Coming Home to a Baby A soldier figures out how to adjust to first-time fatherhood after a long deployment, as his family welcomes him home.
How to Cope with Sudden Deployments Getting the call that your spouse or family member will be deploying suddenly, whether it's for two weeks or two days, can...
Foundation Preserves Memories for Families Experiencing Deployments Having a loved one go off to war or return from war can be very emotional for families. Many are so overwhelmed that taking...
Celebrating Special Occasions During Deployment No military family gets excited about deployment; instead, we kick it into high gear with planning for such things as...
5 Tips for Celebrating Father's Day When Dad Is Away Gift-giving holidays are especially challenging when the guest of honor won't be home to join in the festivities.
How to Beat the Groundhog Days of Deployment As a military spouse going through deployment, I often feel like Bill Murray’s character in the movie Groundhog Day. It’s...
How to Sleep With Someone New When You're Already Married to Him This is not about sex. Its about how to sleep with someone again after you've spent a lot of time not sleeping with them.
What to Expect When They Come Home Homecoming is always cited as a tremendous source of joy and relief after any deployment. Post-deployment honeymoon periods...
Quiet Homecoming It’s happened over and over in military homes across the country. Well-meaning family and friends are practically busting...
An Open Letter to My Military Children We can't always give you a brave face, but we promise you authenticity.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...