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Here are the top stories for the week of March 16, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• Real ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dies at age 95
* Soldiers Sworn in from International Space Station
* Panera Bread, AAFES Partner
* Green Plastic Army Women Coming Fall 2020
I remember the Girl Scouts song: “Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver, and the other gold.” I didn’t know how important having friends in adulthood would be when my 10-year-old self sang that song. I want everyone to have a life full of friends and a strong network they can reach out to when facing life’s joys and sorrows.
Consider the friend role. Be thoughtful about what information and emotions are shared with friends and what action is expected from friends. Guard the sharing times as a time to build each other up.
I have a good friend from just about every phase of my life and one best friend that I have known since high school. Each of my friendships has a different focus, almost a language all our own. Most of my good friends are from work relationships, and each can be counted on when I have something to share. My best friend is someone I can spend time with without saying a word.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (or JBLM to the locals) is a joint Army and Air Force Base that boasts being the fourth largest in the world, with more than 200,000 folks living and working on it. It has three main areas: Lewis Main, Lewis North, and McChord Airbase, and also the Yakima Training Center in Eastern Washington. This PWTM will focus on the Army side of the installation.
Time for some tough talk! The year has started, but have you? Maybe you made some resolutions but never put them to paper let alone execution. It’s time to be real with yourself and ask the question, do you care about health and fitness? If you don’t, you can stop here. If you do, continue to read.
An overriding obstacle for many people is not having the confidence in themselves to succeed. You don’t need to be judged by anyone, and you don’t need their approval. Your choice for your fitness program is personal and what makes you feel good and happy.
Years ago, I went to an aerobics class and lasted one session because I felt so embarrassed that I couldn’t keep up. When everyone was up, I was down, and I couldn’t didn’t catch on. So, I did what many of us do and returned to my comfort zone.
ere are the top stories for March 9, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
* Some TRICARE Beneficiaries Moving to Civilian Doctors
* MOREs Give Extra Calories During High Intensity Training Days
* Peak PCS Season Is Coming: Get Ready!
* AAFES Ships 200,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies
I work part time at a local grocery store in my hometown here in Massachusetts. It affords me to watch human nature.
I look at the children and am charmed by their never-ending joy and awe in all that they see. As they either walk with mom or dad or sit in the shopping cart, it seems everyone they meet is a point of total fascination.
Somehow, they don’t seem to be concerned that the other person is dirty, or black, or speaks differently, or is old and feeble. They just look with star-struck wonder at everyone and everything.
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