Life

In January of 2020, Tarah McLaughlin’s husband, Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, was killed when his vehicle struck an IED...

With wedding bells ringing and rose-colored glasses firmly on, it can feel strange to imagine the road ahead being more...

Chances are, if you’re PCSing anytime soon – you’ve already seen a deluge of headlines regarding the challenges of the...

Peak season 2021 has officially kicked off! This year up to 350,000 service members and families will embark on a...

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I don’t like the word resilient. It is often used to label...

I first became aware of Dr. Eric Mason, and his deeply insightful theological work, in 2016. He, along with several...

This Military Appreciation Month will continue to be different than years past.  Due to limitations on gatherings, this month, we...

By: Kori Yates Facing our first OCONUS orders, we were a family of four in one barracks room for two...

Dropping my separation paperwork was a rush of excitement, immediately followed by crashing waves of competing emotion. I hadn’t expected...

One of my favorite things about military life is meeting new people. I have friends from all over the world,...

We've all heard about the Five Stages of Grief, but what about the Five Stages of PCS Grief? Moving is...

By Maralis Self I can imagine much of the population reading this would scoff at the idea that a military...

Written for Military Spouse Appreciation Month It is often that I hear military spouses expressing various frustrations related to feeling...

By Ashley Ashcraft When I married my husband at the West Point Cadet Chapel twelve years ago, I had no...

When you are part of the military family, time moves a little differently for you than civilians. You count time...

By: Anonymous Last spring, my husband, son, and I sat happily in a meadow of bluebonnets overlooking Stillhouse Lake, smiling...

Setting and following through on goals is challenging in a regular year. 2020 was a year full of surprises and...

By Stephanie Lee, enrollment manager, CareerStep Military life and Civilian life. Sometimes it feels like there’s a massive disconnect between...