Deployment checklist What to Send In a Deployment Care Package Receiving a care package from home can be a morale booster for a deployed service member -- here are tips on what to send. How To Get Information During Deployment At some point during the absence of your service member, you will need info. How do you get that? Communicating With Your Partner On Deployment As much as service members would like to establish a schedule for reaching their loved ones, being in a combat zone may... National Day of the Deployed October 26 honors all service members who have been deployed in service of our country, as well as the families who support... Talking to Children During a Deployment You should also create time to talk to your child about the coping skills that he has adopted while his deployed parent is... Select Service Army Marines Navy Air Force National Guard Coast Guard Space Force Spouse Login Army My Profile Army Home Page Navy My Profile Navy Home Page Air Force My Profile Air Force Home Page Marines My Profile Marines Home Page Coast Guard My Profile Coast Guard Home Page Space Force My Profile Space Force Home Page National Guard My Profile National Guard Home Page Spouse My Profile Spouse Home Page My Profile News Home Page Recent Deployment Articles After-School Program Helps Military Children Cope with Deployment Provided by the Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads, Virginia, the Operation Hero program addresses the unique obstacles... 'Falling Behind': Navy Criticized for Delays in Shipbuilding, Deployments that May Leave US Behind China The Navy has admitted that all of its key shipbuilding programs -- from the new Columbia-class submarine to the new... Top Navy Leader Has Ordered 'Deep Dive' on Amphibious Ship Readiness After Delays with USS Boxer The Navy's top officer says that she ordered a "deep dive" into maintenance and readiness issues following the amphibious... New York's Famous Katz's Deli Will Still 'Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army' Though Katz's helped ease hunger pangs and homesickness during World War II with their salamis, the tradition didn't stop... After Months of Delay, USS Boxer Finally Leaves San Diego and Sets Sail on Deployment The USS Boxer, the heart of the next Marine-carrying task force, has finally deployed from San Diego after months of delays... Hampton Roads Sailors from Bataan Group Return from 8-Month Deployment Less than two weeks after the group deployed, the Bataan and Carter Hall were ordered to sail to the Middle East to bolster... Is ‘Helldivers 2’ Really ‘Space Vietnam’? Not Really “Helldivers 2” is riotous fun, and there’s a reason why millions of players have gladly joined the Super Earth imperium as it... Soldiers Said Goodbye to Loved Ones as Army Ships Set Sail to Gaza to Build Pier for Aid Delivery The 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) is set to play a key role in relieving a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza... Marines and Bataan Amphibious Group End Extended Deployment Amid Gaza War, Middle East Violence Sailors and Marines will return to Norfolk, Virginia, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, respectively, "in the coming weeks"... If You Like Working Out with Weights While Deployed Overseas, You Can Thank Arnold Schwarzenegger In 1990, President George H.W. Bush named actor, bodybuilder and seven-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger as chairman of... View more Military Benefits Update Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect. Military Child Care Fees Here are the Defense Department child-care fees for the 2023-2024 school year. The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the... Other Than Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know In U.S. military service, an other than honorable (OTH) discharge represents the most severe form of administrative discharge... Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know An honorable discharge is a type of military discharge given to service members who have met or exceeded the standards of... PACT Act: Agent Orange Toxic Exposure The PACT Act added two new presumptive medical conditions for Agent Orange exposure plus five new presumptive Vietnam-era... What to Expect When Filing a PACT Act Claim The VA was in the process of hiring 15,000 new claims processors as the PACT Act reached its first birthday on Aug. 10, 2023... View more
What to Send In a Deployment Care Package Receiving a care package from home can be a morale booster for a deployed service member -- here are tips on what to send.
How To Get Information During Deployment At some point during the absence of your service member, you will need info. How do you get that?
Communicating With Your Partner On Deployment As much as service members would like to establish a schedule for reaching their loved ones, being in a combat zone may...
National Day of the Deployed October 26 honors all service members who have been deployed in service of our country, as well as the families who support...
Talking to Children During a Deployment You should also create time to talk to your child about the coping skills that he has adopted while his deployed parent is...
After-School Program Helps Military Children Cope with Deployment Provided by the Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads, Virginia, the Operation Hero program addresses the unique obstacles...
'Falling Behind': Navy Criticized for Delays in Shipbuilding, Deployments that May Leave US Behind China The Navy has admitted that all of its key shipbuilding programs -- from the new Columbia-class submarine to the new...
Top Navy Leader Has Ordered 'Deep Dive' on Amphibious Ship Readiness After Delays with USS Boxer The Navy's top officer says that she ordered a "deep dive" into maintenance and readiness issues following the amphibious...
New York's Famous Katz's Deli Will Still 'Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army' Though Katz's helped ease hunger pangs and homesickness during World War II with their salamis, the tradition didn't stop...
After Months of Delay, USS Boxer Finally Leaves San Diego and Sets Sail on Deployment The USS Boxer, the heart of the next Marine-carrying task force, has finally deployed from San Diego after months of delays...
Hampton Roads Sailors from Bataan Group Return from 8-Month Deployment Less than two weeks after the group deployed, the Bataan and Carter Hall were ordered to sail to the Middle East to bolster...
Is ‘Helldivers 2’ Really ‘Space Vietnam’? Not Really “Helldivers 2” is riotous fun, and there’s a reason why millions of players have gladly joined the Super Earth imperium as it...
Soldiers Said Goodbye to Loved Ones as Army Ships Set Sail to Gaza to Build Pier for Aid Delivery The 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) is set to play a key role in relieving a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza...
Marines and Bataan Amphibious Group End Extended Deployment Amid Gaza War, Middle East Violence Sailors and Marines will return to Norfolk, Virginia, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, respectively, "in the coming weeks"...
If You Like Working Out with Weights While Deployed Overseas, You Can Thank Arnold Schwarzenegger In 1990, President George H.W. Bush named actor, bodybuilder and seven-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger as chairman of...
Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Military Child Care Fees Here are the Defense Department child-care fees for the 2023-2024 school year.
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
Other Than Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know In U.S. military service, an other than honorable (OTH) discharge represents the most severe form of administrative discharge...
Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know An honorable discharge is a type of military discharge given to service members who have met or exceeded the standards of...
PACT Act: Agent Orange Toxic Exposure The PACT Act added two new presumptive medical conditions for Agent Orange exposure plus five new presumptive Vietnam-era...
What to Expect When Filing a PACT Act Claim The VA was in the process of hiring 15,000 new claims processors as the PACT Act reached its first birthday on Aug. 10, 2023...