Sentences with phrase «duty military women»

Here's the reality: 20 percent of active duty military women have been raped.

Not exact matches

The Real Heroes Program is designed to support veterans, military spouses, and active duty men and women in their transition from military to a civilian career in real estate.

It would require 17 - year - old men and women to choose one of four options: active military duty for two years, with educational benefits; six months of active duty followed by extended reserve obligations; one year of civilian service in a Peace Corps - type domestic project; or placement in a draft lottery for a period of six years.

Obviously the military has tried to keep women out of harms way but roadside bombs and mortars blur the line of what is and is not combat duty.

Folds of Honor is a 501 (C)(3) nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to families of military men and women who have fallen or been disabled while on active duty in the United States Armed Forces.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — In a quiet ceremony on Sunday afternoon, County Executive Robert P. Astorino delivered gratitude and a virtual hug, on behalf of the county, to Westchester's Gold Star Mothers — women whose children have been killed in the line of military duty.

For example, while they tried to match men and women on the basis of military occupation — among all the other factors — they acknowledge that members with the same occupational code could have performed different duties while overseas.

So already Christie's story is an amazing one - planning a home birth and also representing the community of women and families who experience pregnancies and births often without spouses or other family present because of active military duty.

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But two others — one unidentified because she's still on active duty — describe the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., about 10 blocks from the U.S. Capitol, as ranking among the riskiest postings for women in the entire American military.

The men are then assigned new duties as guards at a military prison, and much as they showed a troubling enthusiasm for assaulting women at home, they clearly enjoy heaping abuse on the prisoners they're supposed to watch until their actions become a clear parallel to the crimes committed at Abu Ghraib.

A young man and woman, Skip and Chelle, fall in love in college and marry, but she is enlisted in the military, there is a war on, and she must serve her tour of duty before they can settle down.

For scores of veterans and active duty military personnel — the men and women who put America first — it starts and ends with a VA loan.

VA loans are a no money down mortgage program available to eligible active duty servicemen and women, US military veterans, and surviving spouses.

When you need a loan, some military servicemen and women might worry about accruing interest during active duty.

A woman on active duty in the military is 250 times more likely to get a divorce than a man on active duty.

With difficulty affording necessities like nutritious food, and a husband whose military duties often kept him from home, Miriam describes the help she received from her home visitor as critical: «My home visitor helped me with every aspect of parenting, connecting me to a dietitian who could treat my daughter's disorder, helping me access (Women Infant and Children) so that my baby and I could afford to eat, and helping me learn about my baby's development.»

The National Association of Realtors ® and its 20,000 veteran members honor the brave men and women who have worn the uniform of our U.S. military by providing housing resources and information to active duty and retired military service members.