Holiday Greetings: At Outreach And Resource Services (OARS) for Women Veterans, when we think about our brothers and sisters serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, especially during this holiday season, we offer blessings: words for peace and prosperity, love, hope, and happiness; For the families of the fallen, we pray you [...]
It is, once again, October. The touch of the autumn air is chilly and damp, a relief after this summer's heat. Leaves turn brilliant reds, yellows and orange, drift to earth, and decay into moist browns. Halloween, just one evening of ghosts and ghouls, spirits and specters, will be here in the wink of [...]
Come join us at the Seattle VA Medical Center for the Veterans Wellness Fair & Community Celebration on Thursday, September 5, from 9:40am to 2:00pm. Hosted by VA Puget Sound Behavioral Health, celebrating awareness and bringing resources to our veterans. Come and support this amazing event and bring light to our military community members [...]
Hello Julia, Happy July! Fireworks and barbeque? Maybe. We live in unusual times, where we are confronted with competing visions of freedom and independence. Freedom and independence are two of our most cherished American values. Two of our most celebrated virtues. And two that, in these uncertain time, seem to more and more divide [...]
The use of gun salutes for military occasions is traced to early warriors who demonstrated their peaceful intentions by placing their weapons in a position that rendered them ineffective. Apparently this custom was universal, with the specific act varying with time and place, depending on the weapons being used. READ MORE [...]
Americans from across the country will gather at cemeteries and memorials to honor and remember the service members who gave the last full measure of devotion. Find more than 200 free Memorial Day observances and events across the country. READ MORE
Dear OARS Women Veterans, Guest, Supporters, and our Family: As we approach this Memorial Day, it might be hard for some of us military mighty to “enjoy” a BBQ. But what should a person do for honoring the lost ones, the missing ones, and the unknowns but only to God ones? We [...]
We women in military are so TRAILBLAZERS in 2023. Congratulations to Marine Sgt. Major Kitashima. For the first time in its 247-year history, it has appointed a woman to the top enlisted Marine Corps Force position. Her name is Joy Maria Kitashima. READ MORE
Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, left, and Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi, right, are believed to be the first sisters in the Army who both attained the rank of general. (Left photo: Army. Right photo: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) For the first time in the Army’s history, two sisters have attained the rank [...]
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