Military Single: Blast from the past Last hurrah for reunited Mouse, the Boys & Brass?
Standing side-by-side on the rehearsal stage, microphones in hand, Maurice Samples and Pete Rowland did what they had done almost nightly in the late '60s and early '70s.They sang the words to Soul Man, the 1967 Sam and Dave hit, while behind them guitars, drums, a keyboard and horns performed the familiar notes."I'm a soul man," Sam and Dave sang in the original.But now, Samples and Rowland were in a playful mood, so they...
Military Single: Humanity during Holocaust-editorial
Humanity during Holocaust-editorial Tyler Chandler Guest Columnist The stories of those who sheltered and rescued the Jews during World War II teach man that force is not the only response to evil in the world. As a combat soldier in the Second World War, Dr. Philip Hallie believed that weapons and a sheer force of arms were the exclusive tools needed to defeat the Nazi Empire and thus stop the murder of millions of innocent victims of the war. Long after the war,...
Military Single: GULF DUTY LEAVES 17,500 CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS, PENTAGON SAYS
Some 16,300 military single parents and 1,200 military couples with children have been assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf theater, according to Pentagon statistics.Contrary to the image of mothers in camouflage fatigues kissing their youngsters goodbye, a majority of the single-parent families separated by the war are headed by fathers, not mothers. In civilian society, 87 percent of single-parent families are headed by a woman, but in the military it's the other way around....
Military Single: ‘MY MOMMY IS A SOLDIER’
WHILE AWAY IN MILITARY, SINGLE MOM MUST LEAVE DAUGHTER BEHIND Mom: Soldier hadn’t seen daughter in a year On the last leg of her 26-hour journey home from South Korea, Pvt. Tamarah Harcharik started to run, her black boots pounding the floor.Her daughter, 4-year-old Hailey, sat on the shoulders of Tamarah's sister, Heather, just beyond the security check at Albuquerque International Sunport. Hailey cried out to her mom as tears streamed down her face. She had...
Military Single: DEPLOYMENT OF PARENTS AROUSES INTENSE CONCERN
Some 16,300 single parents and 1,200 couples with children have been assigned to military duty in the Persian Gulf theater, according to Pentagon statistics released this past week.What happens to the children in these families has become an emotionally charged issue for Americans in the war.But contrary to the image of mothers in camouflage fatigues kissing their youngsters goodbye, a majority of the single-parent families separated by the war are headed by fathers, not mothers.In...