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Keep Me In Your Prayers

Well Monday started off bad. I went to work and found out I am on orders to leave San Antonio NLT April 2007. The place I am on orders to is Ft Hood, in Killeen, TX. Here is the deal about Ft Hood, they constantly rotate people in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. The writhing is truly on the wall that by reporting there in APR, I would probably be deployed NLT the end of the year. I DO NOT WANT THAT. I was not suppose to leave yet. I am trying to get this corrected. According to what I have read, because I spent the last year deployed, I am suppose to be stabilized for a year. That means I do not move. Also because I was on a Transistion Team, I should be able to choose or request my next assignment, within reason.

This hit like a bomb in the Helms household. So really keep my and my family in your prayers. We are not ready for this and I hope it works itself out. Ft Hood is one of the last places I would ever want to go. I can see what will happen and it's not good. Once you get there, it is very hard to leave. Since I only have about five years and some change until retirement, they will try to keep me there. Plus there is nothing and I mean nothing in Killeen. Isabel and the boys would be miserable, if I did deploy.

Thanks for the support,

Randy

Posted by Randy on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 5:09 AM |

Praying that this transfer doesn't happen for you, Randy! Hope everything gets straightened out.

BTW, saw this online this morning and thought of you...


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2007 – The Defense Department's Military OneSource family support program is once again offering free, online tax preparation and filing for servicemembers and their families, officials said.

The service began Jan. 15. It's available to active duty servicemembers, National Guardsmen and reservists and their families.

This is the second year of the program. Last year, more than 327,000 tax claims were filed using a similar program, said Jane Burke, principal director in the Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy.

Burke added that servicemembers can put their tax refunds to good use as a deposit in a savings or retirement account or to pay off debts.

"How to use the refund may be the first financial decision of the year" for servicemembers in improving their financial readiness, Burke noted. DoD is launching a campaign called "Military Saves" to encourage servicemembers to save money and eliminate or reduce their personal debt.

Filers who use Military OneSource's online system can expect to receive their refund within 10 days, Burke said. And Military OneSource tax consultants, she said, are trained to answer questions on preparing and filing taxes and provide other financial management information.

Additionally, through the Military OneSource Web site at www.militaryonesource.com, servicemembers and their families can get guidance and answers to questions, Burke said.

The Military OneSource service augments the long-standing voluntary income tax assistance program offered through legal centers at most military installations, Burke said. Volunteers at the centers provide free tax preparation and filing services, she said.

The service available through Military OneSource's Web site "is a new option where people can do their taxes online for free," said Army Maj. John Johnson, executive director, Armed Forces Tax Council. Tax-filing assistance also is available through the Internal Revenue Service's electronic filing program.

Military OneSource's online tax preparation and filing was very popular with servicemembers and their families last year, Burke said.

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