COVID-19

Your Military Travel Ban Stories

We know this COVID-19 pandemic is causing anxiety like we’ve never known. The sun will shine again – we will… Read More

Troops Can Now Carry Over 120 days Leave Thanks to COVID-19 Travel Ban

From militarytimes.com In addition to canceling training and postponing permanent change-of-station moves, the Defense Department’s March 12 stop-movement order threatened to eat… Read More

These Are the 50 Best COVID-19 Memes for the Week of April 13

This article originally appeared on WeAreTheMighty.com. Follow @WeAreTheMighty on Twitter Another week of quarantine, another round of memes. The Tiger King… Read More

Gold Star Mother’s Group May Consider Adjusting Membership Rules in Age of Coronavirus

From Militarytimes.com The service organization created on behalf of mothers who lost children to military service may consider changing eligibility… Read More

A Quarantined Military Parent

Have you ever grown a garden and found yourself amazed to see what can come from a simple seed? Well,… Read More

USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailor Dies from Coronavirus Complications

By CAITLIN KENNEY | For updates and corrections visit Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — A sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt… Read More

Facing Appointments or Giving Birth Alone? You’ve Got This.

Jenny Byers, a first time mom living in San Diego at the time, laid on the hospital bed with tears… Read More

Americans Could Start Receiving Stimulus Checks Starting on April 9

From USAtoday.com Much-awaited stimulus cash will begin flooding into millions of bank accounts next week in the first wave of payouts… Read More

The Unexpected Babymoon

I was six months pregnant when I returned from my first babymoon and I would consider it to be quite… Read More

Halt on PCS Travel May Extend Into July

By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | For updates or corrections, visit Stars and Stripes The Pentagon stand-down on all travel — including for… Read More

3 Good Things about COVID-19

President Trump hopes that the Coronavirus will only kill 100,000 Americans before all is said and done. Our world was… Read More

How the Pentagon’s Stop Movement Order is Affecting Military Families

By LISA SMITH MOLINARI | For Updates and Corrections visit Stars and Stripes In many ways, military families are just… Read More

How To Make Your Quarantine Birthday Special

We know these are challenging times, and so many important things have been cancelled. We asked military spouses how they're… Read More

‘Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!’: Videos Show Sailors Sending Off Ousted USS Roosevelt Commander With Cheers

By CHAD GARLAND | For updates and corrections visit Stars and Stripes A cheering and applauding crowd of sailors aboard the aircraft… Read More

More Than 9,000 Retired Army Medical Personnel Respond to Coronavirus Call

From ABCnews.com More than 9,000 retired soldiers have responded to the U.S. Army's call for retired medical personnel to assist… Read More

Herd Immunity Could Keep Coronavirus-afflicted Carriers in the Fight

By SETH ROBSON | For Updates or Corrections visit Stars and Stripes The Navy should encourage herd immunity for crews on aircraft… Read More

Surviving Sorrow: A Bereaved Mother’s Story of Life After Loss

I want to say “I know exactly how you feel.” Except I don’t. As a military missionary, I am constantly… Read More

US Extends Social Distancing Guidelines to April 30th

The latest projections on coronavirus in the US were so alarming, there was virtually no choice but to extend social… Read More