Fabulous Army Life

I read TONS of wonderful blogs every week written by fabulous Army wives and others.  I hope you'll all participate in the Military Mondays Carnival – April 19 Edition today!  Candace at Army Wives' Lives hosts a blog carnival each monday in honor of #militarymon and it's a great way to find the best military blogs AND to share your amazing blogs as well. AND … this week, she is offering a PRIZE for the next two carnivals, courtesy of Susan Wiggs, author of The Ocean Between Us!  From her blog: ■One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive a $50 VISA gift card AND a copy of The Ocean Between Us. ■Two (2) additional winners will receive a copy of the book! *** The only Military Mondays Blog Carnival rules are: *** ■In the “Link Title” field, please place the title of your post, plus the name of your blog and/or your name. (e.g. “Grow Where You Are Planted @Army Wives’ Lives”) ■In the “URL” field, please place the direct “permalink” to the specific post, not to ...

As an Army Family, we think about our Soldiers and their Families on a regular basis, but I still wanted to send a special HOOAH and THANK YOU to our troops, their Families, and all the troop supporters out there on this "Military Monday."  We could never thank you enough and could never be more proud.  You are what makes this country great! If you're not familiar with "Military Monday," here's a quick-read to catch you up on the details: Happy Military Monday! If you haven't seen the live performance of Trace Adkins and the West Point Glee Club singing "'Til the Last Shot's Fired," I know you'll love it here: Thank you to all our servicemembers, their Families, and all those who support and love them. We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers ... 'til the last shot's fired ... and they all come home!

Happy Military Monday to all of our service members and their Families out there! I love all of the initiatives that have sprung up on social media sites to honor our service member heroes! How can you celebrate "Military Monday," you ask? These are a few of my favorites. Try a few to get started! Twitter If you're on Twitter, just add the hashtag "#militarymon" to any tweet about the military on Mondays ~ Honoring our military one tweet at a time each and every Monday on Twitter starting at 0001 Kabul. This is a non-partisan place to honor the military with no official affiliation to an organization or non-profit. For a little more on the #militarymon hashtag, see: http://wthashtag.com/Militarymon Also, you can watch all the #militarymon tweets on: http://hashtags.org/tag/militarymon Facebook Join the "#MilitaryMon" fan page on Facebook to keep up with all the great things happening on Mondays. You can also participate in the Moment of...