60http://main.theikesters.comThu, 11 Mar 2010 18:17:19 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 18:17:19 GMTen michelle@isenhour.comnohttp://main.theikesters.com/2010/03/10/brain-injury-awareness-month.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IDid you know that March is Brain Injury Awareness Month? I didn't until I received an e-mail asking me to includ an article on Traumatic Brain Injury on my blog. I agreed because TBI has touched my life.Many of you have heard me speak on occasion about the horrific helicopter crash that occured when we were in Italy and claimed six lives. The crew chief on that flight survived but with severe brain trauma. You can read his amazing story of recovery here. I agreed to include the article in honor of Mark Lalli, a true survivor.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traumatic ...http://main.theikesters.com/2010/03/10/brain-injury-awareness-month.aspx#Comments4a441d7e-3992-4fc3-a856-57b2d187ba03Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:04:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2010/01/29/over-here.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IThe blog is OVER HERE now. ...http://main.theikesters.com/2010/01/29/over-here.aspx#Commentsb2a18ff1-e462-4e0c-ae99-02f44d1ac152Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:35:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/23/moving.aspx?ref=rssMichelle INo, not the entire household. Well, not yet, but that is coming up in late Spring, we just don't know where, yet.What I do know is that the blog is moving and where. With the new year, will now go back to blogger, where the blog originally started several years ago. I am tired of paying for domain, hosting, and especially Quick Blogcast and becoming frustrated everytime I want to make blog post. This site will remain up for quite a while as I slowly save my archives and try to get everything moved over here. I need less frustration ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/23/moving.aspx#Comments4a1c6802-45bc-451d-9775-be276136ecbdWed, 23 Dec 2009 18:29:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/21/this.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IStill really nothing to say. Just continuing my support. ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/21/this.aspx#Comments838b2cce-8683-4d15-806e-017fa129d15eMon, 21 Dec 2009 16:43:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/16/going-dark.aspx?ref=rssMichelle ICopied from Homefront Six because she rocks the wording. The milblogging world - this blog included - will be "going dark" for a bit in support of fellow milblogger, CJ Grisham. Maggie has the details but the crux of the matter is, The catalyst has been the treatment of milblogger C.J. Grisham of A Soldier's Perspective. C.J. has earned accolades and respect, from the White House on down for his honest, and sometimes blunt, discussion of issues -- particularly PTSD. In the last few months, C.J. has seen an issue with a local school taken to his command ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/12/16/going-dark.aspx#Comments81e47ebb-ad33-4102-8131-73bf3a6aca6aWed, 16 Dec 2009 09:40:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/11/08/8th-of-november.aspx?ref=rssMichelle ITwo yearsRest in Peace Cpt Christian Skoglund, CW2 Davidangelo Alvarez, Cpt Cartize Durham, SrA Kenneth Hauprich, SSgt Robert Rodgers and SSgt Mark Spence. ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/11/08/8th-of-november.aspx#Commentse847b71d-49e9-4e30-915f-fa9a9ed6ba6bSun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/11/05/murder-at-fort-hood.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IReally news channels - it's not a freakin' "incident." And while it is a "tradegy" it goes so far beyond that . It seems almost disrespectful to not call it what it really is. It's murder. It's brutal and unexcusable.Some jackass on msnbc just laid out the case that the shooter having to listen to the soldier's under his care discuss and deal with thier time overseas could have very well led to his having PTSD.*gag*Once again I am proud to be a part of and associated with some elite groups. Military spouses are already rallying to do whatever they ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/11/05/murder-at-fort-hood.aspx#Comments0b208aa1-dba1-4132-b5a3-2526d5c42f12Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:52:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/22/updates-on-cop-keating.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IUpdate on American Legion's efforts.From This Ain't Hell.And, an update from the Oh so FABULOUS Tankerbabelc. ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/22/updates-on-cop-keating.aspx#Comments5ca527ef-766d-4588-8614-db90c41b453dThu, 22 Oct 2009 16:31:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/10/give-a-shit.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IBattle participant: “most people back home dont even know, no one gives a shit”So, what's this soldier, a member of a unit who lost eight of their comrades in arms, a unit whose injured members refused to be MEDEVACED out in remain in the fight with their buddies, a unit whose soldiers, as the battle raged around them, donated blood so it could be transfused into their buddies. What he is talking about, what most people back home don't know, is that the soldiers lost everything save for the clothes on their backs in the battle when their outpost was ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/10/give-a-shit.aspx#Comments54cfcfb9-c70f-4e79-a09d-74142ca65001Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:13:00 GMThttp://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/07/why-it-matters.aspx?ref=rssMichelle IIn my 16 years of being affiliated with the Air Force (first as a civilian and then as a wife) I have been no stranger to the tragedy of the loss of service members and/or their family members. I have attended and assisted in numerous memorial services and funerals. Some because of my position in public affairs and later Services, but more because of my "duty" as the wife of a husband in command positions.Each one was tragic and heart wrenching in its own right. Each had an impact on me. A military base is a tight-knit community of course ...http://main.theikesters.com/2009/10/07/why-it-matters.aspx#Comments73c3fdc5-c304-41d7-81ff-85e9857e02a0Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:39:00 GMT