MWR Star is an initiative to recognize exemplary employees in MWR. People who go above and beyond to assist MWR customers and their co-workers. One individual is chosen monthly to be featured as our star, spotlighting details about themselves and their position within MWR. How long have you worked for MWR? I have worked for […]
Herb Shop – Bay
Plants have always been a part of my life. Since I could remember, my father would bring my little sister and I into his small garden. It only took up a small square of land in our backyard but to us it felt like another world. He would spend all day out there, and then […]
MWR Star – Samantha Thompson
MWR Star is an initiative to recognize exemplary employees in MWR. People who go above and beyond to assist MWR customers and their co-workers. One individual is chosen monthly to be featured as our star, spotlighting details about themselves and their position within MWR. 1. How long have you worked for MWR? I have […]
Disciplinary Barracks for Convicted Criminals
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking is freedom.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Beginning in 1870, state correction facility punishments included the use of ball and chain, flogging, shackling, tattooing or branding, solitary confinement and execution. In early 1871, the […]
MWR Star – Sepe Timothy
MWR Star is an initiative to recognize exemplary employees in MWR. People who go above and beyond to assist MWR customers and their co-workers. One individual is chosen monthly to be featured as our star, spotlighting details about themselves and their position within MWR. 1. How long have you worked for MWR? 16 years. 2. […]
Army Structure
“In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That’s due to the clarity of the military structure – everything is sketched out.” – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt For service members, the structure of the United States Army becomes ingrained. But for civilians, whether they work for the military, are married […]
Herb Shop – Clove
Plants have always been a part of my life. Since I could remember, my father would bring my little sister and I into his small garden. It only took up a small square of land in our backyard but to us it felt like another world. He would spend all day out there, and then […]
Craft Corner: Book Page Roses
Book Page Roses Instead of filling up bookcases with old books to collect dust, enjoy the beautiful pages as a bouquet of roses! Materials: Vintage paper Mod Podge (matte) Small circle punch Jute or paper covered wire for stems Wire cutters Hot glue Sponge brush Glitter (optional) Skinny paintbrush or pencil to curl paper Scissors […]
Literary Minute – The Sun and Her Flowers
“this is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wilt fall root rise in order to bloom” “The Sun and Her Flowers” by Rupi Kaur […]
Literary Minute – The Diary of a Bookseller
“The Diary of a Bookseller” by Shaun Bythell was an eye-opening read that was both sarcastically humorous and sadly realistic when it starts to touch on some of the real issues faced by book shops today. Critics were excited about its debut saying it was, “Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I’ve read.” […]
