay my bills. Otherwise; I am around $1200 in the hole. So, thanks! I really appreciate that.
Can you please leave, now? Since you aren’t paying your rent and all.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass and look forward to hearing from my lawyers.
Asshole.
Sincerely,
Christine
Spc. Ross A. McGinnis 19 years old from Knox, Pennsylvania 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division December 4, 2006
His mission was to patrol the streets of Adhamiyah in northeast Baghdad and find a place to put a 250-kilowatt generator that would provide electricity for more than 100 homes. But it’s a mission he wasn’t able to accomplish. Shortly after Pfc. McGinnis’s convoy left the compound, and less than a mile from FOB Apache, an insurgent standing on a nearby rooftop threw a grenade into the sixth, and last, Humvee. “Grenade!” yelled McGinnis, who was manning the vehicle’s M2 .50-caliber machine gun. He tried to deflect the grenade but it fell into the Humvee and lodged between the radios. “McGinnis turned and looked down and realized no one in the truck knew where the grenade was,” said Capt. Michael Baka, his company commander. “He knew everyone had their doors combat-locked and they wouldn’t be able to get out.” Instead of jumping out of the truck to save his own life, like he had been trained to do, McGinnis threw his back against the radio mount, smothering the explosive with his body. The grenade exploded just as Pfc. McGinnis covered it. The blast filled the vehicle with black smoke and debris and blew the driver’s door and right passenger’s door wide open and blew the machine gun off its mount. The explosion hit McGinnis on his sides and his lower back, under his vest. He was killed instantly. The other four soldiers in the Humvee suffered relatively minor injuries. On the morning of December 4, 2006, before his convoy had left, Cpt. Baka has signed a waver promoting Pfc. McGinnis to Specialist and he was posthumously promoted to E-4. For his heroic actions on that day, McGinnis was awarded the Silver Star and was nominated for a Medal of Honor which he received on June 2, 2008.
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If you have your children in an at-home therapy program be advised that apparently; TRICARE has decided to cut back and in home therapy is being cut, you will now have to go to the office for therapy for a shorter amount of time. I’m not sure what else they are cutting, I heard from a women in my sons’ playgroup who had spoken to her speech therapist and an employee at VB Infant and Toddler.
It came as a big shock to everyone, TRICARE called them Thursday afternoon and told them, it was effective immediately.
Caregivers are trying to fight this decision as a lot of kids really need the therapy and to have them cut the length of time they have it for is not right. One of my friend’s child’s time was cut from 45 mins to 30 mins of speech therapy a week. TRICARE is supposedly cutting their expenses down by 50% on what they pay out for therapy services.
I will update when I find out more information.
War affects everyone—not just the service member, but the spouse and children as well. As an organization dedicated to serving military families, the National Military Family Association (NMFA) recognized the need for more resources to support military children. In 2004, the Operation Purple® Summer Camp Program was created as a way to help military children struggling with having a parent deployed.
During the 2004 pilot season of Operation Purple, NMFA implemented 12 different Operation Purple camps across the country. Due to the success of this camp program, NMFA expanded the program and has hosted more than 10,000 military children who have or will experience deployment.
In 2008, there were 100 weeks of camp held in 62 locations in 37 states and territories.
These free, week-long, overnight camps are open to all military children. The program aims to help military kids experience carefree fun while also learning coping skills to deal with war-related stress and fostering relationships with others who know what they are going through.
“I am writing to thank you so much for sponsoring OPC this summer…they have not stopped talking about all the fun they had last week…you have made a BIG difference in our lives and many other military families lives!” OPC parent
More information about Operation Purple Camp can be found at: http://www.operationpurple.org/
Registration will begin 15 March 09.
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