Old Problem ~ Freakishly God-awful new twist

Just go to the site.
I can't bear to type it again (not for fingers/time, just makes me too freakin angry) -- a military family is currently being forced:

• out of their home on post -- weeks before Christmas with no warning & no place to go
• out of their sole income, out of the military to which they've committed their lives, with three deployments of sacrifice
• into a fight for their immediate future -- for no reason.

Well, one reason: One bad leader. And one colonel us diagnosis. Proven, confirmed by doctors to be false.

But all it takes is one bad leader. And, in this case, another to stand by and do nothing.

We could use ANY ideas; please check it out.

My extremely amateur page, w/a rundown of the details, is at -
http://military.medicine.issues.googlepages.com/examples

New blogger here!

Yes, there's a new face on this blog.
Which is a very good thing, because RaginRanger and I are too paranoid after our experiences with the military medical system (and too beat down by current medical messes, story to follow), to write nearly as much as we'd like.
Carissa, on the other hand, is a freakin powerhouse of expression-- a proud military wife whose husband will deploy again in a few short months. She also is a lawyer, mother & gifted organizer-- in the leadership of VMFP (Veterans & Military Families for Progress) and the Founder/President of MSC, Military Spouses for Change, at the link above.
As anyone who's been in the military knows, it's a full-time job just being a supportive spouse alone. The fact that Carissa has been the driving force behind a new, nonprofit organization to empower military wives, along with her family obligations, speaks volumes about her level of passion and devotion to do all she can to do right by troops & the wives who go through everything alongside those troops.

We are thrilled and honored to have her as a contributor.
I also hope her postings will shame my depressed, sorry ass into pushing the "post to blog" button more often instead of stewing in silence :-)
Her postings about her organization, he life as the wife of an Army Blackhawk pilot, and news of interest to military spouses are on her blog:

• http://militaryspousesforchange.blogspot.com
• milblog listed at http://www.milblogging.com/listingDetail.php?id=2253

Why I have a bee in my bonnet...

Yes, I wrote that. I say things like "aren't you the cat's pajama's?" too. It's part of my charm.

Anyway.

I go on and on and on about this Presidential Forum on Veterans, Wounded Warriors, and Military Families. I work tirelessly. I blog. I email people and call people and network and research and write and constantly look for another reason why America should care, the candidates should care, the networks should care...

I believe our service members do the work that needs to be done, that others don't want to do, that others don't want to think needs to be done... the dirty work of war that continues among men today (I use the word man in the general sense). Yet for this work, they are not adequately compensated, nor are they justly rewarded. In fact, we have evolved just enough as a species to feel shame for these acts of war but not enough to avoid engaging in these acts. So now our "warriors" are relegated to the status of "necessary evil" and all that is associated with that is easily demonized or quickly dismissed.

An example, I think, of how the military is marginalized and unappreciated by both parties:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/9/204920/645

First, that broke my heart.

Then it just pissed me off.

So I keep writing. And blogging. And work on helping others find their voices to share their stories. Because the military and veteran community should NOT be marginalized. It should not exist in the shadows of a great nation. It should not be a tool for abuse by a great nation nor should it be abused BY a great nation. It should be a reflection OF a great nation and that is what I plan to make it.

(Cross posted http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=153)