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 | Aug 6, 2011 | army officers, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized
So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying to get to for years since the wars started. Finally, the senior leaders...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 14, 2011 | books, company command, Fort Hood, moms at war, Predeployment, Uncategorized, women at war, Writing
One of the cool things that happened for me at RWA 10 this year in Orland was the opportunity to attend multiple publisher’s parties, courtesy of my agent. At NAL, I met Ellen Edwards, who sent me a review copy of Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When the Men are Gone. The...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 13, 2011 | army mom, army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, Iraq, leadership, military mom, Predeployment, Uncategorized, working mom
It’s getting closer. The thought of my husband deploying again and knowing I’m stuck back here, waiting for the phone calls and the emails is slowly but surely eating away at me. It keeps me up at night, it affects the entire house. It’s like a giant...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 30, 2010 | army mom, army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, Iraq, leadership, military mom, moms at war, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized, working mom
New Years is a time for resolutions. Honestly, I’m not big on them. There’s just something futile in telling myself this will be the year that i do x. I make them, as many people probably do but then I promptly forget about them as the daily grind gets...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 28, 2010 | army mom, army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Predeployment, Uncategorized, working mom
My agent passed this along to me and thought it would be something my readers might enjoy. I don’t have an attribution other than the original poster is a retired VietNam Vet who served as a pilot. If anyone has proper citations, I’d love to have it but...