This Military Kid Wrote a Book on Coping with Deployments and His Dad Illustrated To help other military families also be brave, the father and son duo recently published a children's book.
Nominations Open for the Military Child of the Year Award Military kids are the unsung heroes of this crazy life. Now, here's a way to recognize them.
Meet the Retired Generals Working to End Childhood Obesity for a Fitter Force A report by the organization Mission: Readiness declared the child obesity epidemic a national security issue.
How to Afford Child Care After Leaving the Military Child care is expensive. Do you have a plan for affording it?
New Citizenship Policy to Affect Roughly 25 Military Children Per Year, Officials Say The policy spells out what the department deems residency in terms of U.S. citizenship considerations of offspring born...
Terminally Ill Military Kids Can Now Receive Both Treatment and Hospice Parents of children with terminal illness covered by Tricare no longer have to choose between treatment and end-of-life care.
New Data Finds Child Abuse, Neglect Still Underreported in the Army The Defense Health Board is reviewing DoD policies to prevent and detect child maltreatment in military families.
Lawmakers Blast Military Personnel Chiefs over Shortage of On-Base Child Care The wait lists for on-base child care can be six months or more for military families.
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
![A child sits with a book.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-12/military-child-author.jpg?itok=tR0TAakc "Davidson Whetstone -- a pen name used by the author -- sits at a signing for his book, "Brave for my Family." (Courtesy photo via U.S. Army)")
![A policy change, ordered by the 2018 NDAA, will allow military dependents under 21 to receive both medical treatment for their terminal illness and care that falls under the umbrella of "hospice." (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Ian Valley)](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-08/child-surgery-1800.jpg?itok=B-6N8G3W "A policy change, ordered by the 2018 NDAA, will allow military dependents under 21 to receive both medical treatment for their terminal illness and care that falls under the umbrella of "hospice." (U.S. Army/ Sgt. Ian Valley)")
