Category: Chemical

  • HAPs Unfair Practices

    June 17, 2011

    By: Major James Gerrity


    As part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) was expanded to include military personnel who are PCSing and owe more on their home than current market value. The HAP program allows military members to sell their homes at fair market value and HAP covers 90% of your loss. This sounds like a great benefit. However, the program is not equally distributed among everyone nor is it equal between the three HAP offices. In April of 2010, I...read more

  • CCMRF

    March 8, 2011

    By: Staff Sergeant Achieng Landy


    6 months into the mission and we're off to get validated

  • 342 Days Left

    July 15, 2010

    By: Private Jessica Downing


    Let me start by saying a little bit about me. My name is Jessica Martha Downing and I am a future soldier of the U.S. Army. I hope to be going in as a E-3[Private First Class] or a E-2[Private]. Currently I am a Senior in High School and will be graduatiing with the class of 2011. My ship date is June 22nd 2011, only 342 more days, yay! I attend a class every Wednesday called FST[Future Soldier Training] in which we either have personal Training or another class that will help us in Basic...read more

  • Better Blogging Through Chemistry

    March 30, 2010

    By: Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Goodale-Porter


    After finding Army Strong Stories, I went right to the Chemical Corps group to find...... nothing. Well I'm here to change that. I've spent the bulk of my working life in the Army (22 years and counting) and all of those years in the Chemical Corps. My blog will focus on what I do as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Chemical Corps as well as stories about my past misadventures. I've always loved photography and I have thousands of negatives of the past 22 years, so I'll try to include as many as I...read more