Knee Deep in the Hooah!

Almost a year ago I opened a Cafe Press shop and started making designs for t-shirts. I was very careful to not use any copyrighted graphics (I made them or had permission) and I did not use any slogans that would violate the laws either. So, if you all remember I was shocked when I got a note from Cafe Press that the word “Hooah!” is copyrighted for printed items. I had never entertained the thought that Hooah! would be copyrighted. So, of course I designed a few things with out the word, but it did eliminate the possibility of any designs with my blog title included. I think at this point Brat had suggested using the term “knee deep in the shi’ite!”

Well, the other evening I wrote to the owner of the company that holds the copyright to the term, and I received back one of the kindest and warmest emails from Christian D’Andrea who is one of three brothers who developed the “Soldier Fuel” bar. They also have developed other resources and are a very strong pro-military and pro-military family business. I was really unaware of all that the D’Andrea brothers do for our soldiers, so I thought I should share their websites with you here. Please, visit their sites, patronize their business and in doing so you are supporting those who support those who are defending us! Isn’t it great when it can work out that way? [Read more →]

Tags: Army, Army Mom Posts, Things I love, Troop Support, Troop appreciation, military, veterans, war on terror by Claire
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In my copious amounts of spare time I have a hobby with which I use to kill my time. Nah, not really. Mr. Hooah! needed some serious help with his online gallery. He did a fantastic job getting his site up and running quickly, but it needed a little “sprucing” up, so to speak.

I added some bells, whistles, and little flashy doo-hickeys to make it pretty. Please stop by the wonderful online Gallery and it’s grand premiere. OK, it’s not very glorious, but I think I did a pretty darned good job for an amateur!

With no further ado enter HERE for a quick tour.

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Not all of my pictures will be military related, I promise. I do have a good sense of variety in my life, but for now these are the pictures that interest me the most, and to be quite honest they are probably more interesting to you than anything else I have to offer right now.

I am planning on taking Mike’s good camera that is in my possession and going on a picture hunting party through the scenic areas of East TN. I will share some of the good ones if I get any!

Mike sent some pictures a while back that I have not shared here. This particular picture was in the bunch and I love it. It’s a picture of local kids who are peeking under a gate to a house the troops entered to clear.  This explanation was updated when Toy Soldier set it all straight. :p

(click picture for larger version)

Tags: Picture Perfect, Things I love, pictures by Claire
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When Mr. Hooah! was at Ft. Benning the only explanation I had to offer a very inquisitive and hard to fool 3-year old girl was “papa is away at work.” It was the truth. Of course I explained to her that it was his “far, far, away” work and that one day we would all be together again. She began to understand this whole Army life to a degree, and when people asked her about papa she would say “My papa is shouldier.” That’s not a typo. She pronounced it like “shoulder” with the special suffix. That was a new understanding since earlier in the year every soldier was called a “Michael” because as far as she was concerned our Michael had invented the whole soldier-Army get-up. [Read more →]

Tags: Army Wife Posts, Shack Pack news, Things I love, family life by Claire
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I have wanted a Blue Star Flag for quite some time now, but decided against ordering one last year until we settled into what ever post we were going to move to. Well, here we are at good old “Ft. Civilianville” so I placed my order. I wanted to let you all know of the awesome deal I got through Amazon though. [Read more →]

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I found this on Stryker Brigade News last night. Mr. H! and I were really surprised. We didn’t know about this particular resource, so it was news to us. I thought I would post it in hopes of getting the news out there to more military families.

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., The New York Times

AS they enter through the Magic Kingdom gates, following signs with the familiar mouse ears, past the sighing of the monorail and the distant screams from Space Mountain, a few visitors take an unusual route, up a driveway just off the entrances to the Disney World golf courses.

There they find, atop an artificial rock formation, the flags of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard flapping in the Florida breeze. Beyond that lies a resort where there are a lot of high-and-tight crew cuts in the lobby, not to mention more lean physiques than elsewhere in Disney World. [Read more →]

Tags: Army, Troop Support, Troop appreciation, family life, holidays, military by Claire
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Hi folks. Mr.Hooah here.

Seems the Miss is having a bit of a relapse this morning. She went to the doctor yesterday evening and got a clean bill of health. He thought everything was doing very well. Sadly, this morning Claire woke up with a lot of throbbing pain. I’m guessing the surgery site was disturbed a little much during yesterdays doctor visit and it reacting to all the prodding. She’s taking some meds and is resting just now.

Hopefully she’ll be on later to share some kewl news we found last night! Me? I’m going to play with the littlest member of the house while momma rests.

Prayers are always welcome. Mr.Hooah!, out.

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I am moving on up in the stages of healing from my bone graft. I finally turned a corner on Saturday afternoon, and now I am feeling human again. It’s sore and tender, and there is still some swelling, but I don’t look like I am hiding a baseball in my cheek any longer. Word to the wise — when you are having a bone graft, and there is a donor site, never assume that it’s not going to hurt too bad since the site is small. Bone is bone, is bone, and it hurts when it is cut or drilled into. Ah, but I do believe my Loratab got me through, and that I shouldn’t need it any longer.

Other news? I got a huge footlocker in the mail from Iraq last week. I knew it was coming, but seeing it was a wonderful confirmation to me that redeployment is imminent. I don’t know when I will get the call that Iraq is in the distance and a newer and safer Country is harboring the precious boots of my soldier and the men in that Brigade, but I know it will soon. I wait with a lot of anticipation, and I am beside myself that we are this close to the end of this deployment. If it has felt like a lifetime to me, I can only imagine how many lifetimes it has felt to Mike.

Bulldog – if you read this I wanted to tell you that I didn’t miss your announcement that your soldier is home! I wasn’t sure if he was home from his tour or if he was home on leave, but regardless I am praying that your family has a blessed and peaceful time of reunification! There is no news sweeter to my ears than another American soldier whose feet are planted back on our soil! Hooray for the Bulldog family, and please thank your son for his faithful service to our Country! [Read more →]

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