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 worked […]
Is Your Cover Letter Costing You a Job?
A perfectly crafted cover letter can significantly increase your chances of standing out above the competition. Cover letters are a last-ditch effort to persuade the hiring manager why you are you are the perfect candidate for the position before landing an interview. However, hiring managers Typically spend less no more than six seconds or less is […]
FYI Magazine – Fall 2019
Having trouble viewing the magazine? Click Here to read it on Issuu.com Pumpkin spice flavoring, the smell of pine trees in the air, colored lights and crowded shopping malls; the holidays are upon us. Don’t let stress be a trigger this holiday season. Mental illness doesn’t discriminate and you don’t have to let it rule […]
Uncle Sam
“I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY NEAREST RECRUITING STATION” – 1917 Poster used to recruit Soldiers during WWI and WWII Known as one of the most popular symbols of the United States, Uncle Sam is generally associated with Samuel Wilson, a businessman from Troy, New York. A supplier for the U.S. Army (barrels of […]
Literary Minute – Wink Poppy Midnight
I’d never get the sound of her screams out of my head, or my heart. Is this what it meant to be the hero? – Midnight Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke was such an enthralling, lyrical read. I haven’t read a young contemporary novel that sucked me in so effectively in quite a […]
Herb Shop – Ginger
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 […]
Literary Minute – The Simplicity of Cider
Happiness is always worth remembering, even when it was temporary. From chapter one I was swept into the magic of apple orchards, sunshine and quiet contentment. Sanna Lund, a focused fifth-generation orchardist, along with her father worked hard to ensure the success of their family legacy. Everything was going well for Sanna when in comes […]
Marines: Tootsie Rolls
“You heard me. We need Tootsie Rolls dropped ASAP!” – Radio Operator requesting supplies Late 1950, surrounded by approximately 200,000 Chinese and North Korean troops in the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, approximately 10,000 Marines from the 1st Marine Division were in imminent danger and unable to move out of an untenable position. With temperatures dropping […]
Herb Shop – Ginseng
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 – Miranda Sikes
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 started volunteering […]
