From the electricity that powers Army Reserve facilities, to the fuel that powers their vehicles, energy touches nearly every aspect of the Army Reserve’s mission. Conserving power can help protect our energy future.

However, we all face threats to our energy security; from increasing global demands to natural disasters, fluctuating fuel costs and innovative adversarial attacks like cyber weapons. Conservation helps ensure Soldiers have the energy they need, when and where they need it, to accomplish their missions – at home and abroad, now and in the future. The Army Reserve is also focused on prioritizing energy and water security requirements to ensure Soldiers always have available, reliable power and water to continuously sustain critical missions.

Energy Action Month is an opportunity for the Army Reserve Energy Program to help the public understand the important role everyone can play in energy conservation and resiliency and offer practical, smart energy tips that everyone can implement in their daily lives.
Simple ways for everyone to reduce their energy footprint include:
Weathering your home to eliminate air leaks and adding insulation
 Replacing your incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs)
 Creating a more energy efficient office by using natural light wherever possible
 Powering down computer monitors at end of each day
 Unplugging electronics that aren’t in use for extended periods and using power strips
 Recycle packaging materials like paper and cardboard, as we continue to increase shipping supplies to our homes

COL Martin Naranjo, Director of Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate will be available to help your audience learn more about reducing their carbon footprint. COL Naranjo will also discuss the energy conservation innovations employed by the U.S. Army Reserve and how the public can similarly do their part to reduce energy waste.
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Interview courtesy: U.S. Army Reserve

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We All Play a Part in Energy Conservation
October is Energy Action Month. It’s the time of year when we turn our attention toward the importance of energy conservation and resiliency. The call to save energy can reach everyone this October, from Soldiers to civilian employees to families. The U.S. Army Reserve is leading that call because conservation advances their mission, protects communities and empowers Soldiers to charge ahead.

From the electricity that powers Army Reserve facilities, to the fuel that powers their vehicles, energy touches nearly every aspect of the Army Reserve’s mission. Conserving power can help protect our energy future.

However, we all face threats to our energy security; from increasing global demands to natural disasters, fluctuating fuel costs and innovative adversarial attacks like cyber weapons. Conservation helps ensure Soldiers have the energy they need, when and where they need it, to accomplish their missions – at home and abroad, now and in the future. The Army Reserve is also focused on prioritizing energy and water security requirements to ensure Soldiers always have available, reliable power and water to continuously sustain critical missions.

Energy Action Month is an opportunity for the Army Reserve Energy Program to help the public understand the important role everyone can play in energy conservation and resiliency and offer practical, smart energy tips that everyone can implement in their daily lives.

Simple ways for everyone to reduce their energy footprint include:
 Weathering your home to eliminate air leaks and adding insulation
 Replacing your incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) or light emitting diodes (LEDs)
 Creating a more energy efficient office by using natural light wherever possible
 Powering down computer monitors at end of each day
 Unplugging electronics that aren’t in use for extended periods and using power strips
 Recycle packaging materials like paper and cardboard, as we continue to increase shipping supplies to our homes
 Adjusting your thermostat to 68 degrees during the fall and winter and 78 degrees in the spring and summer

Colonel Daniel Cederman, Director, Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate will be available to help your audience learn more about reducing their carbon footprint. COL Cederman will also discuss the energy conservation innovations employed by the U.S. Army Reserve and how the public can similarly do their part to reduce energy waste.

Interview courtesy: U.S. Army Reserve

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Yet this powerful and gripping true-life story is not about surviving and succeeding on your own. Taking the reader from his abusive and turbulent childhood, through his struggles as a homeless teenager (in the violent inner city streets of Central New Jersey), to his incredible rise onto the national and international stage, Hoggs humbly and eloquently tells us why he chose to serve as a humanitarian and mentor. Because he believes everyone, regardless of age, race, socioeconomic background, start or station in life can triumph through education, and we can all use a helping hand.

If you ever hungered for an inspirational life story to help you overcome personal hardship or a challenge in life, The Bastard Child is a must read. It is time, Sean Hoggs says, to tell our at-risk youth that fame and fortune in sports and entertainment is an unlikely prospect, but a good life filled with love and family is realistic, rich in satisfaction and within their grasp no matter where they start out from.

“It is simply a story of hope,” Hoggs says. “After all, the odds are against becoming a professional athlete or music star. However, with an education, the percentages are in your favor to accomplish anything you want in life.”

Sean P. Hoggs is a decorated retired military veteran of over 24 years.  He has served as both a commissioned officer and an enlisted member of the United States Air Force.  He is a native of Plainfield, NJ and is currently a Senior Aerospace Instructor in his home state of New Jersey.

Named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans in 2007, he is a noted mentor and role model to inner city youth. An internationally recognized humanitarian, he is also proud to be a 2011 Hall of Fame inductee at the Plainfield, NJ High School.  He currently lives in Columbus, NJ with his wife of twenty-five years and their son.  They have four children in all, ranging in age from sixteen to twenty-seven.

For more, please visit the website www.seanphoggs.com

The Bastard Child: A  Story of Hope, Resiliency and Perseverance
Author House Publishing
Available online at http://amzn.to/1dnvfYZ
Price: $13.31
ISBN-13: 978-1491832868

Dione Lauray-Davis, Community Activist: “To say that this book will change many lives is an understatement. I am forever changed since reading it. A book like this comes along once in a generation!”

Terrence Bellamy, Youth Advocate and Retired Law Enforcement Officer:  “Once I picked the book up, I could not put it down. This autobiography is a must read, it’s inspiring me to continue my education.  I highly recommend this book for anyone who’s having any kind of doubts about achieving their goals in life.”

Vernice Jackson, mother, Washington, D.C.: “…a must read autobiography for any adult or at risk youth that is struggling with his or her direction in life…Powerful…!”

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