by Jessica Scott | Jan 7, 2012 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, Iraq, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized
All the talk in the media lately about Soldiers and PTSD got me thinking about why the media is so quick to jump in and find any link to deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan as an excuse for criminal behavior. Alex Horton wrote this fantastic piece on what...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 4, 2012 | army officers, company command, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, random, Rants, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
Folks, I’m a fan of Support Our Troops. I am truly grateful that the nation has supported soldiers and our military brethren despite opposing the war. That is a good thing, a thing that our brothers and sisters who fought in the Vietnam War worked tirelessly to...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 23, 2011 | books, Fort Hood, Iraq, military mom, moms at war, publishing, Uncategorized
It is the end of the day. All I have to do now is go to sleep and wake up and we’ll be rushing to Fort Hood to pick up my husband from his 4th and final homecoming from Iraq. I have no idea where the day went. We went grocery shopping first thing this morning....
by Jessica Scott | Dec 15, 2011 | company command, deployment, Iraq, leadership, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
The colors have been cased in Iraq. The mission is almost over. The last troopers are heading home in a few days time to please Lord, make it home for Christmas. This Christmas, regardless of whether my husband makes it home for the actual day or not, will be extra...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 13, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Iraq, leadership, Uncategorized
This post has been sitting for a long time, primarily because it has been missing key pieces for me, personally. Being post command and getting ready to move into my second command, I’m looking hard at the choices I made, the leaders I developed and more, the...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 21, 2011 | army mom, army officers, deployment, Fort Hood, Iraq, military mom, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
I was barely born when Vietnam came to an end. I remember being a little girl, and watching news reports about the years following Vietnam but I never really understood why it was important and why we kept hearing about it until much later in life. My daughters will...