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160429-N-OT964-189 WASHINGTON (April 29, 2016) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens takes a photo with MC1 Martin Carey during a tour of the Ronald Reagan National Airport Facility. Stevens met with Human Resources staff to discuss credentialing opportunities for Sailors in the Aviation field.(U.S. Navy photo by Command Master Chief Jeff Garrison/Released)

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

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We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

Mile High Music Festival - Day 1.

 

I was one of only ten photographers approved by the band to shoot the first song of their set...which was pretty cool. And I swear there were 35+ credentialed photogs in the pits.

 

Everyone warned me of the difficulties shooting TOOL...all true. They were, by far, the hardest band I have ever shot.

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

Our Shipmate in the Spotlight for this edition is

LCDR Eunice Lee. LCDR Lee grew up in Northern California and received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from University of California, Berkeley. She attended University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine on the Health Professions Scholarship. During dental school, she had the opportunity to be on the

USNS Mercy for Pacific Partnership 2012. LCDR Lee began her Navy career with a credentialing tour at Naval Hospital Oak Harbor. She then reported to Naval Hospital Pensacola and worked at Naval Branch Health Clinic Naval Aviation Technical Training Center and Naval Branch Health Clinic Corry Station. In Pensacola, LCDR Lee coordinated a week long hands-on Digital Dentistry course for 18 command dentists; starting the privileging process for 9 new users in CAD/CAM. She is currently a general dentist at Naval Medical Readiness & Training Command Annapolis, Brigade Dental Clinic at the United States Naval Academy. While here, she planned and executed biweekly rapid COVID antigen testing and adjusted to daily testing when the COVID positivity rate reached 20%. Within a three week period, over 2,000 tests were administered allowing for real time data for contact tracing in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 within the Brigade of Midshipmen. LCDR Lee will be reporting to Naval Postgraduate Dental School in June 2022 to begin Prosthodontics Residency.

 

Fun Facts:

 

Hometown: Orinda, California

 

Dental School: University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, 2015

 

Favorite thing about being a Navy Dental Corps Officer: The opportunities of living in new locations, the ability to receive training and mentorship in a group practice setting, and the life-long friendships made at each duty station.

 

Hobbies: Swimming, biking, baking

 

Something that most people don’t know about you: I have a dens evaginatus on #9 which caused unnecessary worry for my mother during my adolescence and sparked my interest in dentistry.

 

Published in Weekly Dental Update, May 13 2022.

 

NY Senator Brad HoylmanA coalition of photojournalists, journalists, reporters, writers, lawyers, professors, filmmakers, and political allies, held a press conference at Foley Square on August 17, 2020 to denounce the overly-broad proposals by the New York City Police Department, which threaten press freedom and are a blatant attempt to control and censure the activity of the working press and to call for the NYPD press credentialing process to be transferred to another agency. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

In a first, members of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Session took time to recognize the gifts and witness of credentialed lay ministers (CLM's, Hispanic lay ministers, home missioners, deaconesses) and licensed local pastors. Photos by Patrick Scriven, PNW Conference.

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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report hosts Ashley Harrington & Rachel Edwards were invited to cover the 4th Annual Celebration of Dance Gala presented by the Dizzy Feet Foundation in partnership with the Music Center took place at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

 

Honorees included Actress & Dancer Debbie Allen, Dancers Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau

 

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About Dizzy Feet Honorees

Dizzy Feet Foundation (DFF) presented this year’s DFF Inspiration and Impact Awards to Debbie Allenand Red Bull, respectively. The Gene Kelly Legacy Award, presented by DFF and Gene Kelly Legacy, Inc., was awarded jointly to Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau. Patricia Ward Kelly, Gene Kelly’s widow, was on hand to present the award.

 

About Dizzy Feet Foundation

All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit The Dizzy Feet Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is threefold: (1) To sponsor, fund, and/or support dance education programs that expose children in low-income areas to the lifelong benefits of dance education through and with local community organizations. (2) To provide scholarships to talented students studying at accredited or nationally regarded dance schools, studios, or institutions. (3) To support and increase the quality of all styles of dance education in the United States, in conjunction with recognized credentialing organizations. For more info please visit, www.DizzyFeetFoundation.org.

