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Best And Worst States For Military Retirees. Top Story - October 2017.
When you're retiring out of the military there's a lot of work to be done in connection with your personal life. Deciding on marriage, your girlfriend should know what becoming a military wife truly entails. You should also feel comfortable in rejoining the human race. What to do now? How do I move forward? And, most importantly of all, where do I go?
By Donald Gray8 years ago in Serve
Best War Movies of All Time
War movies are a great way to create a quick and heightened sense of drama. It inherently brings the conflict that is needed to make a powerful story, and we generally know who the good guys are right off the bat — giving us a more satisfying rooting interest.
By Joseph Farley8 years ago in Serve
Most Popular Slang Terms Used in the Military
The use of slang is very popular, especially these days. Some people find it a better and easier way to communicate with others. Just a simple word can mean so much in slang — that's the beauty of it. There isn't technically a set of rules when it comes to the use of slang... people just have to understand where you're coming from.
By George Nekilan8 years ago in Serve
Open Letter to the Military Girlfriend… Who’s Still a Girlfriend
He leaves for boot camp (you join a girlfriend support page), he goes to more training after that (you start seeing people get married, aww), he gets stationed... now what? Now you get flooded with cute posts of court house weddings and you naturally get jealous because why not you? Right? Wroooong.
By Thrifty, Curvy, & Thriving8 years ago in Serve
How To Make It Through Basic Training as a Female
Women have just recently been able to join any branch in the military, which includes infantry. It's a huge step forward for women, but what does it really take to make it through the first step of becoming a soldier?
By Amanda J. Treible8 years ago in Serve
What to Know Before Getting Deployed
Getting deployed isn't something that most people are happy to look forward to — and who could blame anyone who's scared? When you go to war, you will end up in uncomfortable conditions, you will very likely see things you shouldn't see, and there's also a chance you might get killed.
By Riley Raul Reese8 years ago in Serve
Tough Love: How a Soldier's Advice Led to a Military Decision
My mom took the oath of enlistment at the age of 17. Just before she had retired at the age of 43, at the rank of Sergeant First Class — an E-7 in the Army — she decided to have a conversation with me after school, one that she would repeat time after time again — especially when I became a part of my high school's MCJROTC program. She told me that if I ever joined the Army like she did, I would regret it; more specifically, she said she would beat my ass. But why the negative reaction? Everyone in my family had expected me to follow in her footsteps and join, maybe even be a part of the Signal Corps like she was. But no: Sergeant Walker would not have it. "My child? Join the Army," she'd declare. "Over my dead body."
By Klyde Khalil Walker8 years ago in Serve
You're In the Army, Now!
Remember the old movies where the men joined the French Foreign Legion in order to forget? Well, I guess you could say she did the same when joining the Army. Her personal life was in an uproar from a break up to your place of employment for the last 4 years going, "Belly Up." In other words, she joined for all the wrong reasons but was determined to make the best of things. She was to go to AFEES, (Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station) in Boston first, then travel by subway to the airport to catch a flight to lovely Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. This was her first attempt at navigating the subway system and she was having difficulty. She would ask someone which line to take, not realizing she also had to know which direction the airport was in. She took the green line, got off and found she had traveled the wrong direction. After some time doing this, she eventually set her bags down and burst out crying, partially from sheer frustration. A man working for the T spoke to her and explained how to navigate the underground. At last, she arrived at the AFEES building. When she finished her business and was preparing for her flight, she made a stop at a restroom to use the facilities and to freshen up before her flight. At one point, she set her eyeglasses on top of the waste basket in order to wash her face when she watched them slip off the barrel and smash on the floor. "Great," she thought, just what I need, I am nearsighted meaning I can't see far away and now I am visually impaired. What a way to begin your enlistment. She boarded the plane and settled down to await her arrival.
By Donna Gilchrest8 years ago in Serve
