Marketplace - Nov. 7, 2007
MyHuggy embraces and erases kids' fears
The MyHuggy teddy bear was born out of loss and offers support to kids dealing with separation.
Tags: MyHuggy, teddy bear, military, deployment, Sprout, A Floral Affair, Home Shopping Network, Thiensville, loss, NPR

Milwaukee Buzz - Feb. 15, 2007
Lost in translation
Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) struck a nice rhetorical blow last week against the Defense Department's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy -- the ban on gays in the military.
Tags: Gary Ackerman, Defense Department, military, LGBT, Don't ask don't tell

Music - July 18, 2006
Cincere sings for soldiers
Milwaukee native Cincere heads overseas for a 27-day, 15-concert tour of U.S. military bases for Armed Forces Entertainment. From mid-August through September, the R&B singer will perform for American troops in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti and Kuwait.
Tags: Cincere, military, USO

Movies - Aug. 5, 2005
Movie program aims to bring smiles to soldiers
In less than a year, Bernie and Kathy Hintzke have reached more than 5,000 soldiers with their project, Operation: Take a Soldier to the Movies. A movie package is sent to each soldier in the military units in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones that have requested to take part in the program.
Tags: Hintzke, Take a Soldier to the Movies, military, army, Iraq, Afghanistan

Milwaukee Buzz - June 19, 2008
Stop MEDICARE/TRICARE Payment Cuts
Unless our Congress acts within the next 14 days, MEDICARE and TRICARE payments to doctors will be cut by 10.6% in July of 2008. If that comes to pass your access to health care will be much reduced because more doctors will stop seeing MEDICARE and TRICARE patients. In addition to cutting paymen...
Tags: medical, military, tricare, medicade

Milwaukee Buzz - June 16, 2008
PHISHING SCAM AGAINST SLAIN VETERANS FAMILIES
A phishing scam has been sent to families of fallen Soldiers. As part of the scam, the proponents request personal information, such as SSN, DOB, addresses, etc., and are instructed to come to either visit the Army Human Resources Command Offices in Alexandria, VA, or email the information to an ...
Tags: veteran, military

Milwaukee Buzz - May 22, 2008
The Gratitude Campaign
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO VIEW THIS GREAT MESSAGE Ever wonder how to say thank you when you see a military person in uniform?  See a simple way to do it from across a room or as you are passing by. The Gratitude Campaign
Tags: veteran, military,

Politics - April 29, 2008
You ain't gonna like losing
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. It is not.Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The coun...
Tags: military, veteran, war

Milwaukee Buzz - April 28, 2008
Remember Fallen Warrior Army Spc Steven J Christofferson
Army Spc Steven J. Christofferson 20, of Cudahy, Wis.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died April 21 in Bayji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive...
Tags: veteran, military