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...
Deployment Guides and Resources For deploying servicemembers and families, there are resources available to help you during your transitions -- here's a...
How Deployment Stress Affects Families Deployment causes stress for service members and their families, but it helps to know how it will affect you.
MCCS: Hearts Apart Deployment Support Group Marine Corps Community Services offers a Hearts Apart deployment support group, open to all spouses of a Marine or Sailor.
Pre-Deployment Relationships: Children Spending time together with your children prior to deployment is important; here are a few ways to maximize the experience.
How Family Can Stay Organized During a Deployment If your servicemember is closest to you, you may be entrusted with important documents and serve as an emergency contact.
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...