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A Flat Daddy (also Flat Mommy or Flat Soldier) is a life-sized cardboard cut-out of someone absent from home, the idea being to keep connected to family members during a deployment. Flat Daddies came in fashion after the start of the Iraq War when spouses and children were left alone after soldiers were called up for duty.
DeLuco's work explores the lives of women in the military in her paper dolls series Paper Dolls: stories from women who served. [1] [5] In 2008 she became involved with the Combat Paper Project. She formed Combat Paper Press with author and combat papermaker Nathan J. Lewis in 2009. [6]
The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 (H.R. 2965, S. 4023) is a landmark United States federal statute enacted in December 2010 that established a process for ending the "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) policy (10 U.S.C. § 654), thus allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military—Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force, members of the Reserves ...
A military family recently reconnected — along with 50 other families — in the Texas Hill Country. The McElliott family includes David, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, his wife ...
When Danny Charbel’s daughter first became interested in Barbie, the professional realtor knew what needed to happen.The pair gathered the 5-year old’s newly acquired collection of dolls and ...
Similarly to the dolls and the comfort bags, the women were described as "imperial gifts" by the Japanese government, and were meant to serve as a reward for the men's contributions in the war. [10] Over time, comfort women were regarded as an essential military resource, and were seen simply as materials rather than individuals. [11]
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