military Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/military/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:36:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 In Humble Appreciation https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/06/in-humble-appreciation/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:36:26 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9020 Imagine where we’d be without them!

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]]> U.S. Military Dogs Being Mistreated https://smthingscount.com/2020/02/24/u-s-military-dogs-being-mistreated/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:45:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8925 (From Working Dogs Left to Die.) “You may have seen the news recently about the reports published about horrendous neglect of U.S. bomb-sniffing dogs in

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]]> Honoring Our Military https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/17/honoring-our-military/ Fri, 17 May 2019 15:44:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8068 Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day. President Harry S. Truman ushered in this day in which we recognize and honor the military women and men who

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]]> Talk About an Informal President! https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/13/talk-about-an-informal-president/ Mon, 13 May 2019 15:46:04 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8043 Here’s a bit of American trivia, this time about one of our Presidents.  Did you know that Thomas Jefferson was a lover of everything French? 

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]]> Military Moms and Mother’s Day https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/07/military-moms-and-mothers-day/ Mon, 07 May 2018 16:18:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6875 Mostly, the media covers men in the military, showing their kids running into their arms when their dad suddenly appears home on leave. Imagine being

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]]> Parades and Respect for Our Military https://smthingscount.com/2018/02/07/parades-and-respect-for-our-military/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:08:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6657 Please, Mr. Trump, no military parade.  In authoritarian regimes, such a parade emphasizes tanks, bombs,  and military personnel trained to look adoringly toward their leader

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]]> In Their Honor: Pause at 3 P.M. https://smthingscount.com/2016/05/30/in-their-honor-pause-at-3-p-m/ Mon, 30 May 2016 13:56:55 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4874 Today, at 3:00 P.M., people will be pausing for a silent moment to honor those who have lost their lives in military service.  Amtrack trains

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]]> 20,000 of Our Military Sexually Attacked? Who Cares? https://smthingscount.com/2016/05/20/20000-of-our-military-sexually-attacked-who-cares/ Fri, 20 May 2016 17:21:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4907 “There were more than 20,000 cases of sexual assault, rape, and unwanted sexual contact in the military in 2015.1 It’s an epidemic of sexual assault

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]]> More Sexual Assaults in the Military https://smthingscount.com/2016/04/19/more-sexual-assaults-in-the-military/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:38:25 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4780 The Pentagon misled Congress by using inaccurate or vague information about sexual assault cases in an effort to blunt support for a Senate bill that

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]]> Best News in a Long Time https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/15/best-news-in-a-long-time/ Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:16:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4377 This news gave me hope: Saudi Arabia and 33 others have formed an “Islamic military alliance” to fight terrorism.  Finally, governments that are in the

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