Michelle Obama gave a speech in which she stated that the Commander in Chief needs to understand military families. Specifically, she said he needs to not just know how to wage war, but what war DOES to military families. She had a pretty brochure made up to help people understand the effect war has on [...]
Nov 012008
Amber Birdsall only wanted one thing for her 7th birthday. She wanted her stepfather to be home to help her celebrate. That wasn’t very likely to happen seeing as her stepfather was serving a ten month tour in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Amber told her mother what she wanted and her mother told her stepfather, Army [...]
John McCain I was interested in reading about John McCain’s views of sending his own son to war. I have lived through watching and waiting while my son served 15 months in a violent, savage neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq and will probably have to do it again some time down the road. Since John McCain [...]
Jan 092008
Tribute to military families. The magic for me in making this video was featuring real military families. They are the true stars of this video. Produced & Directed by John Donegan Productions. I developed and wrote the treatment (the script) and cast, directed, shot and edited the video. My script received Pentagon approval to shoot [...]
For Gold Star Moms … please read the article below. If you know any Gold Star mothers, please refer them to this important article. click on image to enlarge h/t: Lubbock Marine Family
An Army Wife’s Life is doing a round-up of Veterans Day posts as part of her new Military Family Carnival. I hope you will go over there and submit your posts.
I came so close to not reading this story. Its gotten to the point that reading about what people like this think of our military infuriates me so bad that I can almost literally feel my blood pressure going up as I read it. When I saw the title of the blog post over at [...]