Family Focus Friday

Children’s Story Books Come to Life

Posted on March 22, 2013 by glenn.selby

More than 40 children, accompanied by their parents, came out to the Marine Corps Community Service’s event, “Storybook Fantasy Night” at the Clubs at Quantico on March 7.
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Posted in DoD News, Family Focus Friday, Rotator | Tagged Beth Cranz, Bob Brown Puppet Theater, book, Characters, children, Fantasy, food, Harry Potter, Marines, MCB Quantico, Puppets, story | Leave a comment

Photo: A Soldier from Angel Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) embraces his daughter after a Welcome Home Ceremony, Mar 1, 2013 at the Fort Campbell Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Ky. The majority of Angel Company returned after about six months rather than the full nine months due to the progress of Afghan Security Forces in their area of responsibility, who are now conducting operations independently. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alan Graziano

Worth A Thousand Words: Hey, Sugar!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by bniegel

A soldier embraces his daughter after a Welcome Home Ceremony, Mar. 1, 2013 at the Fort Campbell Army Airfield, Fort Campbell, Ky.
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Posted in Family Focus Friday, Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Afghanistan, air assault, Army, Clarksville, deployment, families, family, fort Campbell, Kentucky, Operation Enduring Freedom, Rakkasans, redeployment, return, Screaming Eagles, soldiers, Tennessee, U.S.. Army, welcome home ceremony | Leave a comment

Family Focus Friday: Story Time

Posted on March 15, 2013 by nmcfarland

United Through Reading connects military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud together.
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Posted in DoD News, Family Focus Friday, Rotator | Tagged books, connecting with kids, family bond, Family Focus Friday, family separation, military deployment, military families, military family separation, military kids, reading, reading to kids, United Through Reading | Leave a comment

Fleet and Family Gives 1,000 Free Toys to Military Youth

Posted on March 15, 2013 by glenn.selby

Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP) partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of America and the Toy Industry Foundation to provide 1,000 free toys to military youth.
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Posted in DoD News, Family Focus Friday | Tagged Boys & Girls Club of America, Navy Child and Youth Programs, Navy Region Southwest, Navy's Fleet Family & Child Programs, Toy Industry Foundation | Leave a comment

A U.S. Marine helps a young boy put on flight gear during the MV-22 Osprey Family Day on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, March 3, 2013. The III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific hosted the event at which more than 300 parents and children attended. The families received information about the MV-22 Osprey's capabilities, toured the aircraft, took photos, and asked questions of pilots and other air crew personnel. United States Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Ranum

Worth A Thousand Words: How Does That Fit?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by bniegel

A U.S. Marine helps a young boy put on flight gear during the MV-22 Osprey Family Day on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, March 3, 2013.
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Posted in Family Focus Friday, Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged III MEF, Marine, Marine Corps, MCIPAC, MV-22 Family day, MV-22 Osprey, Okinawa, Okinawa Marine, U.S. Marine Corps, USMC | Leave a comment