Welcome to our Holiday Special on Army Wife Talk Radio! We’ve made our list and checked it twice, and today’s podcast guest is an absolute gift! Sharita Knobloch, your Army Wife Network Executive Director, meets with one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists You Need to Know and CMT’s Next Women of Country – the soulful – Jo Smith. 

Today, they discuss Jo’s highs and lows of being a mother, a country singer, and a Navy Reservist. Jo Smith’s journey through life has been an unconventional one, but one encompassing the theme of living life to the fullest. From spending a year living on a shipping container in Somalia to learning how to balance the struggles of being a new mom, Jo Smith has seen it all. She has remarkably gone from record deals to independently releasing the title track of her first full-length album “Wyoming” featuring the one and only Vince Gill. Check out today’s episode to hear more about her story and some bonus Christmas chat for our holiday special.

Check out Jo Smith: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

And get her debut album Wyoming – Out Now!

Thank you to Jo Smith for a wonderful Christmas episode.

News 6

This Week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of November 28th, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

“Be all You Can Be’s Back….All Right!

90s Fans rejoice! Army recruiting is going back to the tried and true motto….Be All You Can Be.

While all the 90s babies love a good throwback to the best decade ever, the army is emphatic that this is not the reason the motto is here again….. baby one more time.

“We’re not returning to ‘Be All You Can Be’ for nostalgia or old times’ sake or because we think retro is trendy and cool,” Maj. Gen. Alex Fink, chief of Army enterprise marketing, told Stars and Stripes. “We’re really reinventing it to reposition the Army and to inspire the next generation of soldiers.”

Find out more at Stripes.com

U.S. Airmen Honored for Rescue in Japan

In Kadena, Japan, a local fisherman lost his footing and fell into the sea on September 24th. He spent 30 minutes drifting out to sea when he was rescued by LTC Matthew Schlittler and  Senior Airman Shane Pentkowski from Kadena air base. The two men were there for training when they spotted the fisherman out in the water.

He was wearing a life vest and was very cold but unharmed by the ordeal. 

They handed the man over to local Japanese first responders who in turn honored the two men in a ceremony on December 1st at the Kadena firehouse.

Read more at Americanmilitarynews.com

Navy is Looking to the Stars, Army is Looking at the Past

Hot off the heels of the Astronaut themed uniform of the navy team for the Army-Navy game, the army team has finally revealed theirs. And it’s a salute to the past.

The uniforms pay homage to the 1st Armored Division and those involved in Operation Torch.

“Operation Torch marked the 1st Armored Division’s entry into the crucible of combat,” according to the Army release. “The resilience, grit, and commitment demonstrated by the soldiers ultimately resulted in the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa. In the harsh desert against a determined enemy, the members of the 1st Armored Division were forged into ‘Iron Soldiers’ and learned the lessons that would guide them to success in subsequent operations in Italy and Western Europe.”

Find out more at militarytimes.com

You can check out more of this week’s top stories here

Thank You

Thank you to Jo Smith and the whole AWN Team! Have a Happy Holidays everyone!

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