Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
5 Steps for Handling a Surprise Deployment Surprise deployments are annoying but can sometimes be a blessing in disguise. Here are some ways to get everything ready in...
Video Games You Can Play with Your Friends and Kids While Deployed Tech advances have made it possible to play pretty high-end games in real time if you and the other players can agree on a...
Soldiers Are Away from Home Now More than Ever Despite No Major Ongoing Wars Military.com spoke to more than a dozen soldiers about a rapid cadence of missions and training schedules packed to the point...
Navy Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Deployments The change comes just over a month after the Pentagon formally dropped the requirement for all service members to be...
5 Gifts for Handling the Holidays During Deployment The holidays are meant to be a time of togetherness. So how do you handle them during deployment?
Holidaygasm: I'll Have What She’s Having Jacey Eckhart talks about faking holiday spirit during a Christmas deployment -- and fooling everyone, even those closest to...
Your Five-Step Pre-Deployment Financial Checklist This five-step pre-deployment financial checklist can safeguard your finances during deployment and ensure a smoother...
I Miss Daddy! What Can We Do? Inspired by my daughter, and her struggle with her dad's deployment, I wrote a book called "I Miss Daddy."
Canceled Deployments Are a Mistake Cost-saving by canceling deployments means less sufficient training and readiness.
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...