Part 1 Well, here I sit in front of the laptop staring at the blank page in front of me. I want to help a good friend who has been my crutch through the most difficult time of my life. She has given me an assignment and a deadline (which I have...
Sometimes it’s a little difficult being a soldier's mom. He calls and forgets that I work during the day but that’s the only time he has to call. He forgets the time difference. So, now, when he calls, I take my break no matter what time of the day...
Kathy, a Mom of a soldier and an educator contributed this piece. It contains some very good information for deploying Guardsmen. Thank you so much! As a new school year looms in the very near future, I think about those students whose educational...
This article was written by a proud parent of a female member of the military in 2008. We have republished it because the insight continues to carry relevance to this day. So it’s official. (Actually it was official a week ago, but I think I needed...
The Army is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the creation of the Army Family Action Plan. The Army Family Action Plan was created in response to quality of life issues Army families were experiencing in the all volunteer Army — with a realization...
This article was originally written in 2008 by a soldier's mother during the Iraq war. We are republishing it because the insight continues to hold relevance for parents of active duty military -- past, future, and present. Recently, the 3rd...
Each service has a set of “core values” the service has identified as important principles for its members to follow. These core values are taught during basic training, or officer training, and are reinforced throughout a member’s service. For the...
365 days after I stood at Fort Benning and hugged my son and his buddies as they deployed to Iraq, I wrote about what it was like to live “here” while part of our heart was “there”. When our son deployed, we had been told to plan for an 18-month...
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