Dear Maddie, How do I explain a deployment to my 2-and-3-year-olds? They ask “why” a lot and don’t understand that Daddy will be gone for a while where they can’t talk …
Topic: Family
Guest Blog | Welcome Back Home
Guest Blogger: Salyssa Camacho My contribution to the Military Family Month observance comes with equal measures of pride and grit, along with a chaser of relief. My husband just completed the first …
Guest Blog | #MyMilFam Always Flexible
Guest Blogger: Faith St. Thomas Semper Gumby. As an Air Force brat, who married a sailor, I know with a certainty that flexibility is the secret sauce of military life. My husband …
Guest Blog | #MyMilFam Advancing Equality for LGBT Service Members
Guest Bloggers: Chris Dellamura & Aaron Austin Imagine living your life as both participant and not-so-casual observer. That out-of-body experience is what it can be like to be a gay person in …
Guest Blog | #MyMilFam Going Home
Guest Blogger: Natalie Burke Author Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again, even if you questioned whether you wanted to. I grew up as an Army brat – with all …
Guest Blog | #MyMilFam Staying Connected
Guest Blogger: Carmen Puckett My contribution to the Military Family month reflections comes as my husband, Rob, prepares to deploy to Okinawa from our home at Camp Pendleton. Rob is a Marine …