Dealing with Deployment

Surprise deployments are annoying but can sometimes be a blessing in disguise. Here are some ways to get everything ready in...

Inspired by my daughter, and her struggle with her dad's deployment, I wrote a book called "I Miss Daddy."

Cost-saving by canceling deployments means less sufficient training and readiness.

Jacey Eckhart talks about faking holiday spirit during a Christmas deployment -- and fooling everyone, even those closest to...

Holiday stress can be even greater when your spouse is deployed. Here's how to make things better.

"Live like he deploys tomorrow." Cute -- but misguided. Here's how to live instead.

Typically, we host a parade of people. But not this year. This year I just can't.

In our eagerness to do the right thing by battle-scarred troops, we have convinced ourselves that every military member who...

Your own overconfidence is easy to forgive. But overconfidence is insufferable when found in others -- especially in the...

Dear Sailor: I was unspeakably rude to you at a party last week. Will you please forgive me?