Life

It has been just over two years since the United States Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage equality and almost...

We have all heard hateful words in our military lives. We have been called just about every name in the book...

“Divorce.” You barely whispered it. “I’m getting a divorce.” You hadn’t slept, that much was clear. Your hair hung about...

You just know it. This PCS, you’re all over it. You have checklists FOR your checklists and you’re filled with...

When my now husband and I started dating, he told me upfront that he had recently signed a contract with...

Four moves later and I'm STILL learning what to bring and not to bring…the suggestions from friends are endless. Sometimes the...

I am a United States Sailor. Tomorrow I will put on my uniform for the last time. I will lace...

My husband has been in the Navy since December, 2013. Somehow, we’ve gotten lucky and he has yet to go...

Ah, we LOVE homecoming. We have all been there -- the fervor of preparation, worry, anticipation and excitement…it can be overwhelming....

People tend to say to you outside of the military community, "you knew what you were getting into." I come from...

Waiting for the end of a deployment can be an exciting yet painstakingly nerve-racking time... By the time the last...

Surviving deployment. It is a skill that we, the military spouse, are always trying to master, it seems. We asked...

In the sixth grade, I was introduced to a vocabulary that would become a new rhetoric for the world in...

When I went to first grade, my mom had to bribe me to make friends. She bribed me with the...

The Deployment Curse. We've all heard about it. Many of us have experienced it. And most of us have even...

Whether you’re PCSing from one coast to the other, or one country to another, there are some things you can...

On the face of things, my husband and I are a perfectly ordinary couple. To look at a photo of...

By Erin Whitehead It's not because non-military-affiliated folks don't care, or that they are being insensitive... It's just that they...