This week in links: Mail for Heroes, new residency law for spouses
Friday, November 20, 2009
You can get all these links as soon as they're posted by following @nwnavynews on Twitter. Have a link to suggest? Send me an e-mail or a message on Twitter. Thanks!
Links for the week of Nov. 20:
Everett's Navy League is looking for donations to help local Navy families in need this Thanksgiving http://bit.ly/2sOsZI (Everett WA Blog).
The Navy announced its decision to use dolphins, sea lions for new security system at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, after completing an environmental review. See the official notice or read the Kitsap Sun story here.
The deadline for the Red Cross' Holiday Mail for Heroes program is Dec. 7. Thanks to @jimmycreighton for the link. You can also find out more about the program through the American Red Cross page on Facebook, the @Mail4Heroes account on Twitter or the hashtag #holidaymail.
Oregon's governor recently returned from a trip to visit troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He talked to The Oregonian about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and National Guard troops' concerns about the job market when they come home.
A pilot program for the new veterans disability system is expanding from the Washington, D.C., area to Fort Lewis and other Army bases in early 2010, according to a Navy Times story.
The new Navy Working Uniform (NWU) was expected to hit shelves at Navy Exchanges in Northwest on Monday, ahead of original schedule: http://bit.ly/3CRIfb (Navy Times). There was a pretty good exchange of comments on MCPON Rick West's Facebook page when he posted the news.
An Idaho family has four sons in the Navy, including two stationed in Bremerton: http://bit.ly/1ObsR2 (Shoshone News-Press)
President Obama signed the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA) into law: http://bit.ly/1njWhN (White House press release). I would love to hear from anyone stationed in Washington or from Washington state who plans to use it. Please leave a comment here or e-mail me about your experience. The MSRRA Facebook page has lots of good information about the law and many people answering questions about how to take advantage of it in different states.
— Elaine Helm Norton, Northwest Navy News editor