Our Government is asking too much of our soldiers
What more can they ask a soldier to sacrifice?
Recent changes and current proposals affecting retirement, pay, healthcare and other benefits are asking soldier's to give up more than ever. While the US government has announced that there will be changes, they have yet to reach agreements on the specifics. These changes will have a serious impact on the quality of life for soldiers, retention, mission readiness, military families' financial stability and even the health and safety of troops who are preoccupied with financial stress. When ...

Story of the Women's Army Corps
How the Women's Army Corps began
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was first established in May of 1942 under a bill introduced by Edith Nourse Rogers, a Massachusetts Congresswoman. Since it was an auxiliary, it had no military status until 1943 when Rogers introduced another bill to enlist and appoint women in the United States Army. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the bill on the first day of July, 1943 and thus the Women's Army Corps was born, widely known as WACs. In 1946, the War Department began a program t...

Tammy Duckworth
A veteran, national guard member, health care advocate and civil servant, Tammy Duckworth is a true American hero. Accomplished, bright and knowledgeable, its clear she is a rising star to keep an eye on!