by Jessica Scott | Feb 17, 2015 | company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized
There’s been a lot of traffic the past few days about the proposed changes to military retirement. I’ve been sitting on this post for a while because, well, don’t blog/tweet while angry. Because the fundamental underly question that this commission is...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 21, 2012 | army officers, books, company command, Fort Hood, newbie author, random, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Army Life I reported to my new unit this week. It wasn’t a major move or anything, I just walked upstairs to the new battalion. But it’s interesting because my mental shift hasn’t occurred yet and it really needs to. Us is not my new unit. Them is my old unit, not the...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Jessica Scott | Sep 19, 2011 | army officers, company command, Fort Hood, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
I’m a policy wonk. Most of the time, I keep things toned down here on the blog but those of you that know me understand that I really can’t put everything I rant about in real life on the blog. But tomorrow is a big day for the military and the Army that I love so of...