Deployment

Obviously in your first year of marriage, you don't expect your spouse to be gone 6 months of it. Then...

Let me be real honest here. Me + deployments = embracing a special brand of mediocrity.   And, surprisingly, I’m...

My husband will soon leave on his first deployment... Right now, he comes home almost every night, we sleep in...

I’ll never forget my husband’s first military deployment to Iraq. Scheduled to leave a couple of days after Christmas, the...

By Kara Ludlow You knew this was coming. No self-respecting military spouse blogger would omit deployment, the granddaddy of all...

Shared from thenest.com Choosing to serve in the Army Reserves allows a person to serve her country while maintaining the...

By: Caitlin Acox At any given point in time, military spouses are sleeping alone. Some for just a few months. Some,...

Travel and accommodations were provided by Warner Bros. Pictures. 12 Strong, from Warner Bros. Pictures, will release on January 19,...

They’re home. After days, weeks, months, or years of paper chains, calendar cross-offs, or your 400th empty diet Dr. Pepper...

It’s safe to say that deployment is one of the things spouses like LEAST about being in the military. Our...

The holidays may be in full swing, but for some of us it means anything but a Merry Christmas or...

Don’t you just wish there were some “Deployment Fairy” that would swoop in and take care of all the B.S....

‘Gasp’ What? There is nothing to be thankful for during deployment. I believe there is truly nothing done in life...

U.S. Postal Service Recommended Mailing Dates From USPS: "The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but...

I never thought that I could loathe any one thing as much as I loathe that big green duffle bag....

Turn the volume of your phone to the loudest possible setting, preferably something that sounds like a submarine alarm or...

After our service members deploy, the initial emptiness of our home can seem almost loud in its presence. Even if...

Hand in hand they walked towards the airport terminal. When they got to the gate the United States Navy Sailor...