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MilitaryTimes MilitaryTimes The Voice for Kitsap County’s Active-Duty
September 2016
Personnel, Veterans and their Families
WHY IT DIDN’T HAPPEN
Marine vet turns to life of crime WANTED
BY TERRYL ASLA
SPOUSE TO SPOUSE | LAPORA LINDSEY
tasla@soundpublishing.com
BREMERTON— This is a story about a Marine veteran with a big heart and a really big smile. Zane Iiam is a 5year-old boy who loves to play Batman. Zane also has Stage 4 neuroblastoma. Next week, he starts chemo. After that, he’ll need surgery for a tumor in his abdomen and another inside the base of his skull. When members of ArtSLAM Studio, a nonprofit Silverdale artists’ cooperative, learned about Zane’s
Developing your brand
THE JOKER
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s military spouses who want to have careers of our own, we are constantly presented with new situations that require us to sell ourselves in order to get that new job at the new duty station. That process can be tedious. However, we can take some hints from the world of product marketing to help us sell our own “personal brands.” Marketers study their target population, and then create a plan to attract that audience to want their product. Whenever the target population changes, marketers also make changes. A minor change such as a different color of font, may be all that is required to keep their product in high demand. This method
But it’s all for a good cause
See MARINE, Page 11
Chief Seattle Days offers examples of generosity, respect for vets and others The newest exhibit at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport documents the Silent Service’s role in the Cold War, from 1947 to 1991. Poster and story on page 2
SUQUAMISH—The ball caps for sale in the vendor’s booth said “Make America Native Again.” “There’s a lot of truth in that, you know,” said Eugene See LESSONS, Page 11
See BRAND, Page 5
PENINSULA SUBARU
BY TERRYL ASLA tasla@soundpublishing.com
SUBARU SALUTES YOUR SERVICE.
1-855-361-2622
3888 W St Hwy 16-Bremerton www.peninsulasubaru.com All vehicles subject to prior sale. All vehicles plus tax, license and up to $150 negotiable doc fees.
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