Tag: deployment

Photo Credit: Flickr user Brett Woodvine When you’re deployed for the holidays it doesn’t exactly make you feel festive. Despite ...

As Military spouses or girlfriends or fiances or any family member of a Service member, we know that having a ...

1. Do not become a news junkie. You automatically become a bit more vulnerable and emotional and hypersensitive when you ...

Of the many challenges that face military families, there is perhaps none greater than deployment. Or rather, deployments. After thirteen ...

A little over a year ago I was traveling from Germany (home), to Alabama (Mimi's house), with my circus of ...

The military way of life throws many curveballs into families. Even on trips as short as two months, it's easy ...

So, you've reached the acceptance stage of deployment. You're over your initial funk of living through the day to day ...

By Dr. Leanne Knobloch, University of Illinois     One of the best-kept secrets about deployment is that reunion can be really ...

So the first time that I was with my husband when he deployed, I was dead set on sending the ...

Liz Snell is the Founder of Military Spouses of Strength, an initiative that brings awareness and seeks to reduce the ...

Author: Christina Landry, Founder of DumBell Fitness  We get it: Deployments are emotional and stressful for the entire family. Ever ...

Guest Author: Rachel Engel, Air Force spouse As completely cliche as it sounds, my first serious boyfriend actually used the ...

Dear Sally, I am concerned about my husband. He has deployed several times, but has never seen combat. I thought ...

Technology has certainly changed the way that many military spouses communicate with their service member during deployment.  We talked to ...

While we, of course, always love to hear from those who are married to members of the military, this time ...

Hi. I'm your Monday Confessions anonymous military spouse... my confession? I am a drama queen. It all began a decade ...

Guest Author: E.J. Smith, M.S., NCC, LPC-Intern and Military SpousePhoto Credit: Tamptopia Photography www.tamtopia.com You've heard it on television from ...

Editor's Note: All of the pieces in our "Confessions Series" are anonymous. OPSEC, sigh... it's all we ever hear about ...