Fabulous Army Life

Because this month is the Month of the Military Child (as well as Volunteer Appreciation Month!), we also wanted to do something for the children of our Red Dragon Soldiers.  They are true heroes for the resilience and courage they show on a daily basis.  It's not easy to say goodbye to your Soldier dad or mom, whether it's for a field training exercise, a month-long training rotation, or an overseas deployment. After brainstorming options, and realizing that our unit schedule is already pretty full, we decided to incorporate our kids into the upcoming "Family Day."  The battalion leadership handed out these water bottles to all the children at Family Day and provided water fill-ups at all the stations.  It was fun to see the kids with their water bottles and I hope they felt a small sense of the appreciation we have for them and their sacrifices as Army kids. These kids are enjoying the afternoon and putting their new water bottles to good use. The bat...

April is Volunteer Appreciation Month and there's no volunteer like an Army volunteer! Our unit has an fabulous group of volunteers that are always available to lend a helping hand.  They do amazing things and work hard at keeping our unit Families informed and supported.  Off the top of my head, here are a few of the many things they do ... At any given time, a volunteer in our unit could be: making phone calls to unit Families planning meetings to keep Families in the information loop decorating for unit events wrapping gifts at the PX during the holidays putting together baby bags for the babies in the battalion baking goodies to sell at bake sales or just to give to Soldiers for their birthday taking all the training required to be able to bake goodies to sell organizing fundraisers taking and posting photos of unit events updating their unit Facebook page completing all required training for leaders in the FRG attending optional but beneficial trai...