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Haiti and Our Wonderful Military Response to a Natural Disaster
When tragedy strikes anywhere in the world our military personnel are usually immediately called as first responders! Despite fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and worldwide operations that continue today, we find a way to find more cargo planes, carrier groups, hospital ships, rescue resources, security, etc. etc. to respond! I have never heard a complaint during these operations and I have participated in a lot around the globe! As a rescue, special ops and airlift pilot during my career I saw operations as far reaching as Panama, Kosovo, Iceland, within the US and so many more ! Why do we respond? What makes us the leaders during a crisis such…
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You ARE the expert!
A question very recently posted on MilitaryAvenue Answers: “Does anyone know anything about the housing on post (Or apartments near post)at Letterkenny Depot in PA? Or the number to the housing office there? Thanks!”(http://www.militaryavenue.com/Answers/AnswersList.aspx?QId=1347) Let’s say you signed up to be a MilitaryAvenue Answers Expert for Letterkenny Depot in Pennsylvania, perhaps as a Real Estate Agent or an apartment manager. You would have received a very short and sweet email letting you know there was someone looking for help in an area you are an expert. This is a potential new customer, an opportunity for *you* to welcome them to the neighborhood. You can leave your answer for them; something…
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Getting to Know Your Customer: The Use of Child Care Amongst Military Families
Do you often wonder how integrated the military families are within your community? Do they spend all of their time on their installation, work & pleasure, not venturing into the community around them? Not according to a recent survey of military families! A survey down by The Rand Corporation shows that just about 40 to 50% of military families with preschool children in child care use off-base facilities. This is just a glimpse of how your military community is infused in your neighborhood. You have taken a great first step by advertising your service on MilitaryAvenue.com; continue to update your Military Rewards to fit their needs and they will come.…
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Military Dates to Remember – January 2010 to March 2010
This blog is a series of quarterly blogs to keep you aware of military events so we can help our military Partners and community stay connected! Just as you can find the military community working hard anywhere in the world we work hard to find new ways to help you reach out! One of our recommendations has been to stay in tune with the military community events in your local area. This quarter is pretty light with national events but next quarter is jam packed with events such as the month of the Military Child, National Military Appreciation Month, etc.! So watch for this blog for next quarter in March!…
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January Featured Military Reward
Happy New Year from MilitaryAvenue! We saw a lot of great things happen in 2009 and we wish for a super 2010 for our wonderful military community and our MilitaryAvenue Partners! We recognize the sacrifices that many are making as they serve with multiple deployments; family struggles; holidays, birthdays and anniversaries missed and so much more! We know that we are helping in some small ways and some very big ways! We continue to see a great out pouring of support for the military community from the small business community around the military installations and large businesses as well! We continue to seek their support for our deserving service men…
