Shedding the Shame of 'Dependa' In the military, there is a term for this genre of insult. It's called "dependa-shaming," and as a longtime military spouse...
3 Ways to Make Friends on a Short Duty Assignment Is it even worth it to make new friends when you're only living someplace for a few months?
Can You Continue with Girl Scouts When You PCS Overseas? Moving overseas doesn't mean you have to stop participating in Girl Scouts. Here's how you can continue with the organization...
What to Expect When They Come Home Homecoming is always cited as a tremendous source of joy and relief after any deployment. Post-deployment honeymoon periods...
Spouse Welcomes Home Husband Isabel Hodge writes about her husband’s homecoming and shares his thoughts on what servicemembers most value when they return...
Quiet Homecoming It’s happened over and over in military homes across the country. Well-meaning family and friends are practically busting...
Homecoming Tips for Spouses and Troops It takes time to get used to being together as a family again -- follow these tips to make the transition easier.
Diary of the Last Two Weeks of Deployment To outsiders, the last two weeks of deployment ought to be happy, easy, simple weeks of anticipation. Those days are never...
The First Week of Homecoming Sarah Smiley recounts the tumultuous first few days of her servicemember's return home and how everyone learns to adjust.
What A Grateful Nation Must Do Now One of the things I think we Americans have to understand is how historical timing can affect the return from war.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...