deployment
Simple Ways to Support Military Families During the Holidays
The holidays have a way of amplifying whatever season of life we’re in. If your home is full of laughter,… Read More
Surviving (and Even Enjoying) the Holidays Away From Home
The first year we spent the holidays away from home, I remember sitting in the quiet of our base housing… Read More
Keeping Your Sex Life During Deployment
Modern intimacy tips for military couples facing long-distance separation. Deployment changes a lot of things in a relationship — your… Read More
4 Things You Should Know Before a Rapid Deployment
With the world on the edge of their seats with the Ukraine-Russia conflict, more questions than answers have swept through… Read More
4 Creative Ways to Connect to Your Deployed Spouse During the Holidays
Deployment during the holidays is not a new concept for military families. Instead of wallowing in sorrow at the thought… Read More
How Much is Too Much to Tell Your Spouse During Deployment?
To tell or not to tell? That is the question. Picture this. The day starts bright and early, which seems… Read More
The Reality of Reintegration in GIFs
I could hear the excitement in my children’s voices. As they tore through my house, running and giggling, and I… Read More
Deployment Survival – Sleep, Shower, Shave, Repeat
There’s nothing in the world like a huge bowl of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream after a hellish day… Read More
5 Ways That Your Spouse Can Still Be an Involved Parent While They Are Deployed
My husband and I co-parent well, and we have always been present as a team when it comes to our… Read More
Milkid Mailkit: Bringing Back the Lost Art of Pen Pals
One military spouse created a way to connect military kids the old fashion way through a mailbox and handwritten letters. The… Read More
10 Ways to Help You Stop Missing Your Deployed Spouse So Much
By Marybeth Chelanga with Erin Stewart It’s that time again. With that hard knock on the front door, I was… Read More
Why I Took a Solo Vacation 30 Days Before My Spouse Deployed
By Maralis Self I can imagine much of the population reading this would scoff at the idea that a military… Read More
7 Urban Dictionary Phrases That Hilariously Describe Deployment
What started out as a joke between friends sent me down one of the most hilarious rabbit holes I have… Read More
After Historically Long Deployment, Nimitz is Almost Home
From Navytimes.com After heading over the horizon last April, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to upend life across… Read More
Take Out, Binge Watching, and Other Strange Deployment Habits
“Hey, Sweetheart. We need to have the talk.” My husband’s kind, but firm, tone of voice on the other side… Read More
Why I’m Strong: How One Military Daughter Feels About Deployment
The day my dad left for deployment brought me hard feelings - feelings that were hard for me to process.… Read More
Where’s My Care Package?
By Jesica Fields Resiliency is a word you’ll hear often as a military spouse. Chances are you received a resiliency… Read More
12 Things NOT to Say to a Military Spouse During the Holidays
1: Well, at least you don’t have to get him/her a gift right away. I’m sorry, what? I will more… Read More