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Top 10 military transition podcasts

Everyone recommends you find a mentor when you transition out of the military, and you certainly should. Podcasts can both help you find a mentor and life-hack the need for a mentor until you find the right one. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of 10 Military Veteran Transition podcasts.
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DODEA teacher reunites with favorite educator from childhood

Back in September, Tracy Rice, a language instructor at Kadena Elementary School on Okinawa, was quick to answer the question: Who’s the teacher that’s had an impact on your life?
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What to say to kids about COVID-19

Everyone has a lot of questions about COVID-19, including children. As parents, it’s difficult to know how to share information with our kids without overwhelming or scaring them. No one wants to be an alarmist, but we also need to be honest and share real information.
Kellie Artis at her home near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with Rhys and Hannah. (Photo courtesy Avery Lynn Photography)
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Talking to children about COVID-19 helps them feel safe and secure

Military spouse Kellie Artis talked with her children about COVID-19 and how to stop the highly contagious respiratory illness from spreading.
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TELL to provide the Lifeline Support Worker training

So far, 2020 has been tough on so many fronts, and the Lifeline has been a vital resource for many people in helping to manage some of these stresses.
Chiaki Lamptey (left) and Ayako Tripp (right) prepares “Grab-N-Go” lunches at Kadena Elementary School for students as they adjust to the changes caused by COVID-19 pandemic to “Virtual Classrooms”. United States Forces Japan and Department of Defense Education Agency asked the Exchange to amend their School Meal Program to support the students and parents during the pandemic. During the span of “Grab-N-Go”, the SMP provided more than 900,000 breakfast and lunch meals to students in the Pacific Region.
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Army & Air Force Exchange Service serves up nearly 40,000 Grab-and-Go meals at Pacific schools during pandemic

With schools in the Pacific region transitioning into the summer break, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has wrapped up its highly successful grab-and-go school meal program.
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Brighten a servicemember's day with our Pen Pal Program

What better way to put a smile on our deployed servicemembers' faces than by writing them a letter? With our Pen Pal Program, your kiddos can do just that.
Jim Dalton, an educator at the U.S Military Academy at West Point, teaches cadets online in March. Students were unable return to campus after spring break because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Army photo by Deb Dalton)
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Teleteaching during the pandemic? USU center seeks educators' stories

Melissa Montoya's family spent most of the school year moving in three different directions.
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A how-to: Starting a book club for your kids

One of my favorite parts about homeschooling my kids are the books we get to enjoy together! We love reading chapter books aloud and sharing our favorite parts.
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DoDEA launches online summer learning resources

With the summer recess period just around the corner, DoDEA is launching a web-based Summer Learning Program intended to keep K-8 students and their parents connected, active, and engaged in learning.
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The State of Civility Youth Summit held in States

The State of Civility Youth Summit (C360) is the leading voice of civility in action which focuses on brining civility solutions to our world with a 360º angled approach. Promoting the pillars of kindness, respect, love, hope and action.
Graduate work often requires in-person collaboration, which has become a major obstacle during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy photo)
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Graduate nursing sudent tells of challenges to pursuing doctoral degree during COVID-19

For Navy Cmdr. Melissa Troncoso, a Graduate School of Nursing student pursuing a doctoral degree in Nursing Science at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), closing the campus and moving to a virtual environment has presented challenges to her ability to complete her dissertation.
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COMMENTARY: A Glimpse of PTSD

I have been working with military kids over the last fourteen years or so. I have been to pretty much every US base in the world that has families.
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4 DODEA-Pacific JROTC units earn AF Distinguished Unit Awards

Ask Jesus M. Perez Jr. which he thinks is more important, winning three straight Far East marksmanship team awards or the Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit Award, and he says he’ll need a couple of minutes to consider it.
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Teaching in the age of social distancing and COVID-19

One of the biggest shifts for people in the world today has been the consequences of social distancing. It has affected people in a myriad of ways, from concert attendance to going to restaurants, to public gatherings.
Students of E.C. Killin Elementary School ride through a drive-by parade full teachers and staff at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan on April 30, 2020. The parade was hosted to close out the Month of the Military Child, devoted in recognition of the children of service members. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen)
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E.C. Killin Elementary School staff hosts drive-by parade

Faculty members with E.C. Killin Elementary School hosted a drive-by parade in celebration of Month of the Military Child, Apr. 30 at Camp Foster.