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MarineParents.com Newsletter
a Place to Connect & Share™
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February 23, 2006
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Marine Parents Conference 2006 Links
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Hello Marine Corps Families!
We're very excited about bringing you our first
MarineParents.com newsletter! In this edition we'll
give you some timely information regarding income
tax for Marines, links to our new message board
community on the topic of PTSD (Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder), new information on the April 2006
MarineParents.com conference in Houston, and a
request for help getting 350 cases of Girl Scout
Cookies® shipped to our Marines in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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Income Tax for Marines
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Questions, Answers, and References
The web site has new and updated information on
filing taxes for both deployed Marines and stateside
Marines for tax year 2005.
Did you know: Your deployed Marine is
also entitled to the "Combat Pay Exemption" which
states that he/she will not pay taxes on income
earned while deployed to a combat zone.
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Shipping Girl Scout Cookies® to our Combat Deployed Marines!
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We need your help with shipping costs...
This year, the Girl Scouts of Housatonic Council, Inc.
in Bridgeport, CT have donated 350 cases of Girl
Scout Cookies® to our Care Package Project™ (50
more cases than 2005!). We need to raise $5200 in
funds for costs of shipping the cases of cookies to
our Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Please help us
reach our goal and make a donation today.
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2006 Conference Attendees to receive acclaimed PTSD book from authors
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Dr. Bridget Cantrel and Chuck Dean to present at conference
All conference attendees will receive a copy of the
book Down Range: to Iraq and Back. The book
addresses PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) for
our military personnel returning from combat.
Attendees will have an opportunity to attend a panel
discussion with the authors Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.
and Chuck Dean in Houston on Saturday, April 22.
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Recovering from Combat: New Discussion Group for PTSD
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(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
We've added a new section to the web site to
address the topic of "Recovering from Combat".
Recovering from combat may include both physical
injuries and psychological or emotional injuries.
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Show your Marine Corps Spirit!
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We have tshirts, coffee mugs, calendars and more
for many Marine Corps battalions as well as items
featuring the USMC Eagle Globe and Anchor.
All proceeds from sale of items goes to support the
MarineParents.com, Inc. web site and services.
Visit our Store
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MarineParents.com, Inc. was founded in January,
2003 in response to parents' needs to find
information and to Connect & Share™ with one
another during deployments. Our free online services
and connections have expanded to support and
educate Marine moms & dads, spouses, families and
friends and we're now offering our own Ann
ual National Conference. We've helped over
30,000 Marine and recruit families during bootcamp,
training, active duty and deployments. We've shipped
thousands of care packages overseas to our Marines
in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've found a Place to
Connect & Share™.
God Bless and Semper Fidelis,
Tracy Della Vecchia, Founder
MarineParents.com, Inc.
Phone:
573-449-2003
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