 

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www.twitter.com/RaRaaRachel

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

•http://twitter.com/TheRedCarpetTV

•https://www.facebook.com/RedCarpetReportTV

•http://www.redcarpetreporttv.com

•http://www.youtube.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork

 

About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

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We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

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SHIPMATE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

 

Our Shipmate in the Spotlight for this edition is

LCDR Brandon Callaway. LCDR Callaway reported to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command-Portsmouth in July 2021 as the Fleet Department Head at the Sewell’s Point Dental Branch Health Clinic. He is directly responsible for the Operational Dental Readiness (ODR) of 10,000 Sailors aboard 42 ships and submarines homeported at Naval Station Norfolk. Most recently, he and his team assisted six ships in achieving 95% ODR in preparation for their deployment as components of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group. This ensured the continuity of an unbroken streak of 310 ships deploying at or above 95% ODR since September 11, 2001. A graduate of Morehouse College and then Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry, he began his Navy career with a credentialing tour at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. He then accepted orders to 2nd Dental Battalion, 12th Dental Company at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. In 2013, he transferred to Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center at Great Lakes, Illinois, where he formalized the credentialing tour program for newly commissioned dental officers. In 2017, he found his way back to California, transferring to 1st Dental Battalion, 23rd Dental Company in Twentynine Palms, California, and served as the Division Officer. In 2019 he reported to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, to serve as Director of the 22 and 33 Area Dental Clinics. During this tour he simultaneously held positions as the Command Infection Control Officer, and Command Credentialing Program Officer.

 

Fun Facts

 

Hometown: Kennesaw, Georgia (born in a Navy family at Naval Hospital Long Beach, California)

Dental School: Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry

 

Favorite thing about being a Navy Dental Corps Officer: The personal gratification that I receive knowing that my work, and the work of my team has a meaningful impact on the broader Navy mission.

 

Hobbies: Listening to jazz, and traveling.

Something that most people don’t know about you: I come from a VERY large family. My father had 16 brothers and sisters, which means that I have more than 50 first cousins, and 50+ second cousins.

 

Published in Weekly Dental Update, December 17, 2021.

 

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

www.redcarpetreporttv.com

 

Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen receices the credentialing letter from U.S. Ambassador-designate Victoria Reggie Kennedy

 

Photo: HBF

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at:

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About The Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV

MMTVN is an online outlet and YouTube Partner with 68% US-based viewership with 30% of our worldwide audience is from The UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, Spain and Italy. Our demographics average 60% female and 40% male audience worldwide and the age groups vary depending on location. In the US - it breaks down as follows: 13.6% 13-17 yr olds, 29.9% 45-54 yr olds, 17.5% 35-44 yr olds, 19.1% 55 yrs and over, 8.7% 18-24 yr olds and 11.1% 25-34 yr olds.

 

We have over 35,000 subscribers to our social networks and our media has an average of 1.5 million views each month via our Red Carpet Report and Mingle Media TV websites – and social networks, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, blog posts etc…

 

Our entertainment coverage is published online here: www.redcarpetreport.com, www.minglemediatv.com and via video www.youtube.com/minglemediatvnetwork, our photo sets on Flickr www.flickr.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork and via syndicated entertainment site articles as well as on over 15 additional sites from YouTube, Google+, Daily Motion, AOL Video, iTunes, Blip.TV, Boxee, LinkedIn, Boxee, Roku PLUS on social networking sites: Google +, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, and other social networks

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

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Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report hosts Ashley Harrington & Rachel Edwards were invited to cover the 4th Annual Celebration of Dance Gala presented by the Dizzy Feet Foundation in partnership with the Music Center took place at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

 

Honorees included Actress & Dancer Debbie Allen, Dancers Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau

 

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

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Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

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Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

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After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

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After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

It was yet another particularly busy evening at the Manhattan Detention Complex, a Corizon facility in New York City; the new admissions were rolling in and the staff was working feverishly to keep up with the surge—always mindful of the 24-hour clock. At around 7:20pm, a call came stating there was an emergency involving a new admission in the reception area of the South Tower. The emergency response team sprang into action. Dr. Eugenio Mateo, Carline Louis, RN and Andrew Campbell, PCA, gathered their response equipment and off they went.

When the Corizon team arrived on the scene they found the inmate patient on his back on a bench, completely unresponsive. His face was blue in color indicating he was not breathing. There was a female officer already performing CPR. EMS (Emergency Medical Services) had already been activated by the New York City Department of Correction.

