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MarineParents.com™ Newsletter
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Learning Center:
Operational Security
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When communicating online, your Marine's privacy is as important as Operational Security. Please respect YOUR Marine's privacy!
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Gunny Pop's New Book!
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The Ultimate Marine Recruit Training Guidebook was written by a Marine and former drill instructor for young men and women who want to become one of the few and the proud. No one should undertake Marine recruit training without having read this book.
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MarineParents.com™
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If someone comes to your door asking for donations for MarineParents.com™, Inc., it's a scam. We never solicit donations by going door-to-door -- ever. We only ask for donations via our websites or through fliers included in shipments from the EGA Shop.
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Learning Center:
About Deployment
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Communications From your Marine, with the USMC, and with other families
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Learning Center:
About Homecoming
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Veterans Crisis Hotline
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1-800-272-8255
The Veterans Crisis Hotline is a great resource for veterans, active duty military, and their families, and is backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Qualified responders are available 24/7 to offer confidential help in times of need.
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Purple Heart Hero Support™
Operation Prayers & Letters™
Care Package Project
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Greetings!
If this is the first edition of the Marine Parents newsletter you have received, WELCOME! If you are a returning reader we are glad you have joined us and are thankful for your support.
In This Issue
We don't toot our own horn that often here at MarineParents.com™, so it's nice when someone else will do it for us. Read about recent correspondence below. Also in this issue, take a look at our overview of what to expect when your Marine is deployed, including specific information for married or single Marines. And don't miss the story about how you can help a 20-year Marine who's now fighting brain cancer. Read these stories and more in this edition of the MarineParents.com™ newsletter. God bless and Semper Fi!
Tracy Della Vecchia Founder and Executive Director MarineParents.com™, Inc.
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Compliments for Work a Bonus
| | Appreciative call brings smiles to our faces
Here at MarineParents.com™, we're confident in the work we do for military service members and their families, but like anybody else, it's nice to have confirmation of that from an outside source.
This week, we received an email after a woman became a member of MarineParents.com™:
Thank you for the welcoming letter. I now feel as if I am a part of instead of away from him. God Bless and Semper Fi. Emma, proudest parent
And recently, the East Coast manager of our Purple Heart Hero Support™ program was contacted by a family member. Here's our volunteer's email about the call:
Dear PHHS volunteers,
Yesterday I received a phone call via the official Marine Parents number that is listed on our business cards. It was from Florida, the aunt of a wounded Army soldier. She and other family members had been to two of our PHHS dinners, and she wanted to let me know how much her family appreciated our being there for them. She was calling specifically to ask if we would mail her a few more of the Purple Heart car magnets, which of course I agreed to do. Her nephew has now been transferred to Fort Belvoir, so we won't be seeing the family again, but she and her sister wanted to emphasize the importance to them of our group's kindness and hospitality.
You never know what little acts of kindness you do that will make a difference to someone.
That's true of life, and that's true of what we strive to do here at MarineParents.com™ and the Purple Heart Hero Support™ program.
Click here to read about PHHS dinners ...
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Deployment Information is Online
| | Read this overview to get you started
Our goal is to provide you with information and tools so you can empower yourself to understand what will happen before, during and after your Marine's deployment. In preparation for deployment, we strongly recommend you read through the entire Deployment section on the MarineParents.com™ website. We are in the process of updating the Deployment section, so check back often for the latest information available.
There is a lot to learn, but by reading you'll be empowered with knowledge and thereby be better prepared to support your Marine during the deployment - and just as important, be better prepared take care of yourself.
Click here to read more ...
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Marine Family Network Grows Up
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| Website now 21,000 members strong
When we started the Marine Family Network website a little more than a year ago, we had high hopes for our "place to connect and share."
After shutting down the antiquated message boards we had for 7 1/2 years (with 150,000 members), we knew it would take time to build back the audience that used those boards. Last week let us know we were well on our way because on July 18, 2012, we surpassed 20,000 members on Marine Family Network! (And less than a month later, we've surpassed 21,000 members!)
Click here to read more ...
Click here to go to the Marine Family Network website ...
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As a Matter of Fact ...
| | Marine Corps essentials located here
Your son or daughter is in boot camp or is an active-duty Marine, and there's so much you need to know about the Corps.
You might know the first line of the Marine Corps Hymn, "From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli" ... but do you know the rest of it?
You might know that the Marine Corps symbol is the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, but do you know the history behind it?
Click here to find out these answers and more ...
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Unit Information at Your Fingertips
| | Marine Parents helps you make connection
On the main MarineParent.com website, there's a link that helps you get information about your Marine's specific unit.
Under the "Duty Stations/Units" header, click on "Unit Information Pages (UIP)." The pages include unit history and location, USMC contact information and websites for each unit, as well as MarineParents.com™ message board links and chat room schedules for that unit.
Click here to go to the UIP page ...
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We'll Get the Word Out for You
| | Marine Parents will promote your event
Are you holding an event in your community to honor Marines or support Marine families? Or perhaps you're staging a memorial event to remember one of your fallen heroes who gave everything in the fight for freedom.
You want to build awareness, to promote your event beyond your immediate community. And that's where MarineParents.com™ can help.
Right now, among other events, we're promoting the Jerabek Challenge in Wisconsin. We promote events such as this one on our Marine Family Network website, which has thousands of members who log on each day "to connect and share."™
If you would like help promoting your event, contact us, and MarineParents.com™ will lend a hand.
Click here to find out more about Marine Family Network ...
Click here to access the event form ...
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We Serve Meals to Injured Heroes
| | Our program supports Marines, families
At MarineParents.com™, sending care packages four times a year to Marines serving overseas is just one part of all we do for our troops. We also support wounded Marines and their families by serving meals at military hospitals in Bethesda, Maryland, and San Diego, California.
When Marines come back wounded or ill from active duty, recovering is their No. 1 priority. And for family members, when your Marine has been injured or becomes ill, you can become overwhelmed. As long as your child is confined to the hospital, you're preoccupied -- and everything else falls by the wayside.
And that's where MarineParents.com™ comes in.
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Retired Marine Needs Your Help
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| Cancer diagnosis brings financial burden
Mike Emmons was recently diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme - Stage 4 Brain Cancer. He has already undergone surgery to remove the tumor and is currently in the process of learning about and choosing a treatment plan best suited for him.
Mike is a retired Marine veteran with more than 20 years of service to our country. He and his wife, Shauna, live in Virginia with their three children ages 12, 11, and 3.
To relieve some of the financial burden, the family is trying to raise $10,000 by October 12, 2012.
Click here to see our Marine Family Network page about Mike and his family, with links to donate and read their blog.
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We hope this week's edition of our email newsletter has been useful for you and your family. If there are topics you would like us to address, or if you have other suggestions for the newsletter, please contact us.
The banner photo was taken May 27, 2012. Three Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment stack up behind each other to view a suspicious compound during a patrol in Afghanistan. The Marines cleared Zamindawar, disrupting the insurgents' leadership and logistics chain. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Timothy Lenzo.
MarineParents.com™, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) public charity. MarineParents.com™, Inc., was founded in January 2003 in response to parents' needs to find information and to have "a place to connect and share"™ with one another during their Marine's career. Our free online services and connections have expanded to support and educate Marine moms and dads, spouses, families and friends. We've helped 400,000 Marine and recruit families during boot camp, training, active duty and deployments. We've shipped more than 33,000 care packages overseas to our Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan, sent 60,000 prayers and letters to injured Marines and served thousands of meals to wounded heroes and their families on the East and West coasts. You've found "a place to connect and share."™
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