About Clarksville's Ft Campbell

 What is all the hype around Clarksville, TN and Ft Campbell, KY these days ?  As the soldiers return from a year long deployment to Afghanistan, Lifetime Television had crews in the area filming for the 13 week series of Coming Home. The show can be seen each Sunday night starting on March 6th where a Premire Party was hosted at the Black Horse Pub & Brewery.

 Each week there will be scenes from Ft Campbell, KY and areas in and around Clarksville and Nashville, TN.  Eight of the 13 weeks will have a local story line while there are Seventeen mini stories from the local area.

Matt Rogers is the Host of Coming Home, has done a great job working with the families. Some say you must buy stock in Klenex to watch the show. There are some great stories that you will not want to miss. Be sure to tune in to Lifetime Television each Sunday night.  The crews did a wonderful job representing the soldiers, Ft Campbell, KY and Clarksville, TN

If you happen to miss any of the shows or would just like to see them again, you may watch the entire show online. Just click on the links below.

Episode 1 (A Knight's Tale)

Episode 2 (Daddy's Little Girl)

Episode 3 (The Hat Trick)

"Coming Home" Episode 4 Preview

Episode 4 (Paying Tribute)

Episode 5 (A Proper Wedding)

Episode 6 (Finding Dad) 

Every once in a while we find ourselves crossing the path of the dream that we had as a child. If anyone watches "Gary Unmarried" he is living a life of working as a Painter and a damn good one. But his dream was to always be a radio sports guy. When he had the opportunity arise to do it, he realized he wouldn't be able to if he wanted to support his family but his ex-wife saw his sacrifice all the past years to provide a good home and pay and said, "Go for it, we will make it work here."

Like many of you, I didn't grow up thinking that I wanted to be a Realtor. I thought that was on the same level as a lawyer or doctor. Never did I think I would be helping clients sell or buy their homes. But here I am with a really wonderful job for almost 5 years and meeting such wonderful Realtors along the way. Now I have an opportunity to live my dream, singing. I have had the opportunity before but I chose to stay home and raise my family and wait until they were older to possibly reach for the stars again. Waiting made me older and miss cut off ages like, American Idol.

My time has come now. I have been in Alexandria, VA for the past week rehearsing with choreography and vocal training with a production called Operation Rising Star. This production was made by some of the producers of American Idol for the military. It was known as Military Idol but they changed the name about 3 years ago. I am already getting contacts from people in Germany who saw me audition on their tv to get them ready for this show. I was picked out of 35 installations to be in the top 12 to compete. I am representing Ft. Campbell, KY.

As a fellow Realtor, I know that Active Rain has a lot of members and there is no other Realtor in this competition. Can you take the time on Sunday the 15th of this month to get online and go to www.oprisingstar.com and click on VOTE? Put in your vote for me to help move me to the top 6. Help your fellow Realtor?

I will be singing the song, "Just a Dream" by Carrie Underwood to honor the fallen soldiers and their family members. My time has come now and 50% is up to the public. Will you help me?

Defense and service officials have settled on final rules on the New Gi Bill Family Transfer Rules that will allow career service members to share Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits with their immediate Families beginning 1 August 2009.

In general, Servicemembers - officer, warrant officer or enlisted personnel - must be on active duty 1 August 2009 andmust have completed a minimum of six years of service, with a commitment to serve fourmore, in order to share their new Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Formost students, the benefits will cover full tuition and fees at any four-year public college or university at any 4-year public college or university at in-state tuition rates for undergraduate studies. For more information, visit http://www.myarmyonesource.com/news/2009/04/GI_Bill_Transfer.

While this does not answer every veteran who served during GWOT it is still a great benefit that can be passed on to many Soldier's children. Just another way that our Country can say thank you to those who give so much.

Even the Army is catching the wave! First the blogs via AKO, now Face Book! The Army launched an official blog portal and Army fan page on Facebook. Both sites were launched by the new Online and Social Media Division of Army Public Affairs. The Facebook page features Army podcasts, dozens of Army photos fromFlickr and links to Army webmicro-sites, along with a page of information about the new Army Live blog site. The Army blog is an "informal communication mechanism" to which video from YouTube, photos fromFlickr, and up to 140 characters from Twitter can be posted. To read this article click here

http://www.myarmyonesource.com/news/2009/04/ArmyBlog .

As summer swings into high gear and you are ready for some fun outdoor activities, Outdoor Recreation has just the plan for you! Get your adrenaline pumping on June 6, at 8 a.m. as Outdoor Recreation heads to Kings Bluff for rock climbing. This climb will be on natural rock cliffs with experienced Becknology Rock Climbing Guides to add their expertise. Be sure to wear comfortable, appropriate clothing and bring hiking shoes. The $90 cost covers all equipment including helmets, harnesses, and belay devices. Participantsmust be at least 8 years of age.