Deployment: The Burden of Service After the joys of reuniting, Drain faced the challenges of daily life. The shift from bullets to babies can be unsettling.
I Got This!: SOS Student Spouses Take on Project X Military spouses are the unsung heroes for many of our men and women in uniform. They constantly face and meet unique...
Top 10 Things You Learn From Deployment Deploying inevitably changes a service member's perspective. Learn the top 10 lessons one Airman learned from deploying...
Deployment: Making Legal Preparations Whether you're a full-time active duty servicemember or a Reserve/Guard member entering active duty, make sure you take care...
Preparing for Deployment If you have a family, the single most important thing to think about when it comes to deployment is ensuring that they're...
Pre-Mobilization Employer Support Checklist If you're a Reserve or Guard member leaving your job for deployment, be sure to take care of the items on this checklist.
Deployment Tips: Getting Family Affairs in Order It's not a pleasant subject, but families with a deploying member should take these steps so they're prepared for the worst.
Restful Sleep Key to Health On and Off Duty Whether you're deployed or waiting for someone who is, getting the right amount and type of sleep can help with tough...
Stress and Support Systems for Military Spouses As a couple, it's important to understand up front how stress can impact your relationship.
Military Families: Connecting During a Deployment While your relative is deployed, you may be experiencing many conflicting feelings: pride, worry, fear, love, and frustration...
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...