deployment

Article Originally Published at JoMyGosh.com When John was deployed, I listened to a lot of music… and a lot of… Read More

1. Lean on other spouses. It can be hard to find civilians who understand what spouses go through when your servicemember is… Read More

On a recent summer day, I encountered a handsome man at the airport…one I hadn’t seen in what felt like… Read More

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

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

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

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… Read More

While talking with a young friend recently, she lamented how little she'd accomplished during the year her husband was deployed.… Read More

Human nature is quite perplexing. The old saying, “you never recognize a good thing until it’s gone,” seems to be… Read More

By Jo My Gosh! Deployment is hard. It’s draining—physically, emotionally, mentally. It’s hard to be separated from your partner and… Read More

Whew! You did it. The despairingly stomach-churning deployment goodbye is done. You’ve made a serious dent in your Costco-sized tissue… Read More

Once someone we love has served in the military, we are family. – Tyra Manning  [avatar user="jmcdonald" /] Military life… Read More

We all know that homecoming is amazing, but there are a few homecoming secrets that we keep as milspouses... We… Read More

I am exceptionally, incredibly, extraordinarily impatient. I have always had problems waiting: summer to arrive, Christmas gifts to be opened,… Read More

It keeps staring at me from the back of our storage closet. That box with the moving stickers from many… Read More

About six months ago my husband returned from his third deployment overseas. True to military life: the deployment, homecoming and… Read More

Editor's Note: All of the pieces in our Confessions Series are anonymous. I am THAT wife: The Hooah Wife I… Read More

I don’t cry when I say goodbye any more. I can’t. I’m sure it’s because I’ve said too many. It… Read More