The Corizon team immediately took over and continued CPR and started ventilating the inmate patient with the help of an ambu bag. He was immediately connected to the cardiac monitor, which showed him to be having sinus tachycardia (increased heart rate) but he was still not breathing at all! The team continued the ventilations but the inmate patient remained cyanotic (blue in color due to lack of oxygen). Good news...the EMTs arrived—but these first responders, being a Basic Life Support team, were not credentialed to intubate the inmate patient. Only EMTs trained or certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) can perform endo-tracheal intubation. So, without a second thought, Dr. Mateo continued his life-saving effort and intubated the inmate patient. Later, Dr. Mateo would comment that he would not have been able to do what he did without the support and cooperation of his colleagues, Nurse Louis and PCA Campbell. Thanks to the heroic efforts of this Corizon team, the inmate patient began to breathe! YET ANOTHER LIFE HAD BEEN SAVED!

At this point, a second EMS Team arrived who was certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and took over the care for the inmate patient. The inmate patient subsequently left the Manhattan Detention Complex…BREATHING and ALIVE for further emergent care at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of ALL the wonderful Corizon Staff at the Manhattan Detention Complex—An NCCHC Accredited Facility.

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

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Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report hosts Tamara Krinsky, Ashley Bornancin, Brogyn Gage, Cathy Kelley, Jenifer Golden, and Jackie Powell were busy this Awards Season covering red carpet events from award shows to gifting suites to pre-Oscar parties to viewing parties leading up to the 86th Academy Awards. Below is a recap and links to the coverage where we spoke with Oscar nominees and those who came out to celebrate the Oscars in 2014.

 

We’d like to thank The Academy and the various PR firms which credentialed our outlet to cover their events. We’d also like to thank the designers who were gracious in providing haute couture for our hosts to wear on Oscars Red Carpet. They are as follows:

 

Ashley Bornancin - Twitter.com/AshleyBinspired

Ashley's Dress by Simone Rodrigues - www.SisaDesigns.com

 

Brogyn Gage - Twitter.com/BrogynMarie

Brogyn's Dress by Rubber Ducky Productions - www.rubberducky.us

Brogyn's Jewelry - Vintage

 

Cathy Kelley - Twitter.com/CatherineKelley

Cathy's Dress by Gordana Gehlhausen - www.shopgoga.com

Cathy's Ring & Necklace by Fiamma - www.FiammaJewelry.com

Cathy's Silver Cuff by lleana Rojas-Bennett - www.malekujewelry.com

 

Tamara Krinsky - Twitter.com/TamaraKrinsky

Tamara's Dress - Xscape

Tamara's Jewelry - Vintage

 

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After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

After more than a decade of conducting operations overseas, the Army Reserve is bringing its unique capabilities home to benefit communities across America.

 

Localities across the nation are tapping into these skills through the DoD Innovative Readiness Training program. First authorized in 1993, IRT allows reserve component units to hone their wartime readiness through hands-on training while simultaneously providing quality services to communities throughout the U.S.

 

As the military’s premier force provider of organized capabilities, the Army Reserve is ideally suited to conduct these missions, said Col. Rhonda Smillie, the 88th Regional Support Command legislative liaison.

 

“The Army Reserve is composed almost entirely of combat support and combat service support units,” said Smillie. “Those same enabling capabilities used in operations overseas are exactly what many communities within our own country could greatly benefit from.”

 

Those activities include providing support such as medical and dental care, water purification, veterinary services and engineering projects.

 

The Army Reserve’s most recent mission took place on Fort Belknap, a geographically isolated Indian Reservation in north-central Montana. There, 33 Soldiers from subordinate units of the West Medical Area Readiness Support Group augmented the Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Named Operation Walking Shield, the mission began July 21 and concluded Aug. 1. The Army Reserve staff consisted of eight different medical specialties to include lab technicians, dentists, physicians, critical care nurses, behavioral health specialists, optometry technicians and podiatrists.

 

The augmentation of these Army Reserve medical personnel greatly enhanced the Fort Belknap Hospital’s own medical staff of seven, enabling the clinic to nearly double the care it provides to the more than 5,000 members of the surrounding Tribes. By conclusion of the exercise, the Army Reserve Soldiers treated more than 900 patients.

 

Nona Longknife, credentialing coordinator for the Fort Belknap Hospital, said the addition of these medical practitioners enables the hospital staff to augment and enhance normal operations with much needed services. According to Longknife, the Army Reserve Soldiers bring specialized skills not available at the clinic. This affords some Tribal members their only opportunity to receive much needed expanded care.

 

“During this time of year we have more patients coming in for check-ups and physicals for stuff like sports, schools and Head Start,” said Longknife. “We also don’t have some medical specialists here like podiatrists, so many of our patients, especially our elderly, are able to get much needed care that would otherwise be unavailable.”

 

Capt. Mathew Plouffe, commander of the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital, said this was their third year conducting this mission and the benefits for everyone have been undeniable.

