An Emotional PCS Move I've never really thought of a move as emotional. Stressful? Yes. Oh, yes. But emotional, as in lots of tears? Not really...
Proof that Military Grandparents Are the Coolest It always makes me smile when I hear about how much my kids love their grandparents and extended family. They are part of the...
Veteran Caregivers Are the Unsung Heroes of the Military Community There are millions of veteran caregivers in America who look after their disabled loved ones, often at great cost to...
Should You Stop Your Teenager From Getting Married? Imagine this, your son or daughter, fresh out of high school, comes home and announces they are getting married. To a service...
Tackling the PCS Purge Before The PCS Now that the school year is over, it’s time to do something with that tower. It’s time to purge.
New Army Tool Makes It Easier for Spouses to Transfer Their On-Base Job in a PCS Military spouses have transferred their jobs to a new location using a recently expanded program for Non-Appropriated Funds...
Don't Organize Until After Your Military Move Do you have to purge and organize before you move? Nope. Here are some tips for doing it after the boxes arrive.
How to be a Great Military Spouse Advocate As military spouses, we have a responsibility to take action to right a wrong or to fix a law, regulation or policy that is...
How NOT To Speak To Military Spouses PowerPoint is the #1 way NOT to speak to military spouses. They don’t want a speaker to say anything they can Google on their...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
