Your Five-Step Pre-Deployment Financial Checklist This five-step pre-deployment financial checklist can safeguard your finances during deployment and ensure a smoother...
The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: Military Family Perspective The emotional cycle of an extended deployment, six months or greater, is readily divided into five distinct stages. These...
Deployment: Worst Case Scenario It's not good to think about, but it must be prepared for. If you die while you are on duty, you will want to make sure that...
'My Mom Does Not Like It': Inside A Nighttime 82nd Airborne Jump as Troops Wait to Deploy There's pride within the 82nd's ranks, serving in the division tasked with being America's shock troops.
3 Ways to Change Your Military Marriage Story If marriage is a bookshelf, then a military marriage can be a collection of loneliness.
The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: Pre-Deployment The pre-deployment stage is characterized alternately by denial and anticipation of loss.
Predeployment Checklist There seems to be no consistency in the military regarding predeployment checklists. While some units take this task very...
Deployment: Financial Preparation Being financially prepared is a big part of overall deployment readiness. Here are some basic guidelines that should be...
The Unmarried Girl’s (or Guy’s) Guide to Deployment Based on personal experience, here's the “The Unmarried Girl’s (or Guy’s) Guide to Deployment,” a collection of vital tips...
Why Are We Fighting So Much Before Deployment? A spouse feels overwhelmed as her husband prepares for the first deployment of their young marriage.
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
