“…You will proceed on permanent change of station as shown…Dependents will remain in Virginia.” Raise your hand if you have ever spent a year, the better part of a year, 6 months, 4 months or even a few weeks at home alone with two-under-two while your spouse is away; those of you with raised hands…
FROM: COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS MOBILIZATION COMMAND TO: CORPORAL TIMOTHY R PILLON SUBJ: ORDERED TO ACTIVATION-PARTIAL MOBILIZATION 1. YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY FROM YOUR RESIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7463 OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2001… Thus begins the letter stuffed inside the Fed-Ex package Shannon Pillon…
It was midnight on December 23, 2001, and my babies were outfitted in red, white and blue. I was keeping them awake past bedtime, way beyond the bewitching hour when silliness turns to delirium, for a special surprise. Children running amok, mothers pacing, the air in the squadron thick with wild excitement, fear, ecstasy, nervous…
I know; I’m barely into the swing of football practice and struggling to form the habit of grabbing a sweatshirt on my way out the door in the early morning to drive my kids to school, and yet it’s time to gear up for Christmas? Relax. It’s only time for Christmas on the retail end….
I met John Stuart Hunt on Wall 7 West, line 129, of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. I was giving my friend Miette the walking tour of downtown Washington D.C., and we stopped to look up her brother-in-law. The book we referenced gave us his name, rank, branch of service, date of birth…
© 2012 christine gacharná