Facing the Deployment Curse Head On If your spouse has ever deployed you know about the Deployment Curse. Here's how to face it.
Predeployment Checklist There seems to be no consistency in the military regarding predeployment checklists. While some units take this task very...
Preparing Legal Documents Ahead of a Deployment It's difficult to drop everything and leave for deployment, particularly if you're involved with a complicated legal case, or...
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...
Long-Distance Love? There's an App for That There are apps to help couples in long-distance relationships stay connected. Some could even help your kids during a...
11 Holiday Hacks for Deployment Parenting Must-Have Parenting is never easy and the holidays make it even harder. Here are 11 tricks that take away a bit of stress.
The Stupid Stuff of Deployment Wears on Families It's the stupid stuff that crushes us. The unnecessary stuff. The big stuff, we can do. But the little stuff chokes us out.
Would You Give Your Spouse a Reintegration Cheat Sheet? We all have things we do to get ready for a spouse returning from a deployment. But we often get angry when he doesn't notice...
Should You Keep Secrets While Your Military Spouse Is Gone? There are two main schools of thought on keeping a deployed spouse in the loop on problems at home.
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...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...