Department of Defense Offers Safe Helpline Mobile App for Sexual Assault

In the premiere episode of the new ABC TV drama LAST RESORT, there is a very brief “sexual assault” check with some of the women on the nuclear submarine.

While the questioned woman assured the interviewer that everything was okay, in real life this is not necessarily so.

Now the Department of Defense has a Safe Helpline Mobile Application that will enable military personnel transitioning to civilian life to have access to resources assisting in managing the effects of sexual assault.

Click here to go to the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response website to learn more about the available resources.
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the eBook technothriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS. Phyllis is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company Miller Mosaic LLC, which works with clients to attract more business. Read her posts at the company's social media marketing blog.

Support for Jewish Military Personnel: High Holiday Services Available on Shalom TV

Here is a press release from Shalom TV:

For the third consecutive year, Shalom TV is televising Jewish High Holiday services to more than 40 million cable homes across America along with placing Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur programs online for Jewish service members stationed around the world.

"Our High Holiday services are one of the most important features of our programming year," noted Shalom TV president Rabbi Mark S. Golub.

"Jews should always experience the holidays with a Jewish community in prayer, song, and companionship, and we are honored to share services with men and women who are unable to attend a synagogue during the Holy Days, as well as addressing the individual needs of Jews who sometimes feel alone."

Among the services carried live on Shalom TV (and also available On Demand) are Torah readings and the call of the Shofar [ram's horn] on Rosh Hashanah, the Kol Nidre prayer service on Yom Kippur Eve, the Yizkor memorial service on Yom Kippur, and d'rashes (commentaries and thoughts for the holidays).

Shalom TV's services, which are eclectic and egalitarian in Jewish observance, also contain a special feature that Rabbi Golub feels is especially important.

"Whenever there is congregational participation, the Hebrew is available on screen for our viewers to read, along with transliteration and the English translation," he explains. "I want people to feel they can actually participate in our services, not simply watch them on television."

Services will be available on cable systems in the Shalom TV "Judaism" section, and online on Shalom TV's Web site beginning September 14, leading into both Rosh Hashanah (September 16-18) and Yom Kippur (September 25-26). A listing of Shalom TV's channel number (by cable system) is posted at www.shalomtv.com under the "Find Us" link.

To watch Rosh Hashanah services online, click here.

Shalom TV is available as free Video On Demand on virtually every cable system in America. The Shalom TV channel can be seen on select television providers and on Ruku, and on computer and mobile devices by visiting the Shalom TV Web site.

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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the eBook technothriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS. Phyllis is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company Miller Mosaic LLC, which works with clients to attract more business. Read her posts at the company's social media marketing blog.

Captain Asks for Help for Needy Children in Afghanistan

Although CPT Adam Tiffen has returned from being deployed, he still wants to help support needy children in Afghanistan:

Dear Friends and Family,

I am asking for you to get involved in a good cause. I volunteer with an organization in Afghanistan called “Operation Outreach.” Operation Outreach is made up of volunteers from the U.S. military, NATO, and U.S. civilians.

The goal of the organization is to help poor children and families of Afghanistan. We distribute children’s clothing, children’s shoes, and school supplies to orphanages and schools.

For those of my friends and family that are interested in helping, please collect children’s clothing (especially winter clothing), shoes, and school supplies (crayons, pencils, notebooks, safety scissors, etc.) for children and families in Kabul.

If you (or any community organization such as a school, or faith organization, etc. you belong to) are interested, please let me know [adamtiffen@hotmail.com], and I will send you the mailing address to send the packages.

Sincerely,
CPT Adam Tiffen
adamtiffen@hotmail.com

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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the author of the novel MRS. LIEUTENANT and the co-author of the eBook technothriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS. Phyllis is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company Miller Mosaic LLC, which works with clients to attract more business. Read her posts at the company's social media marketing blog.

Technothriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS Free on Kindle Sept. 3 & 4

The technothriller LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS will be free on Amazon’s Kindle on Sept. 3 (U.S. Labor Day) and Sept. 4 at http://amzn.to/NUpy9o

LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS is for military technothriller readers who enjoy a fictional female character in a traditionally male role.

Written by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, a member of the Military Writers Society of America, and Mitchell R. Miller, a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, the novel goes from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to the port of Los Angeles to the Arctic and the hotly contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

“A real page turner” according to a 5-star Amazon review from an aircraft carrier-based U.S. Navy veteran.

If you do not have a Kindle, you may get a free Kindle app for your iPhone, iPad, Android, PC or Mac at http://amzn.to/NBoSGU
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Phyllis Zimbler Miller is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company Miller Mosaic LLC, which works with clients to attract more business. Read her posts at the company's social media marketing blog.