 

“Our Soldiers get real-world training,” said Plouffe. “Our EMTs are going on EMT runs, they’re driving the ambulance, they are picking up patients and bringing them back to the emergency room – our nurses are getting real world nursing experience, our podiatrist is treating feet – our dental techs are doing cleanings and assisting dentists who are treating real dental issues – our behavioral health specialists are working out in the field and in the clinic. This is real world training!”

 

In addition, Plouffe said being able to help an underserved community has been great for moral.

 

“Everybody is working as a team,” said Plouffe. “It certainly builds moral and cohesion being able to have an impact on a community. We are taking care of Americans. Missions like these are our only opportunity to really do that.”

 

Montana Senator John Walsh visited the training at Fort Belknap for himself on July 27.

 

According to Walsh, the unique skills the Army Reserve brings are invaluable in addressing serious community needs within our own country.

 

"Innovative Readiness Training missions are a win-win for the community and for the military,” said Walsh. “Operation Walking Shield at Fort Belknap is a great example of the program’s success because personnel are able to hone medical skills while helping a community in need of those services.”

 

Missions like these are also a great way to build relationships between communities and the Soldiers who want to make a difference, noted Walsh.

 

“Service members are especially important in helping communities because they are exceptionally motivated to make a difference,” said Walsh.

Smillie, who facilitated Walsh’s visit and invited all members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said it is vital that the public and elected officials understand how Army Reserve IRT missions can benefit our communities.

 

“The Army Reserve is all about specialized capabilities. In addition to doctors and medical professionals, we have engineers, attorneys, transportation specialists,” said Smillie. “All these skills that enable our forces can also easily be transferred to the civilian sector and benefit our communities.”

 

This may be best illustrated by the example of Pfc. Johnna Snell who has paired her military occupation with her civilian career while simultaneously bettering her own community.

 

A member of the Crow Nation of Montana, Snell is an automated logistical technician assigned to the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital. She used her military training to qualify for her current civilian position as a supply technician for the Crow Agency Indian Health Services Hospital.

 

Snell said the combination of her background, military occupation, civilian occupation and current mission have all complimented each other greatly.

 

“I am proud to be a part of a unit that can actually help a Native American community through this program,” said Snell. “I’m also proud that I can do this for the Native people and bring this knowledge to other reservations.”

 

Snell has participated in Operation Walking Shield for the past three years. This year Snell served as the mission’s cultural liaison, charged with coordinating between the Tribes and the unit. According to Snell, the need for assistance is vast and the people greatly appreciate it.

 

“There is a need here and they struggle to find the services,” said Snell. “Every year we come back and they are excited to see us. The most rewarding thing is helping people in need.”

 

The value added to the Fort Belknap community is considerable in many aspects, said Longknife.

 

“Everybody understands that we get cut back, so we try to use everything the best we can,” said Longknife. “The services they provide let us saves for other things and prevents us from having to send an elder 200 miles away for the right care. Elders can’t travel like that all the time - it’s too hard on them.

 

“80,000 dollars is what I would have to pay for just three doctors to work two weeks,” continued Longknife. “With 80,000 dollars we could send one of our elders to a really good heart doctor, or have a child’s cleft pallet fixed, or have a child’s teeth fixed.”

 

Beyond benefitting from services the Army Reserve provides, knowing that someone cares and will help them impacts the community deeply, said Longknife.

 

“Our people have great appreciation for what is done here,” said Longknife. “Appreciation that the Army Reserve thinks that much of our people to take that two weeks that they could spend anywhere in the United States to do their Reserve time, and they choose to come here – and it fills the hearts of the people to think and know that somebody does care.”

 

Creating a Forensic Image of the Evidence,

 

Exhibit A.

 

Yes, this usually takes place in a dark room..

It just adds to the drama, for when the actual Forensic exam starts.. ;-)

 

Mulgrave Country Club’s Premier Division Tuesday “Women Only” Pennant players pictured after winning the overall title of “Premiers” whilst competing in their inaugural season at this level. After initially finishing in fourth position at the conclusion of the “Home and Away” sectional matches the ladies lifted their standard to another level as they advanced through the finals series defeating some highly credentialed sides. Pennant forms a large part of the season for most bowlers and Mulgrave Country Club took great delight and pride that five of their nine Midweek Pennant Sides qualified for the end of season 2014 – 2015 finals series. More particularly, what an outstanding achievement by our ladies in winning top honours. Well done and congratulations to all who contributed towards this level of success

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