Chemical - Army Strong Stories

HAPs Unfair Practices

James Gerrity — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:32:00 GMT

By: 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

Achieng Landy — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:35:00 GMT

By: Achieng Landy
6 months into the mission and we're off to get validated...read more

342 Days Left

Jessica Downing — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:47:00 GMT

By: 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

Daniel Goodale-Porter — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:18:00 GMT

By: 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