Here’s a post by Sarah Gilbert, who’s husband is an Army reservist deployed to Afghanistan. She writes honestly about how the financial windfall associated with a deployment helped her family. You can read the original story here. I don’t know whether it was minutes or hours or even a day: the time it took me […]

Aside from being away from loved ones, deployments share a key common feature: their varied pace. Know throughout the military as operational tempo or simply “op tempo,” and defined as how busy any given person or unit is during their time deployed. While everyone’s deployed jobs and experiences are different, the fact is that no […]

  Last month I was chatting with a few other families while waiting oh so patiently to see my husband’s unit get home.  Two sets of parents, both whose sons were returning from their first deployments, asked me if deployments ever get easier.  I smiled a bit and responded “unfortunately no”.      It never gets easier […]

By Sherri Ackerman / The Tampa Tribune Even with her father in Iraq, 2 1/2-year-old Keirah Nelson wakes to his voice each morning. “Keirah, this is Daddy,” Army Spect. Scott Nelson singsongs from a recording inside a cotton doll adorned with his picture. “I love you very much. Have a good day.” The custom-made Daddy […]

This is a powerful post from a soldier serving in Afghanistan. See the orignal story here. On Friday our patrol got hit. An insurgent threw a grenade into one of our patrol vehicles. I helped the rest of my guys carry my roommate to the CSH (Combat Support Hospital) here in Mosul in a black […]

Heroes At Home’s Katie Dyer will be on loan to You Served Military Blog for the next two weeks. (May 15-28) It’s entirely new content…. so make sure to check out her posts and all the other great You Served Bloggers!  Read You Served.

When I chose Kelly to be my deployment “Battle Buddy,” the appeal was two-fold. One, she knew what I was going through, without me having to explain it. Two, she’s funny. REALLY funny. I can’t tell you how much less stressful that made my life. Kelly helped me laugh through the decision not to take the Xanax […]

We’re excited to welcome Jennifer and Mike Manocchio to the Heroes At Home family. Mike is a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and Jennifer is a marketing and public relations professional. They live in North Carolina with their Boxer, Monty. The Manocchios have been through four deployments together and have lots of wisdom to […]

I read this post on another Army Wife’s blog…. it made me cry. Seriously, tears streaming down my face. I could not have expressed the way I feel any better – I wish I had written this myself. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Welcome Home Soldier Very soon you’ll be home. And on one […]

This is a sweet post from another Army wife…. what a wonderful sentiment from her soldier! You can see her blog here. My Medal for “Army Wife” Service  DH gave me his ARCOM medal, which is awarded to soldiers that “distinguishes himself or herself by an act of heroism, extraordinary achievement, or meritorious service.” He […]