Military Family Night #2

THEMED MOVIE NIGHT!

A family favorite of ours is to have a themed movie night. Turn the typical dinner and tv night into a night to remember without spending alot of money! Get creative and let the kids make all the decisions!

1. Choose a movie and a theme.
- Disney Movies
- Western Movies
- Action Hero Movies
- Scary Movie
- Oldies Movie

2. Decorate your theater...turn your TV room into a theater room!
- Print Themed Pictures on-line and let the kids cut them out and color them
- Hang sheets up on the sides of the couch on some lamps or something creating walls, closing you into your own theater room!

3. Prepare Treats!
- Themed Rice Crispy Treats: Make rice crispy sheets, buy cookie cutters in the shape of your theme(fish, ghosts, cowboy hats, ect.)
- Make a milkshake!
- Make brownies served with ice-cream
- Dont just buy M&M's make something with the family!
- Get great Military Discounts for these items HERE

- If you really want to get them interested in a movie...play movie bingo! Feel out a bingo card with words from the movie. When they here the words they put a marsh mellow on that word. Once they have 4 in a row they get bingo, and they get a movie treat!

TOP MILITARY TV SHOWS!

We all remember the old times of classic military themed TV Shows that used to make us laugh and stick us to the couch week after week. Some of these TV shows can still be found on television, are top selling DVD bundles and still move us! But there are a few new classics that you can catch new episodes of right now! In no particular order:

1. One of the most popular military themed shows that entertained us for just over a decade. M*A*S*H*, the series started in 1972 and ran for 11 seasons, with its finale being the most watched television episode of all time to this date in the U.S.

2. McHale’s Navy ran aired from 1962 to 1966, in black and white. Staring Ernest Borgnine as McHale. Durring WWII During World War II, Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale is the commanding officer of the U.S. Navy PT boat-73 stationed at the Pacific Island base Taratupa.













3. Hogan’s Heroes is another military based sitcom Durring WW II which was set in a fictional German prisoner of war camp.














4. Jag is a more recent military drama/American adventure. It provided us with 10 seasons, 227 episodes and aired in over 100 countries.















5. Army Wives is another new television favorite that has given us 3 seasons already. It follows the dramas, struggles and friendships of a diverse group of women.

Do I Need Monitored Fire Protection while I'm Deployed?

NOTICE THE HOME ALARM SIGN BY THE FRONT DOOR!

QUESTION: Do I need monitored fire protection in my home while I'm deployed?

ANSWER: ABSOLUTELY!

Fire Statistics:
Source: NFPA

• Home fires are the fifth leading unintentional cause of injury and death in the United States, behind motor vehicle crashes, falls, poisoning by solids or liquids, and drowning.
• Home fires rank as the first cause of death for children under the age of 15 at home.
• Roughly 80 percent of all fire deaths occur where people sleep, such as in homes, dormitories, barracks, or hotels. The majority of fatal fires occur when people are likely to be less alert, such as nighttime sleeping hours.
• In 2008, 3,640 people died in reported home fires in the United States - roughly 10 people per day. In addition, thousands of people were injured in home fires, many hospitalized for severe burns; some disfigured for life. Victims are disproportionately children or elderly.
• Two of every five fires that kill young children are started by children playing with fire.
• Approximately 900 older adults die in fires annually.

A Monitored Smoke Detector can be installed in your home to prevent these statistics. With your military home alarm you can customize your alarm system to have this installed in your home at no extra cost because of your military discounts.

Yes, you have "smoke detectors" in your home. But they do you no good if your passed out or if your away from the home. Your Monitored Smoke Detector will contact your alarm company, the alarm company will notify you on your cell phone and will dispatch the local fire department to prevent major home smoke/fire damages and possibly to save your life.

Will a Monitored Smoke Detector cause false alarms? No. If you are cooking and there is a heavy smoke that fills the house. Your alarm company will contact you over the new cellular and 2 way voice keypad to see if everything is ok and under control. If you are home and burning the chicken, all you need to do is give the alarm company your password and tell them everything is ok. They will not dispatch the fire department, and you do not get charged extra for them to call and check on you.


The New Cellular 2 Way Voice Keypad for Military Homes

A Tribute to Military Families

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozl9Gz8WivI

Top 10 War Movies

I just watched "Saving Private Ryan" last night on TV for about the 3rd time. Great Movie! I work with military families every day and have a strong gratitude for the sacrifices they make for us every day. Here is MY Top 10 War Movies. Let me know if I'm missing any good ones!

10. Behind Enemy Lines














9. The Thin Red Line















8. Black Hawk Down











7. Saints and Soldiers














6. Braveheart














5. Glory













4. Full Metal Jacket












3. Band of Brothers










2. Enemy at the Gates












1. Saving Private Ryan



















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- Tora! Tora! Tora!
- Pearl Harbor
- Generations Kill
- The Patriot
- Last of the Mahicans
- We Were Soldiers