This group of ladies provided much laughter, comfort, advice, and friendship throughout our week together at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. We gathered to learn more about our upcoming volunteer roles in the Army and came away with all that and much, much more. Thank you for a wonderful week ... and for wonderful new friendships!
Photo: ADVON returning from a year-long deployment. Okay, I have to admit that after 15+ years as an Army wife, I don’t know what ‘TORCH’ and ‘ADVON’ stand for. Something about advanced party … but there’s no ‘p’ for ‘party’ … so I just don’t know. I do, however, know what it means. It means your Soldier comes home FIRST!! We’ve never had the honor of either of those designations. My husband somehow manages to get himself into the ‘stay-behind-and-make-sure-all is-well-out-here’ job and comes home late or last. Not that I’m complaining, though, as I am happy these TORCH and ADVON folks get here and get the place ready for everyone else to come home. In a way, it’s reassuring to me. The wheels are turning, the process has begun … our unit actually is coming home and coming home soon! Homecoming becomes reality, not just a long-sought-after dream. It’s good to see our unit patch and our unit Soldiers back at home, on U.S. soil and on our Army installation. It’s heartening to w...
Traci,
ReplyDeleteI have to say it was very difficult to find a good way to contact you. But, I would imagine that is from a lot of spam that you get.
I am the Creative Director at SkEye Studios. We are currently launching a crowd-funding campaign to tell the story of Maj. Scotty Smiley. He is a military veteran that was blinded in Iraq in 2005, and since then he has exceeded everyone's expectations of him.
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If this is something you wouldn't mind supporting, It would be amazing if you could write a blog post about this. If you would be interested I could get you connected with Tiffany or Scotty and so you could get some quotes for the post.
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Thank you for your time,
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