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Vietnam Marine Grunt Talks About His First Novel

Terry Rizzuti, author of the novel THE SECOND TOUR, was a guest on the BlogTalkRAdio show YourMilitaryLife.com to talk about his first novel, which is based on his experiences serving a 13-month-tour in Vietnam from 1966-67. (He was awarded a Purple Heart.)

The talk that Terry and I had is of a serious nature and quite compelling, ranging from PTSD to the redeployment of troops today to the therapeutic benefits of art.

FY -- The book title THE SECOND TOUR refers to the protagonist reliving his Vietnam tour -- it's as if he had a second tour. And Terry later emailed me that his book "really isn't for vets; it's for their families. That's where I'm getting most of my positive feedback."

You can visit Terry's website at http://thesecondtour.com and then listen to the interview.
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

Transitioning From the Military to the Civilian World Requires New Skill Sets

Eileen Terry of Eileen Terry Consulting and client Lyle Forcum, a retired USMC lieutenant colonel, talked on BlogTalkRadio show YourMilitaryLife.com about transitioning from the military to post-military careers.

Eileen explained the different types of skill sets required in a command environment (the military) and in a collaborative environment (civilian life). Lyle was eloquent in describing, for example, how he had to learn to listen to people's opinions -- including those of his own children -- in order to succeed in a non-military environment.

Visit Eileen's website www.etconsult.biz to learn more and thenlisten to the interview to hear some very insightful advice.
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

BLOG TALK RADIO SHOW "YOUR MILITARY LIFE" ENDS REGULARLY SCHEDULED SEGMENTS

From November 2008 to November 2009 the 30-minute BlogTalkRadio show Your Military Life was regularly scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Eastern with the replays available at www.YourMilitaryLife.com.

When Nancy Brown of YourMilitary.com and I started co-hosting these shows a year ago, neither one of us was as busy as we are now. Yet Nancy and I finally had to accept that each one of us is only one person and we can't continue to function as if each of us were two people. Thus the conclusion of the regularly scheduled BlogTalkRadio shows.

But we are still keeping the show account so that we can do special shows when appropriate. And we'll list those special shows at www.YourMilitaryLife.com as well as get out the word through Twitter, etc.

We are both so appreciative that in the past year we have been exposed to so many wonderful people -- many of them doing incredible things to support our troops. A special thanks to all these wonderful guests we've had on the show. You made the show a success!
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

KAZIAH HANCOCK'S PROJECT COMPASSION STARTED WITH A NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT IN 2003

Portrait artist Kaziah Hancock remembers the moment in 2003 when the newly launched war in Iraq was brought home to her. She was listening to the news about an American soldier who had been killed.

In that instant she determined to do something for the family of the soldier. 

She called the news station to find out how to contact the soldier’s family so that she could offer to paint a portrait of the fallen soldier. She was asked what about the other Utah soldier who had just been killed. She said she would also contact the family of that soldier. And one thing led to another …

Now six-and-a-half years later she’s personally painted over 668 portraits and she also has other artists working on the project. She explained on the BlogTalkRadio show YourMilitaryLife.com how she draws the strength to keep going on this project thanks to the strength she sees in the photos of the fallen soldiers whose portraits she paints.

But supplies such as canvas, paints, and frames are not free. Although she doesn’t take a penny for her own work, she does need funding for the portrait supplies and the administration of this project. (The shipping costs and packaging materials are donated.) And she always is on the lookout for more portrait painters.

Go to her Project Compassion project website now atwww.heropaintings.com to learn how you can help this incredible project. You can also request a portrait of a fallen soldier.

And then listen to the interview of Kaziah Hancock – the strength of her amazing personality comes through loud and clear. 

(Portrait of fallen soldier painted by Kaziah Hancock.)
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

Former Military Personnel Helps Transition from Frontline to Home Front

Gabrielle Bourne, a former Army personnel, shared insights n smoothing the transition from the frontline to the home front on the BlogTalkRadio show YourMilitaryLife.com.

Gabrielle, who deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq as a Civil Affairs personnel, has a unique perspective with which to help with this transition. You can learn more about her atwww.gabriellebourne.com and by listening to the interview now. 
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

Twitter Provides Online Place for People to Thank Police Officer Kim Munley

Reprinted from a blog post of Phyllis Zimbler Miller as a National Internet Business Examiner.

The November 7-8 Wall Street Journal’s page-one story about the shooting at Fort Hood included this sentence in the section on Kim Munley’s courageous efforts to stop the shooter:

“Her Twitter account filled with messages of thanks and admiration from strangers world-wide.”

Kim Munley’s username on Twitter is @hope2forget30, and besides her name and location (Killeen, TX), here’s what she wrote in her bio:

“I live a good life....a hard one, but I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life.”

When I checked she had only tweeted three times, the last time July 6th. How prescient that bio was – “knowing that I may have made a difference in someone’s life.”

I searched on @hope2forget30 and found the messages. You can read them yourself.

And you can also read the tweets about her by name if you search on Kim Munley.

In conclusion, we can all be thankful that she has indeed “made a difference in someone’s life.” 

FYI – If you are on Twitter and would like me to add you to my Twitter list of U.S. troops supporters (@ZimblerMiller/us-troops-supporters) please tweet me. And you can also check out my sitewww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

Author Bob Mayer Uses His Green Beret Training to Teach Civilians How to Win

West Point graduate, Special Forces veteran and New York Times bestselling author Bob Mayer discussed on YourMilitary.com's BlogTalkRadio show YourMilitaryLife.com how to apply Special Operations tactics in the civilian world.

Bob's new book WHO DARES WINS uses these tactics to help people succeed in their civilian careers. He's now working on a book that will apply these tactics to teams. 

Bob has 40 books published, some non-fiction and many fiction, including military fiction titles. He also writes under the pseudonym Robert Doherty for the Area 51 series and other books. 

Historical note: Bob said that at West Point they had to memorize that 155 battles out of the 160 Civil War battles were waged by generals on both sides who had graduated West Point. (Bob is working on an historical novel starting at the Mexican War and moving forward to the Civil War.)

visiting his website at www.bobmayer.org.

(The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.)
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.

For Veterans Day Join the Campaign The Flag Still Stands for Freedom

Retired Navy personnel Laura Kennedy spoke on YourMilitary.com's BlogTalkRadio show Your Military Life about her campaign started this past 9/11 entitled: The Flag Still Stands for Freedom. The campaign encourages all of us to drape the U.S. in red, white and blue on Veterans Day.

You'll want to listen to this interview as Laura describes why she started this campaign, which will go on after Veterans Day, and how she will do a 24-hour radio show on Veterans Day.

You'll also learn why starting the campaign on 9/11 has so much meaning for her as she is a survivor of the second tower. 

And please visit her site at www.flagstillstandsforfreedom.com to make a Veterans Day recording to be sent to deployed troops. This is NOT a fund-raising campaign. It is a participation campaign. 

Listen to the interview now.
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION. Her newest project iswww.FilmsThatSupportOurTroops.com.

Phyllis' company MillerMosaicLLC.com does power marketingthat combines traditional marketing principles and Internet marketing strategies to put power in your hands.