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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. To our civilian LIFTERS:. Please take a look at our submitted photos. Are these families so different from yours? Or is it only the job they do that is different? Please share your thoughts below in the comments. To our military family LIFTERS:. Send photos, along with family name, date, and location,. To likeitfortime@gmail.com with “Milfam photo” in the subject line. The Lawrence Family, Fort Lewis, WA. Be a “liker”! The Williams f...
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Myths & Facts: #1 | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. June 1, 2011. Myths and Facts: #1. Many people have been guilty of incorrect use of the word. 8220;civvies.”. For instance, “Look at all the civvies welcoming home the troops at the airport.”. While there are, in fact, civvies at the airport, they’re probably not welcoming home troops (or eating hamburgers or buying books to read on the plane). Have you misused “civvies”? Tell us in the comments. Larr; SUBMIT YOUR STORY. Wife of a Wo...
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LIFT announces LIFT LINK LOVE | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. April 2, 2011. LIFT announces LIFT LINK LOVE. 8220;Like” it for TIME (LIFT) announces a worldwide paper chain effort – LIFT LINK LOVE. Will loop together individual links mailed in by people from around the globe until they form one very long paper chain. The completed chain will be used in a special project to be announced at a later date. Instructions and mailing address here. 8220;This is by no means confined to the military commu...
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Letter to a friend whose husband is deployed | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. December 5, 2012. Letter to a friend whose husband is deployed. Dear Oldest Friend,. It’s been a few months since your husband left again for Afghanistan. The last time he was gone, something bad happened, but it was the kind of bad that could have been worse. He was lucky to have escaped with minor injuries, and you were fortunate to not receive that visit. I hear myself assuming, and then I move on to something else. You’d think I ...
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The Day After | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. May 7, 2011. I don’t look at the clock. I already know what time it is. It’s the same time I woke up yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that and every day for the last eight months. I flip on my back and stare at the ceiling. I try to pretend the bed next me isn’t empty, that I can hear his soft, even breathing and feel the weight of him pulling me in. But I don’t stop. Yesterday was military spouse appreciation day.
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We WILL Survive Deployment | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. June 7, 2011. We WILL Survive Deployment. 8211;Submitted by Pam Horton. Oh my God, Jim, it’s a red message. I absolutely hate getting these. As the. Parents of a deployed soldier we know that an email entitled red message means that our son’s battalion has lost another soldier, KIA (Killed In Action). The next day my son had the chance to call home! Yes mom, I’m just tired. You sound it! On Facebook and “Like” it for TIME. Notify me ...
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Resenting the Deployed | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. April 17, 2012. Cross-posted at my personal website. I found this search term in my website stats today:. Resenting husband for being deployed. If you copy and paste it into a search field, one of the results to turn up is a blog post written by a woman who resents her traveling husband for spending a lot of time away from home. A military spouse. Comes to her aid in the comments section:. There are LOTS of things you can do! Yet, th...
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How true is “True…” ? | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. May 14, 2011. How true is “True…”? 8211; Interview by Levi Asher. When I first started emailing with LIFT founder Kristen Tsetsi, I didn’t know much about her beyond. The fact that she wanted to get the military family recognized as TIME’s next Person of the Year. Eventually, she sent me an advance copy of her most recent work,. Pretty Much True…. Pretty Much True…. I can’t tell you how much of. Pretty Much True…. This is the story t...
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A Tragic Loss and a Fresh Call to Bridge the Divide | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. August 8, 2011. A Tragic Loss and a Fresh Call to Bridge the Divide. 8211;by Kristen Tsetsi. The deaths that occurred as a result of a Chinook being shot down in Afghanistan over the weekend (22 Navy Seals, four crew members, three Air Force combat controllers, a dog handler, and his dog) has generated. Not only an enormous outpouring of sympathy for the families suffering a great loss, but also fresh nationwide. Death, while inargua...
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Sept. 11 Taught Us, but Maybe Not the Right Things | "Like" It For TIME
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The Untold Stories… An Inside Look at Military Life in a Decade of War. September 11, 2011. Sept 11 Taught Us, but Maybe Not the Right Things. 8211;by Kristen Tsetsi. It’s been ten years since the sunny Tuesday morning when terrorists used airliners as giant missiles, and the question being asked. As the media replay (and replay and replay) the footage of thousands of people dying in the Twin Towers and commercial airliners is, “How did 9/11 change us as a country? Why would anyone give it much thought?
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