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It’s borderline abusive, inhumane and unjustifiably despicable. Our troops go and serve proudly for months on end, and return to a situation that sometimes proves to be more emotionally disturbing than what they faced on active duty. Please read the story below, and if you had no idea of this reality, I regret to inform you, this is the new cost of the liberty and freedom we all enjoy.

All right... all you guys... listen up! I just got off the phone with Sarah Palin. She is coming to Orlando for a big Victory 2010 rally.... and she has invited all vets to attend for free! That's right, she wants all us current and former Grunts, Squids, Blue suiters, Marines, and Coasties to be her special guests this Saturday, October 23d. The event is at the Marriott World Center near Walt Disney World. Admission is normally as much as $90 for this Victory 2010 fundraiser, with all the profits going to ensure a strong Conservative victory this year! If...

HINESVILLE, Ga., Dec. 21, 2006 -- Two Army wives have joined forces to run an Internet radio show that provides important information to other military wives. Tara Crooks, left, and Star Henderson share their experience as military wives on Army Wife Talk Radio.com, an Internet radio show dedicated to helping military wives. Crooks and Star hope to join the America Supports You program. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Star Henderson and Tara Crooks have more than 20 years' experience between them, and the two have teamed up to help other military wives through...

TNT is showing We Were Soldiers tonight. It is the story of Hal Moore and the men he led into battle in Vietnam. I thought if appropriate to pay tribute to Julia Moore, Lt. Col. Moore's wife. There was not much national news of it, but she passed on to heaven last year. As a proud member a group of individuals known as Military Brats, I know how important the Military Wife/Mom is to the foundation of the Military Family Unit. Mrs. Moore was an outstanding example to all military wives. Below are two links- One is a post by...

Sgt. Maj. Winfrey, reporting for duty! We're on location with 640 pregnant moms-to-be! Plus, celeb moms Cindy Crawford, Heather Locklear, Denise Richards and more! And, breaking baby news. Oprah's on a secret mission: to throw the world's biggest baby shower at the Fort Campbell Army Base for 640 pregnant women who are all due within three months of each other! To be all that she could be, Oprah signed up for some official military training. Once she got the thumbs up from Division Chief of Staff Colonel Joseph Anderson, it was time to surprise some very "expecting" ladies!

Dear Karen, I have a great life.... When we sleep, we sleep in peace. When we wake up, it is to the sounds of birds. All of this ... is thanks to your husband, his brave fellow soldiers, and to the wives who keep the home fires burning while the soldiers are away protecting my family and 140 million other families. They protect Republicans and Democrats, Christians, Jews, Muslims and atheists. They protect white, black, yellow, brown and everyone in between. They protect gays and straights, rich and poor. And none of it could happen without the Army wives, Marine...

<p>Strong as steel, tender as an angel. Witness the military wife — keeper of flame, flier of flag, payer of bills, mother, lover, partner, fixer. Her life includes the magnificent and the mundane, the noble and the frustrating. There are beautiful reunions, long waits, mad romance and moments when the reality of her husband's profession becomes unthinkably clear.</p>