military life

Ever have those moments in life where you are certain you are failing as a parent? I certainly hope that… Read More

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

1. Think twice before driving after those Sake bombs… (Chiyomi Sumida/Stars and Stripes) Aimee Mejia, a 21 year old petty… Read More

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

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

Military life often seems like an entirely different world and learning the ins and outs means we have all had… Read More

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

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

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

Get a few seasoned spouses who are able to laugh at all the crazy, wonderful things we sometimes encounter in… Read More

Editor's Note: All of the pieces in our confessions series are anonymous.  A few years ago, I was hanging out… Read More

In so many ways, military families are no different than our civilian family counterparts. We all have to get up… 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

It's that time again! The dreaded PCS... We can try and find the humor in this PCS (yeah, right!) For real, follow… Read More