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		<title>Marksmanship, NoKo Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A South Korean newspaper reports Thursday that the Pyongyang government executed several North Korean senior officers by firing squad earlier this year for &#8220;drinking liquor during the mourning period [following the death of leader Kim Jong-il] or being involved in sex scandals.&#8221; Note that &#8220;or.&#8221; Apparently, alcohol and adultery aren’t a couple in North Korea.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=90359&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenges of Raising Military Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryann Makekau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one-time military mom enjoyed last week&#8217;s Battleland Q&#38;A with the authors of a new series of books on educating troops&#8217; children. Military children have always had to deal with the stressors of being the new kid on the block. It’s refreshing to see recognition for the affect that has had on their lives. Changing schools multiple times over, and navigating gains and losses that are inherent of military life, requires exceptional sacrifice. For more than a decade, military children have also resiliently steered their way through war’s fallout. Whether we’re talking about back-to-back deployments and reintegration, learning to cope with an injured parent or losing a parent in combat—the impact on them has sometimes been forgotten. Our nation’s military children don’t stand out the way their parent does in uniform. Yet they are serving, too. As I read this article, I celebrated the fact that creative, practical tools and ideas are now being put into place for “building better schools for our troops’ kids.” At the same time, I was saddened to think that it has taken an 11-year war to spotlight the seriousness of the gap between society and our military &#8212; perhaps even longer if we reflect honestly on other wartimes. I also found myself recollecting the day that my daughter climbed her favorite tree and refused to come down. She adamantly opposed us making her leave the place she called home, at just eight years of age. That day marked our children’s third military move. Some years later, when my husband retired after 28 years of service, our kids had weathered six military moves prior to age eighteen, and attended eight different schools. To some, it might seem like military children should be adept at moving and handling deployments. The more they do it, the better they get at it, right? The familiarity of moving does provide strength and resilience. Yet, each move presents its own set of challenges, depending on a child’s age, emotional maturity and abilities. I’ve had perplexed mothers approach me and say,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=89935&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Kayak</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I type this I am sitting in the San Diego airport preparing to head home to Dallas. The TAPS weekend seminar is over and I am filled with a powerful sense of faith.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88480&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconnecting…with Myself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McCaddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I heard early on at TAPS, as well as from my counselor at home, is the importance of self-care.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88332&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Start of the Suicide Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elspeth Cameron Ritchie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was nine years ago -- Columbus Day, 2003 -- that the first significant story on the suicides of the post-9/11 wars appeared above the fold in USA Today. Reporter Gregg Zoroya had called me that summer, when I was doing a fellowship at the Uniformed Services University at the Health Sciences. He asked about five suicides in Iraq over the summer and fall of 2003, a few months after we invaded.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88246&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Refuse to Give Up&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/07/i-refuse-to-give-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McCaddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I am tired of suicide. I ache in my bones and muscles and soul for all the suffering that continues to occur. I am tired of learning about people who reached out for help, sometimes screaming for help, and they were dismissed by the military. I am tired of hearing widows who not only blame themselves unfairly, but are also blamed by the military (in writing) as the trigger for their husband&#8217;s suicide. I am tired of an endless problem that seems to have no clear solution. My heart breaks for each of us. The moms, dads, siblings, widows and children. If we aren&#8217;t asking why any more (and many of us have learned to stop asking that question) we are asking what can we do? Today, I am tried and frustrated that the number of suicides keeps going up and more and more families are in need of support from TAPS. I don&#8217;t have the solution. But, I refuse to give up. We all have to refuse to give up. Saturday one of the presenters, Franklin Cook &#8212; who is a suicide survivor himself &#8212; said: &#8220;You can survive anything if you keep showing up.&#8221; And so, though at times today I was tempted to retreat to my room to process my fatigue and frustration, I kept showing up. And I will keep showing up until the path is clearer on what we can do to help our men and women in the military, and their families. In the meantime, I&#8217;m going to process my grief (and too many others) the best way that I can. As TAPS says, I will Remember the love, Celebrate the life and Share the journey. Thank you for sharing this journey with me for a while. I hope that together we can make it really count. Leslie McCaddon of Massachusetts was one of two widows Time featured in its July cover story on the surge in Army suicides. Her husband, Dr. Michael McCaddon, an Army captain, died in March.