#ServiceMembers

[benlongoria]

10 years ago today I signed my leave form and left the Army. Eight years in. Two years and three months in combat. Countless stories. Time sure goes quick. 🫡 • | | | | #army #army #armylife #usarmy #soldier #veteran #vet #servicemembers #combatveteran #combatvet #combat #iraqwar #cavalry #cavscout #scout #cav #recon #military #militarylife (at Mosul, Iraq) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cos62uTsNnX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thefinancialbootcamp]

A Journey from Financial Instability to Bitcoin Stability

I was once someone who constantly chased the next big thing in the world of crypto, always searching for that golden opportunity that would finally change my financial future. My portfolio was a chaotic mix of speculative investments—some in promising altcoins, others in fleeting trends—and I thought a diversified portfolio of alts was the answer. But it felt like I was always on the brink of…

[alfred123]

Exploring Military Direct Access with Dr. Troy McGill

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Troy McGill as we delve into the world of Military Direct Access. Explore the benefits, challenges, and evolving landscape of military healthcare, where direct access to medical services can be crucial for service members and veterans.

[gratefulnuts]

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, is a complex disorder that is caused by experiencing or witnessing trauma, such as an accident, combat, a natural disaster, or an assault, However, only a trained professional can properly diagnose PTSD, based on symptoms such as mood swings, flashbacks, and avoidance.

Because PTSD is significant, especially with our service members The National Center for PTSD has declared the month of June to be PTSD Awareness Month. To help combat PTSD, help educate yourself and others about the illness, be understanding, and help those who might need it.

[attabrand]

This FRIDAY..tomorrow..is VETERANS DAY...be sure to tell a Veteran or current service member you know thank you and give them a HUGE #Attaway for their service. What they've given us and continue to supply us with is beyond any thank you could achieve...so please don't be shy to send them a huge and I mean HUGE #Attaboy or #Attagirl or #AttaVeteran . . We here at #AttaBrandApparel are truly blessed for the #veterans we know and the current #servicemembers we know and will always stand with them, in front of them, and next to them. From us to you #americastrong #military we #thankyou and #appreciate your #service . . Visit our link in our bio or message us if you would love to send you Veteran or Service member an authentic #Atta'Merican Veteran Apparel today!! . . #AttaBrandCommunity #attabrandfamily #ATTABRANDNATION #americanbrand #america #americanbusiness #proudamerican #merica #Attaway #attasupport #supportveterans #smallbusinessowner #usa🇺🇸 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkyzSPyykLH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thatheathen]

Erin In the Morning | Project 2025 Doc.

[chunmeista-thoughts]

Dear US servicemembers-- see how the empire will decide to treat you if it sees you as a threat? Just like the rest of us.

Even if you are a part of the military. Even if you are literally burning to death.

I know a lot of you do it for the money. That's fair. But please, make a decision here.

US weapons, created by US corporations, are maiming and killing Palestinian, Yemeni, and Lebanese people in the name of a US puppet state. Is this what you fight for?

It should be said you don't need to take such drastic action as self-immolation. There's a whole list of reasons why and I think crimethinc puts it best:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

But you should decide, sooner rather than later, whether you're prouder to be "American", or human.

[aiiaiiiyo]

[bearsinpotatosacks]

you know you're in deep in top gun special interest when you're doing quizzes to find out if Carole would be eligible for medicare and tricare. And you're british, so don't have to deal with healthcare

[elumish]

I think one of the most fundamental plot failures I see across a lot of books is that the person chosen to solve a problem is not a person who it makes sense to choose to solve this problem.

This ends up being true for a lot of YA books where the teenager is the chosen solution to a problem because they need to be for plot reasons, but there is no actual logical reason why anyone would be relying on them to solve this problem (or often even letting them get close to this problem). No, this kid can't work for the FBI or the Secret Service. No, this twelve-year-old won't be a more accomplished soldier than a fully-trained servicemember. No, this kid isn't allowed to practice medicine.

And you can work around this by presenting a reason for them to be involved despite being less qualified--usually that they put themselves in a situation, despite the adults around them, but also that there is something else that makes them suited to a job/role despite their other lack of qualifications (we need someone who can blend in, etc.).

But it's also true for a lot of adult books. I'm reading a book where the ER doctor/medical professor First Gentleman is going to lead the response to a plane full of people who potentially have Marburg virus, and even ignoring the fact that he wouldn't be allowed within a thousand feet of that plane by the Secret Service, that also fundamentally just does not make sense with how U.S. pandemic and quarantine response work (or even how medicine works--an ER doctor is generally not an infecious disease specialist). It's waved away for plot reasons--but it also represents a failure of the plot as a whole.

Why is your character the one who is trying to solve this problem? Is it their job? If it's not their job, what does it mean for the story for them to be trying to solve a problem that they aren't qualified for, may not have access to, and/or aren't allowed to deal with?

If your only answer is "it works because it needs to work for plot reasons" then it doesn't work at all.

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

the GOP should have a committee called America’s Biggest Idiot Committee and every year they elect a government official to receive the Biggest Idiot Award for the most stupidest idea, and this year it would be Jennifer Granholm for proposing the military switch to electric vehicles.

[thefinancialbootcamp]

Understanding Annuities: A Financial Tool for U.S. Service Members’ Retirement

Annuities are a topic that often comes up in discussions about retirement planning. Essentially, they are products sold by insurance companies designed to provide a steady income stream until death, which can make them an attractive option for those looking to secure their financial future post-service. Let’s explore how annuities can be particularly relevant and beneficial for service…

[sw1tchbackli]

Wow, while the debate is still fresh in your memory you have to watch this…..

For any past or present Servicemember 🇺🇸 please watch and share. How could anyone vote for this? Their memory and sacrifice has already been erased 😡🤯

[probablyasocialecologist]

THE REGIONAL WAR in the Middle East now involves at least 16 different countries and includes the first strikes from Iranian territory on Israel, but the United States continues to insist that there is no broader war, hiding the extent of American military involvement. And yet in response to Iran’s drone and missile attacks Saturday, the U.S. flew aircraft and launched air defense missiles from at least eight countries, while Iran and its proxies fired weapons from Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.

[...]

While the world has been focused on — and the Pentagon has been stressing — the comings and goings of aircraft carriers and fighter jets to serve as a “deterrent” against Iran, the U.S. has quietly built a network of air defenses to fight its regional war. “At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Saturday. “Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles.” As part of that network, Army long-range Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense surface-to-air missile batteries have been deployed in Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and at the secretive Site 512 base in Israel. These assets — plus American aircraft based in Kuwait, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia — are knitted together in order to communicate and cooperate with each other to provide a dome over Israel (and its own regional bases). The United Kingdom is also intimately tied into the regional war network, while additional countries such as Bahrain have purchased Patriot missiles to be part of the network. Despite this unambiguous regional network, and even after Israel’s attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria earlier this month, the Biden administration has consistently denied that the Hamas war has spread beyond Gaza. It is a policy stance — and a deception — that has held since Hamas’s October 7 attack. “The Middle East region is quieter than it has been in two decades,” Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in an ill-timed remark eight days before October 7. “We don’t see this conflict widening as it still remains contained to Gaza,” deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said the day after three U.S. troops were killed by a kamikaze drone launched by an Iran-backed militia at a U.S. base in Jordan. Since then (and even before this weekend), the fighting has spread to Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Yemen.