The impacts of military deployments on a service member’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health can be impactful, especially when they return home. During deployments, lasting 6-12 months, the demands of the combat environment are challenging as Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen face dangerous situations, experience sleep deprivation, and oftentimes take on not […]
Military Service On Display: 6 Military Décor Ideas for Grandpa’s Nursing Home
To ensure that the process runs as smoothly as possible, it’s important that you create an environment that’s familiar, warm, and inviting for your grandparent on moving day. For veterans, that means covering the walls with extra-special items and replicas from your grandparent’s time in the service. Displaying military decorations and photos reminds older adults […]
Wounded Vets That are Conquering Marathon Races
The marathon is the quintessential endurance running event and is recognized as a true test of one’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fortitude. It’s a personal battle against one’s self for 26.2 miles, lasting anywhere from two hours, 10 minutes to eight and half hours to complete for the standard runner. For wounded military veterans […]
R.E.D. Fridays: How To Remember Everyone Deployed
Showing support for armed forces is a tradition as old as time. R.E.D., a modern version of supporting troops, is an abbreviation for Remember Everyone Deployed. Although the start of this practice is not easy to distinguish, the unwavering support of the movement is unsurprisingly astounding. History of RED Fridays Wearing red on Fridays, known […]
National Freedom Day
National Freedom Day, February 1, 1865, was the day President Lincoln signed a joint agreement to ratify the 13th amendment to the U.S. constitution, abolishing slavery. The amendment was officially a part of the constitution in December of the same year. On June 30, 1984, President Truman signed National Freedom Day into law. Richard Robert […]
