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for this moment . My ship has finally

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come . Yeah , I would

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travel vote seven seats . I .

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Music and excitement filled the air as

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the three 35th Signal Command held as

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yellow ribbon event at the western

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Atlanta airport Hotel february 24th

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through 25th . The event served as an

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opportunity to host the family members

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of debt 30 soldiers who deployed in

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october 2011 . We're engaging the

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family members in offering the

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resources that are going to help them

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sustain through the deployment cycle .

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Many resources like tricare military

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one source and child youth and school

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services . 15 year old Emelia William's

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father deployed with the debt 30 group

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in October this is Amelia's second

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yellow ribbon , which she says has

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really helped her , her mother and her

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siblings cope with the deployment . It

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has helped because there are activities

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they do that ask you how you feel

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and they have people that can relate to

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you and they give activities to the

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little kids so they're more comfortable

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with the situation as well . A number

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of vendors also participated to make

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the success including the U . S . O .

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And the V a Different sections that

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make up the 335th signal command also

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set up boost to educate family members

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about services because these are family

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members of reservists . They are not

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really familiar with everything that's

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offered on active duty military bases .

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And a lot of these services are offered

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to family members on active duty

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military bases . So we bring the

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services to them so that they're aware

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of what's available in their community ,

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helping to complement the event or

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speakers like Brenda Von who talked

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about the importance of managing

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finances during a deployment . Once

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you've gotten your goals , every other

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financial decision that you made will

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be based on those goals . We have a

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plethora of resource vendors on site to

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offer resources to our family members

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regarding the deployment site . But

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what we try to do with our resource

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vendors were trying to ensure that

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those vendors are able to provide our

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family members with the type of

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information that they need to be

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successful throughout the sustained a

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portion of the deployment . Very often ,

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family members are forced to go on to

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the throughout the deployment ,

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especially as a politically reserves

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without knowing the services that are

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available to them and in the midst of

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getting in trouble or in the midst of

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hardships or in the midst of economic

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hardships in the midst of the more

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troubling times that come along with

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the emotional component of the

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deployment cycle . So our vendors try

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to offset that , understand that we all

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know that you sacrifice as well as your

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soldiers and we appreciate that

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reporting for the three 35th Signal

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Command , I'm First Lieutenant eric

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Connor