Although they are few in number, they are very active, determined and always looking for other individuals who are in their situation to join them. Lanta Hashey of Old Town is president of the Blue Star Mothers Chapter 1 of Bangor, which is part of a national organization of mothers who have, or had, sons and/or daughters serving honorably inU.S. military forces.
They are the mothers of heroes, the proud members of America's Blue Star Moms. Throughout the country and the Inland Empire, Blue Star Mothers are honoring their sons and daughters in harm's way with Hometown Hero Banners.
I went to [Michelle Obama]'s event to look for support and find people in my similar situation," LopsidedMom tells SFR. "The few people I talked to had zero connection to the issue today. I've met one other spouse here in Albuquerque who's affected by this deployment...so really, I have nobody. "Most military feel it is inappropriate for [Sarah Palin] to be speaking so openly about her son's deployment," LopsidedMom writes on SFR's election blog Swingstateofmind.com. "Operational security is priority number one and announcing his unit and deployment date to the world is a) stupid and b) dishonest. I have never gotten a straight date regarding my husband's travel dates, particularly in and out of Iraq." "Is there a draft I don't know about?" the commentator posted under the handle prou...
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Star Software, providers of IT support services to the United States Intelligence Community (IC), has announced the formation of four teams of employees to study technologies, concepts and methodologies that are important to the IT direction of its customers. Each team will focus on one core area of expertise: cloud computing, all things data, Ruby on Rails, and machine learning. We are excited about forming these teams," said Dan Sherwell, president of Blue Star Software. "Our employees will become even more knowledgeable about technologies that are important and current in the commercial area, and can share information with clients about how to use these technologies to solve problems, as well as providing details about the techno...
To anyone else, the huge pile of old computers stacked at Blue Star Recyclers looks like trash. But Bill Morris sees something else in that jumbled pile -- jobs.
PETERSBURG - Today is a day when the American flag is prominently displayed as the nation celebrates its most patriotic holiday. But there is a small group of Americans who display a different flag that also shows patriotism. Their banner is the Blue Star flag, which hangs in a window and symbolizes a son or daughter serving with the military in a war zone.
Sylvester Williams' story is hard to believe. It reads like a Hollywood script too hokey to be true. Williams:
The Human Race will hold a Blue Star Mothers Night tonight. That evening's performance of Gregg Coffin's new musical, "Right Next To Me," will honor military moms. The musical centers around a military widow who is attempting to come to terms with her husband's death and recapture her life.
The Miami Valley's chapter of Blue Star Mothers regularly sends care packages to those actively serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization works to support the troops, veterans and each other. We especially try to target those heroes that have no one supporting them from back home, either for financial reasons or because they have no family," says Anita Miller, first-vice president of the organization.
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