Week 4 Newsletter

Wanted to apologize for the technical difficulties on the first podcast. But we will continue on this Sunday at 7:30PM!!! Please click on the link above to register for the podcast.

Mentorships for transitioning soldiers is very important to young soldiers, spouses and families. 51% of all transitioning soldiers do not have a career path picked before they ETS. The minimum mentoring time is 1 hour a month and you as a mentor need to be 100% committed and only focused on getting these soldiers hired and setup for success before experiencing the civilian world.

American Corporate Partners is another great veteran and service members mentor program. The goal is to provide the mentee a veteran that can provide both guidance and compassion.

VETERATI is another mentoring platform that has provides mentees with multiple mentors. It's about commitment and honor to help younger members of the military learn and help guide them to a better transition. Sign-up and start giving back!!!

Microsoft Training will begin in the next few weeks. We will cover Azure, M365, and Cyber Security fundamental exams. If you are a soldier that is transitioning out of the military, please reach out to get signed up and ready to learn. Once training course has been successfully completed, JAB Cloud Solutions has purchased and received vouchers for free exams.

Each week we will present different genres of music and relaxing exercises to help deal with anxiety and depression. This week we will be focused on the benefits of meditation and the effects it has on helping deal with anxiety, and depression. Meditation is focusing on yourself and reinvigorating your body and soul. Meditation is not for everyone but finding a place of complete relaxation is the key.

Video 1 is a great example of the use of different instruments and sounds to almost put you in a relaxed mood from the beginning. There are people that suffer from anxiety they are in their safe place listening to heavy metal or slow R&B jams. It is what you prefer, and it is the time you are the most relaxed and centered.

Video 2 is an amazing pianist that is performing Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. George Gershwin was?an American pianist and composer,?whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue.

Senators upset over threats to abortion rights are?pushing Defense Department officials?to guarantee that female servicemembers will have access to the medical procedure even if it is?outlawed in states?where they are stationed. In a?letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin?on Thursday, the senators said military leaders need to weigh in on the issue now — even before an expected Supreme Court ruling on the issue later this year — to provide reassurance and clarity to troops now unsure of their rights.?“The men and women who join the military sacrifice an incredible amount in order to serve their country. We owe it to these servicemembers to look after them and ensure they have the ability to continue accessing safe reproductive healthcare no matter where in the nation their military service sends them," the letter states.

After several years of planning and delays, the?Department of Veterans Affairs?is pushing for funding to open four new, unique burial sites within the next two years -- two columbaria in major cities and two rural cemeteries in the West that eventually will entomb 310,000 veterans or family members. The four sites are in New York City; Indianapolis; Elko, Nevada; and Cedar City, Utah, and will cost the VA $3 million next year to ensure that they will open and be staffed within the next two years.

While the eyes of the world remain on the war in Ukraine, we should not forget the people suffering in the aftermath of our country’s longest war, the war in Afghanistan. After our hasty withdrawal last year,?most Americans?agreed that we should help the people of Afghanistan who helped us—especially since the Taliban’s track record of brutality does not suggest a kind fate for allies of America who stayed in the country. Meanwhile, many of the Afghans who made it into the United States?are struggling financially?or have been left in?a legal limbo.