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88046&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s What Friends Are For…</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/07/thats-what-friends-are-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night was our &#8220;family dinner&#8221; at our suicide-survivors&#8217; conference in San Diego.TAPS provided us with fried chicken (I was one happy Texan!) and several other comfort foods. We sat at tables with friends both new and old and everyone had the same precious look on their faces- exhausted yet grateful. I was feeling tired, emotionally stretched, excited, comforted, and thrilled to hear our key note speaker Marine Corps Sergeant Major Brian Battaglia, the senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role, his mission is to keep the nation&#8217;s top military officer &#8212; Army General Martin Dempsey &#8212; keenly aware of how the nation&#8217;s young men and women in uniform are faring and feeling. It&#8217;s a vital job after &#8212; as of Sunday &#8212; 11 straight years of war. I first met Sergeant Major Battaglia in June at the Department of Defense-VA suicide prevention conference. He sat in the front row during our panel of survivors&#8217; stories, and served as a grounding force for me while I poured my heart out. I had no idea who he was, but was compelled to go thank him for giving me an encouraging smile when I struggled to grasp words. I soon learned that he played a very important role within our military, specifically working on suicide prevention. So, you can imagine my delight when I found out he would be speaking at the TAPS Suicide Survivor Seminar. Saturday night, Sergeant Major Battagia spoke to our gathering of survivors, and encouraged us to continue sharing our stories. He honored our loved ones and affirmed what I, too, believe: they all died heroes. He spoke of the love and support we all now have in TAPS and of his personal appreciation and awe of such a passionate and precious organization. Lastly, he addressed the fiercest survivors among us, the children. As a teacher, I was so incredibly moved by what came next. Sergeant Major Battaglia invited the children to come to the stage. He told them that<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88060&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Through a Child&#8217;s Eyes</title>
		<link>http://nation.time.com/2012/10/06/through-a-childs-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McCaddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon, Tim and John. These names, prior to our trip to the TAPS National Military Survivors Seminar in Washington, D.C., in May were not names I heard spoken in our home. Now, they receive nearly daily mentions and are always accompanied by big grins on my three children’s faces. TAPS provides Good Grief Camps for children who have experienced the loss of a military family member (usually a parent or a sibling). These camps are offered on the same days and at the same times as the children’s parents are receiving support through educational and sharing seminars throughout the day. The organization offers open arms to those affected by military suicide: &#8220;You are warmly invited to join TAPS for a special program of comfort and support for all those grieving the suicide loss of a loved one who served in the Armed Forces,&#8221; it says on its website. I decided to ask my daughter, Madeleine, 8, about her experience at the Good Grief Camp last May as we traveled on an airplane to the National Suicide Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in San Diego. This is what she shared with me: Before you arrived at the Good Grief Camp last year, how did you feel about going? I was nervous and excited. I was nervous to meet the new kids and the new mentors there to help. I thought we would play games and talk all day. What did you do all day at Camp? Was it just games and talking? No! We made crafts that were about our dreams or about our memories. We took a walk downtown Washington, D.C., got to sit on motorcycles and a had big balloon release sending letters up to our Moms and Dads who had died. One night we had a great big party with bounce houses, laser tag and face painting! Sometimes we talked about Dad. It helped to talk about him because I already missed him a lot. The other kids there understood how I felt. What was it like<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=88010&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My New Family&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Morrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday morning I bounced out of bed early and yelled &#8220;Oh my gosh!&#8221; I never get up on time and certainly never bounce. But this morning I knew that I would be headed to California for the TAPS seminar. I went to work &#8212; my elementary school where I teach third grade &#8212; and taught my lessons&#8230;but couldn&#8217;t hide my excitement over my pending trip. So at noon Texas time I darn near bolted out of the elementary school and ran home to grab my suitcase. It may seem strange to have been so excited to be headed to a suicide-survivor seminar, but it felt like going to a family reunion. I boarded my plane in DFW and prayed that the flight would hurry up. Once I arrived in San Diego, I grabbed a taxi and headed out to the Paradise Point hotel. Then it hit me&#8230; Oh my gosh I&#8217;ve flown across the country alone, a widow, and no one I know is there yet. I told myself: “You&#8217;re strong, you&#8217;ve come so far, you can do this, Ian will help you get through this.&#8221; I made it through the hotel check-in. As I was sitting in the hotel golf cart heading to my room and about to answer the &#8220;Why am I here?&#8221; question I heard a scream. My fear instantly vanished when I saw the precious face of Petra Peterson, a fellow survivor and panelist from June’s Defense Department-VA suicide prevention conference…she was jumping up and down and yelling at the driver to stop! I jumped from the golf cart – it was still moving! &#8212; and ran to hug her. I instantly felt safe and at home. This is what TAPS is all about. As I type this I am sitting in my hotel room feeling content, comforted, and peaceful. It has been an incredibly painful and terrifying six-month journey getting here, and I struggle daily to understand how to live this life without my Ian. Yet, I am still standing, due to the love and support<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87874&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Longer Alone&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie McCaddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I lay out the clothes and review the checklist for our trip Friday, I can't help but reflect on what TAPS -- Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors -- means to me and my children.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nation.time.com&#038;blog=20157722&#038;post=87833&#038;subd=timemilitary&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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