DEPLOYMENT DIGEST
Issue V, 2009
THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES:
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Think Deployment Stinks?
Be Careful What You Tell Yourself.
We've all heard the saying 'attitude is everything'. But sometimes it can be hard to look at a major life change like deployment as anything but negative. Watch Out! It turns out that telling yourself that deployment will be a horrible experience could actually make it worse... [ ... more ] - Parenting from Overseas Part I:
Staying Involved In Your Child's Education.
If deployment means you're leaving kids at home, it may be difficult to imagine staying involved in their lives while you are concentrating on your mission overseas. But experts say continuing to be a part of your child's life on a daily basis is an important part of helping them adjust to the separation. [… more ]
- When She Goes To War:
How Female Soldiers Experience Deployment .
More women are deploying than ever before. According to the Department of Defense, almost 11% of the soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan today are female, up from just 7% during the Persian Gulf War. Like their male counterparts, military women often look forward to their overseas duty. […more ]
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Featured
The Nightmare Continues»Today we learned about another Marine from my husband’s battalion that gave the ultimate sacrifice. The battalion continues to send out official emails, but this one I knew was coming.
This time my reaction was a bit different. I felt that I had to look online to find out what happened, to make this […]
In the Press
Deployment Taking Greatest Toll on Young Service Members»by Dan Witters, Gallup.Com
Young who have served in foreign war twice as likely to report chronic pain as never-deployed
This article is the third in a special multipart series on the wellbeing of the American military. Part one covered active duty military and veteran wellbeing. Part two looked at wellbeing among deployed versus non-deployed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — […]
Pre-Deployment
Tick Tock»One of the hardest parts of deployment (okay… there are a lot of hard parts), is waiting for my husband to deploy. You get the dates and as they get closer that is all you can think about. This is the last time we’ll go to dinner, this is the last time we will be […]
Post-Deployment
The Seven Dwarfs of Deployment»Here’s a funny post from Army wife Sarah, looking back on some memorable moments in the deployments she has survived. You can read her blog here.
I know most of you have seen Snow White, so you are familiar with Sneezy, Happy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy and Grumpy, the seven dwarfs. Little did you know there […]
