The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: Sustainment The sustainment stage lasts from the first month through the fifth (penultimate) month of deployment.
14 Photos That Show Military Kids Are the Very Best Our littlest warriors sacrifice and serve alongside mom and dad, but unlike their parents, it's a lifestyle they didn't...
This Nonprofit Hands Out Grants to Kids in Often-Overlooked Military Families Our Military Kids is a program that funds scholarships to Reserve and National Guard families, allowing children to...
Celebrate the Month of the Military Child with AAFES After a difficult 2020, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is creating something special with the Month of the...
Honoring Children in Month of the Military Child Military children are the very fabric of the military community, and they play an essential role in supporting their parents’...
Sailors, Marines to Get an Extra Week of Leave to Welcome New Baby The sea services announced that members will be authorized 21 days for secondary caregiver leave, bringing the benefit in...
Top Signs Your Military Kid Has Gone Too Hooah Military kids are experts at embracing the military lifestyle. But sometimes they go, well, too hooah.
6 Ways that Boot Camp and Motherhood Are the Same You think parent life doesn't mirror boot camp? Think again.
Military Teens Are Struggling With Mental Well-Being, Food Insecurity, Survey Finds The poll, which included more than 2,000 service members' children, indicates a need for more programs and services for this...
Tips for Military Parenting Generation Z There is a moment in parenting when you realize that you no longer have the advantage.
Veterans Who Lack Citizenship Fear Being Swept Up in Trump's Deportations Veterans are often promised that military service will be a fast-track to U.S. citizenship for themselves and their family...
How This Female Pilot Beat the Odds and Flew for the Air Force Thunderbirds Retired Air Force fighter pilot Michelle Curran flew for the Thunderbirds demonstration team from 2019 through 2021.
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
The Future of Crewless Naval Warfare Is Being Built in New England This year’s Big Beautiful Bill, signed by President Donald Trump in July, allocated several billion dollars toward unmanned...
Department of Defense Memo Proposes Sweeping Reorganization of Acquisition Work A recent memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposes a sweeping reorganization of defense acquisition work that would...