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stripes - Ex-military spouse tells Congress her story of domestic abuse, revealing cracks in military s response to incidents

by   WASHINGTON — Amy Logan first experienced physical abuse three years into her marriage to a sergeant major in the Army. Logan was away from friends and family once she moved to a new military base, similar to many military spouses who are isolated and unaware of resources available to them. One night, Logan’s husband at the time charged at her, grabbed her shoulders and his knee struck her in the leg after Logan attempted to discuss how her husband spoke down to their child for crying. A few days after the assault, Logan went with her child to a women s safe shelter and eventually filed for a divorce, she said.

NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum participates in Blue Star program

NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum participates in Blue Star program Free admission to active military members Headlight staff reports LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces is again participating in the national Blue Star Museum program. The program, which is managed by the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, provides free admission to U.S. active military members and their families to hundreds of museums across the country. The program is from May 15-Sept. 6. The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as Active Duty and Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), or DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card fo

Military families should not have to endure food insecurity

Military families should not have to endure food insecurity Tom Jurkowsky, opinion contributor © Getty Images Military families should not have to endure food insecurity Many members of Congress are growing more frustrated as they wait to see the specifics of the administration s fiscal year 2022 defense budget. Up to this point, the administration has provided only a topline figure of $715 billion. Details of how that money will be allocated to the services - to continue underwriting the number of ships, aircraft, tanks and other weapons systems - remain unknown. However, a group of congressional leaders has sounded the alarm over an issue affecting military families: food insecurity, an issue one would not normally associate with impacting service members and their families. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) recently reintroduced the Military Hunger Prevention Act, co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 11 members, which was rejec

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