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AWTR Show #897: Beyond Sacrifice
How much is too much? Soldiers often come home from a deployment and want to go back. They give so much of themselves to a country and may not know when to say “I’ve given enough”. This is a major theme in the book Beyond Sacrifice.
Don’t you love the imperfect hero – the character where you can see bits of yourself in them? Alicia Dill enjoys writing characters that are both protagonists and antagonist. Because in reality – we are all a bit of both.
Originally from Missouri, author Alicia Dill joined the Iowa Army National Guard at the age of 17 and received a degree in journalism and international studies at the University of Iowa, and has a masters from the University of Dubuque. Her first book, Squared Away, was a 2020 International Next Generation Indie Book Award winner and a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award. Beyond Sacrifice was recently announced as a Finalist for the 2021 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers.
Listeners, if you would like to learn more about Alicia Dill, check out her website here or connect with her on social media via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can also order Alicia’s book Beyond Sacrifice here.
News 6 with Jolene
Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of May 9, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
Holistic Teams Serve DoD Beneficiaries with Lost Limbs
“There are more than 30,000 Department of Defense beneficiaries with some level of limb loss or dysfunction,” shared Health.mil. This includes combat veterans but also those who have lost limbs in other ways, including car accidents. The goal of the holistic teams is to look at each individual patient and help him or her live a full life, not just focus on the injury.
Free Military Spouse Virtual Symposium
May is a month to celebrate military spouses and the Department of Defense is encouraging participation in their free Virtual Military Spouse Symposium that runs from May 10 through the 12. The symposium main focus this year is the “whole spouse” and “how spouses can take the best care of themselves and ensure family well-being.” Check out the full schedule and register at MySECO.
Blue Star Families Celebrates Military Spouses
Blue Star Families is also celebrating Military Spouse Appreciation Month with events throughout May! This week you can join in to a live chat about career growth in tech and they are giving away one scholarship to VSchool so that a lucky milspouse can become a web designer. The event is live on Wednesday, May 11 at 1pm EST. You can see the full schedule and register at Blue Star Families.
You can check out more of this week’s top stories here.
Resource Recon with Sharita and Kathleen
This week we are showcasing our Social Media Scoop:
We are #KeepingItReel (that’s R-E-E-L) over on Army Wife Network’s instagram! For this entire month, our command team are shooting for a record number of r...
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By Mission: Milspouse PodcastHow much is too much? Soldiers often come home from a deployment and want to go back. They give so much of themselves to a country and may not know when to say “I’ve given enough”. This is a major theme in the book Beyond Sacrifice.
Don’t you love the imperfect hero – the character where you can see bits of yourself in them? Alicia Dill enjoys writing characters that are both protagonists and antagonist. Because in reality – we are all a bit of both.
Originally from Missouri, author Alicia Dill joined the Iowa Army National Guard at the age of 17 and received a degree in journalism and international studies at the University of Iowa, and has a masters from the University of Dubuque. Her first book, Squared Away, was a 2020 International Next Generation Indie Book Award winner and a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award. Beyond Sacrifice was recently announced as a Finalist for the 2021 CLUE Book Awards for Suspense/Thrillers.
Listeners, if you would like to learn more about Alicia Dill, check out her website here or connect with her on social media via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can also order Alicia’s book Beyond Sacrifice here.
News 6 with Jolene
Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of May 9, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
Holistic Teams Serve DoD Beneficiaries with Lost Limbs
“There are more than 30,000 Department of Defense beneficiaries with some level of limb loss or dysfunction,” shared Health.mil. This includes combat veterans but also those who have lost limbs in other ways, including car accidents. The goal of the holistic teams is to look at each individual patient and help him or her live a full life, not just focus on the injury.
Free Military Spouse Virtual Symposium
May is a month to celebrate military spouses and the Department of Defense is encouraging participation in their free Virtual Military Spouse Symposium that runs from May 10 through the 12. The symposium main focus this year is the “whole spouse” and “how spouses can take the best care of themselves and ensure family well-being.” Check out the full schedule and register at MySECO.
Blue Star Families Celebrates Military Spouses
Blue Star Families is also celebrating Military Spouse Appreciation Month with events throughout May! This week you can join in to a live chat about career growth in tech and they are giving away one scholarship to VSchool so that a lucky milspouse can become a web designer. The event is live on Wednesday, May 11 at 1pm EST. You can see the full schedule and register at Blue Star Families.
You can check out more of this week’s top stories here.
Resource Recon with Sharita and Kathleen
This week we are showcasing our Social Media Scoop:
We are #KeepingItReel (that’s R-E-E-L) over on Army Wife Network’s instagram! For this entire month, our command team are shooting for a record number of r...