She has been through 5 deployments with us and always takes it like a champ. She might mope a day or two after her hero in uniform is gone, but she quickly picks up her head and begins to take on the pack leader’s job. She makes coming home at night a little easier. And […]

By JULIE PERCHA/ABC Ask 9-year old Valerie Gonzalez of Alhambra, Calif., about her father’s job, and she flashes a toothless smile. “I like it. My dad knows how to protect me,” she said of Army Master Sgt. Juan Gonzalez, a member of the California Army National Guard, who recently returned from a tour of Kosovo. […]

Okay, so I have been trying to think positively about deployment since it continues to lurk in the dark corner. Here is about all I could muster up. 1. Getting the bed to myself. While it might take me a month to get use to sleeping without him, I eventually start taking up the entire […]

A recent study of Army wives finds military couples struggle to communicate effectively before, during and after a service member’s deployment. Prior to deployment, Army wives reported anxiety and anticipation for their husband’s pending assignments. However, Army wives were also eager for their husbands to deploy so they could move on with their lives, according […]