Tag Archives: Navy

Wounded Heroes Documentary

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Commander in Chief At home

If you or someone you care about suffers from PTSD, read on… Wounded Heroes, an award-winning documentary directed/produced by filmmaker Michael Gier and released by Gier Productions, LLC, is a three-year passion project that features successful alternative treatments that give … Continue reading →

Posted in guest post, military family, Military news, veterans | Tagged air force, airforce, army, Chuck Gardea, Gier Productions, Kyle Green, Michael Gier, military blog, Navy, pts, VA affairs, va ptsd, Veteran suicides, veterans affairs, veteransmovie, wounded heroes, wounded heroes documentary, woundedheroesdocumentary, woundedheros | 1 Comment

What’s to Love about Diplomatic Life?

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

A lot. I admit, I did not want to move overseas. As I like to say: been there, done that. I didn’t want to do it again and it wasn’t in the plan. Plan. Ha! So, I spent the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Living abroad | Tagged beijing opera, culture shock, diplomat family, diplomat life, diplomat moving, expat family, expat life, living overseas, making adult friends, military family, miltary blog, moving abroad, Navy, US Navy | 3 Comments

Memorial Day is For Remembering

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

Remembering In the United States, Memorial Day is a federal holiday set aside for remembering the people who died while serving in our nation’s armed forces. Unless you work retail, you probably get the day off. Memorial Day has evolved … Continue reading →

Posted in Military news | Tagged 6 marines, air force, army, decoration day, marines, memorial day, memorial day blog post, memorial day story, military, military blog, military dead, military duty, military families, military family, Navy, nepal helicopter crash, reason for memorial day, remember the fallen, service to country, ultimate sacrifice | 1 Comment

Breaking News: MCRMC Recommendations Released

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

This is a great breakdown of the news, by Sarah Peachey of MilitaryOneClick.com The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its annual report today to “modernize the Uniformed Services’ compensation and retirement system.” The committee believes the following recommendations … Continue reading →

Posted in veterans | Tagged America, army, dealing with deployment, deployment, deployment blog, joining forces, marines, mcrmc, michelle obama, military, military blog, Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, military families, military family, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, military wife, militaryoneclick, militaryoneclick.com, Navy, navy family, US Navy | Leave a comment

Check out the new Spartan Up podcast and win a code for a free race entry

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

Check out Spartan Race founder Joe DeSena’s new Podcast “Spartan UP!” WE UNCOVER WHAT MAKES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WINNERS. The epitome of grit, Joe Desena, founder & CEO of Spartan Race and NY Times best-selling author, travels the globe … Continue reading →

Posted in Giveaway | Tagged army, deployment, deployment blog, family, giveaway, joining forces, marines, military, military blog, military families, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, military wife, Navy, navy family, navy wife, spartan, spartan race, spartan race giveaway, US Navy | 1 Comment

Oh The Twists and Turns of This Life We Lead…

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Commander in Chief At home

The windy mountain road we navigate to get to and from our house is a metaphor for our life here in Taiwan. It is full of twists and turns and near misses; but overall, lovely and with perks. Like many … Continue reading →

Posted in Living abroad | Tagged dealing with deployment, deployment blog, Driving overseas, drivingin Taiwan, expat life, expat Taipei, expat Taiwan, family, joining forces, living abroad, military family, military family blog, military spouse, military wife, mountain driving, moving, Navy, navy family, navy wife, parenting, plumbing flood, sewage flood, Taiwan, US Navy, yangmingshan | Leave a comment

To Curse or Not To Curse, WTF is a Parent to do?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Commander in Chief At home

I’ve never been a big swearer. I can remember as a 10 year old in fifth grade, when my peers started to use “bad words,” thinking that using the F word in every other sentence was a cop-out for taking … Continue reading →

Posted in No Nonsense Parenting | Tagged expat life, f bomb, f word, family, hear no evil, kids cursing, kids swearing, married single mom, military blog, military blogs, military families, military family, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, military wife, Navy, navy family, navy wife, no nonsense parenting, parenting, parenting teens, see no evil, single parenting, speak no evil | Leave a comment

Dogs of War: Rescue Dogs and Veterans Helping Each Other

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Commander in Chief At home

I usually don’t write about TV shows, though I do get a lot of pitches for them. Something about my mood lately made me read through an email from a new show’s representative this morning and I am so glad … Continue reading →

Posted in veterans | Tagged a and e, A&E, airforce, army, blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, deployment blog, dogs of war, Grace Hill Media, inspriational story, marines, military blog, military family, Navy, new reality tv, new tv show, PTSD, ptsd help, ptsd service dog, ptsd struggle, reality tv, rescue dogs, service dogs | Leave a comment

The Crazy Construction Robots

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Commander in Chief At home

So, this is happening in front of my house today. With the high unemployment rate in Taipei, I’d think that the government would want to hire actual people to direct traffic around the construction all around the city. They are … Continue reading →

Posted in Living abroad | Tagged army, dealing with deployment, deployment, deployment blog, expat living, feisty first grader, living abroad, military blog, Navy, road work | Leave a comment

T-22 Hours Until Lift-Off

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Commander in Chief At home

The countdown continues. 22 hours until wheels up and our journey to Taipei begins. We have a 6 hour flight from DC to San Francisco and then a 14 hour flight to Taipei. I’m grateful that we have only one … Continue reading →