Staying Informed as a Spouse, Parent, or Partner Every person who loves a returning service member should get educated about their experience and how it might impact them.
Deployment: An Overview Strictly speaking, "deployment" refers to activities required to move military personnel and materials -- but it also means...
Deployment: Organizing Family Affairs In part two of our series, we look at the steps you should take to make sure surviving family members are taken care of.
Managing Stress During a Deployment While stress is something that we all live with, the stress of military deployments should not be minimized as ordinary.
Keeping Your Child Involved During a Deployment Don't hide what's happening from you children. When they ask how you feel, have an answer ready so you don't confuse them.
Communicating With Your Partner On Deployment As much as service members would like to establish a schedule for reaching their loved ones, being in a combat zone may...
Deployment: Recreational Activities Separation from your loved one can be a painful process, but the important thing is not to mope, or stop going about your...
Deployment Health Assessment Builds Resilience The DHAP is a key element in the Army's Ready and Resilient Campaign, an effort to improve the resilience of Soldiers and...
Pre-Deployment: Looking Forward Don't think for one minute that you have to face deployment alone – open yourself up to accepting help from others.
Marines, Sailors, and Families Prep for Deployment Whether for the first time or after several deployments, leaving home and family comes with heightened stress and...
The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch. Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the...
Exodus at VA: 10,000 Employees Are Resigning in September. Here’s the List It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could...
Air Force Rebrands Facebook Page to Combat Rumors, Leaked Memos and Reddit Threads A long-standing Air Force Facebook page created to represent its top enlisted leader has been renamed and rebranded as a news...
Air Force Veteran Convicted of Killing Wife and 2 Children Is 9th Person Executed in Florida This Year Air Force veteran Edward Zakrzewski was executed on Thursday for the June 9, 1994, killings of his 34-year-old wife Sylvia...
Marine Sergeant Dies After Collapsing During Fitness Test in Florida A Marine sergeant on reserve duty died after he collapsed during a physical fitness test in Florida last month, according to...