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.
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...