And My Football Hero is...
Yesterday was pretty uneventful. I arrived at the San Antonio airport without too much incident... other than the headache from hell, there was little complain about. OH wait. The weather. The cold...
View ArticleMy All American - J.R. "Ego" Ferguson
After my previous blog, I went downstairs to meet everyone for the bus rides over to the BBQ. The organizers split us up into our two teams East and West and that's where the competition began. I...
View ArticleIt's not an easy job and it's not meant for everyone
My name is Genevieve Chase and I'm a proud member of the United States Army Reserve. I was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky so I like to tell people that I did 18 years of involuntary service as a...
View ArticleIs it Game Day yet?
It's been such a long day that I'm not sure where we started this morning...Wait. Oh yes! We had to report downstairs by 6:30 AM. That was fun. To add to the pleasantness of that, it was QUITE a cold...
View ArticleSWAG, MRE's, and other acronyms
This morning we had breakfast with VIPs from around the country that are part of the Army's Centers of Influence. Before meeting up with them, we were able to do a short tour of the Army Strong Zone,...
View ArticleAll American Bowl Wrap Up
The final days of the All American Bowl were quite exciting. We had some down time before the Awards Dinner with the Rotary Club to get all dressed up in our Class A's and Blues. We took quite a few...
View ArticleI'm Re-enlisting!
Life has been quite hectic, which is just the way I like it. I'm finding time to get back in the gym and as of most recently, was looking for a new Reserve unit to transfer to. I currently reside in...
View ArticleArmy Girl Commits to Six More
"I, Genevieve Chase, do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the...
View ArticleSoldier Bloggers, the Countermedia
A couple of months ago, I did an interview on You Served - Blog Talk Radio about blogging on Army Strong Stories. I didn't really know what we were going to talk about but I had an idea that the...
View ArticleThe Harvard - Army Conundrum
I remember in Afghanistan in 2006, two of my senior officers were sending me back and forth to the other's office carrying on a debate that was far above my pay grade. I was exasperated at having to...
View ArticleEnough Already: DADT
The other day, I received an email from a lesbian I served with several years ago. I first met her when we both joined the Army. She was unaccustomed to Army life and not used to having to hide who...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Director, Army Continuing Education
Ms. Rogers, If the system does not work, then we should work to a solution that does. If you mean to imply that TA is not something I have earned and is not mine to use at an accredited university of...
View Article"I Was Also Wounded"
"The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to...
View ArticleRelease His Name
Forgive me as this post is all over the place... but this is a significantly infuriating, at the same time heartbreaking, topic..."I've contended for years that our moral argument against the Taliban...
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