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 […]

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 […]

by Elaine Wilson/American Forces Press Service Defense and USO officials joined military families at the U.S. Navy Memorial here yesterday to celebrate the launch of a new DVD created to help military children cope with a parent’s deployment. “With You All the Way” — a joint effort by the Defense Department, USO and the Trevor […]

Just this past weekend, I learned about an old friend getting married. He is a doctor in the Army and his new bride is in the Air Force. Their story (see below) chronicles how even war cannot keep two people from falling in love and taking their relationship to the next level.  I wish them […]

I recently returned form a short-notice, short-duration deployment to the Caribbean Sea, Cuba, and Belize, just in time to spend the holiday’s at home. The deployment was actually pretty fun and different from what the Marines were used to. Of course the downside of being away from our families and loved ones was still present, […]

This is a post by Jennifer Chaloux, an Army wife whose husband was deployed in January 2008. You can read the original article here. I wrote the following so people might have a glimpse into what we go through emotionally, and have a better understanding of a day in a life of an Army wife. […]

This is part of a post ont he cycles of going through a deployment, from military wife Shannon. She blogs here. If you have been through a deployment, you know one is not the same as the next. It’s almost like being pregnant and giving birth. While the overall situation is the same, 9 months […]

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The following post was written by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Department. You can read his orginal article here. It’s 5:30 a.m. on a Christmas morning and I’m waiting for a flight that will take me through Afghanistan and then over to my deployed location in Southwest Asia. […]

It’s been a year since Paul came home from Afghanistan. Last year, on the week before Christmas, Kelly & I were busy making preparations to pick Paul & Mark up from the airport together. We bought new clothes; we made hotel and restaurant reservations for the homecoming weekend; we counted the hours, minutes and seconds […]