If you love pets, here is a company, Fetch! Pet Care (www.FetchPetCare.com) that welcomes military vets. Read the article below from MSN

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Leaving for BCT april 13th to fort sill and just tryin to prepare myself for whats ahead!! Continue

Hi. My name is Ryan and I am 17 years old and I'm going to be joining the Army once I can get one of my parents to sign my papers or once I turn 18, and have wanted to join since I was six years old. My older brother joined the Army and did his time and everything. He was recently called up and re activated for active duty status. That has really got my mother and my sister-in-law, his wife, worried beyond belief. I am fine with it and I know he is. He signed up and knew exactly what he was doin… Continue

I just lost the post I was writing, so this one is going to be considerably shorter!

Finally, I am shipping for BCT in 22 days! I did not have time to prepare as well as I would have wanted, especially physically, but if it wasn't for the small amount of time I did have with Sgt. Volkin's The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook and Workbook, I'd be in an absolute panic. They were well worth it!

I enlisted in the Army on March 10th of this year. I am finally shipping out (after 6 months of waiting) on Sept. 1st. The anxiety is starting to mount. I have done as much training as I possibly can so, I know that I am mentally prepared. I still worry about my physical shape a little bit. I didn't exactly take care of my body over the past decade and my age certainly doesn't help. I have, however, tried to overcome my poor health habits since enlistment. I have quit smoking, drinking alcohol,… Continue