Spouses, kids, caregivers, survivors — the home front that holds everything together. Programs, benefits, and stories for veteran families.
The scene is probably all too familiar. You’re trying to get dinner on the table before rushing out the door for practice.
During World War I, families began flying flags or banners to honor their loved one serving in a war. Blue stars were hung for every immediate family member away, often including several stars for a..
We know how this story goes. A PCS interrupts your career just as things are starting to fall into place. You discover that transferring a professional license is more complicated than you expected.
Photos courtesy of Tina G. Williams This spring, my family ended up living in two hotel rooms in Helena, Montana. Within weeks, we had lost both our home and my husband’s civilian job.
Traffic was at a standstill as an accident, combined with the early morning rush to get to work in the capital city of Columbia, S.C.
If you’ve ever wanted to watch a service member visibly short-circuit over a seemingly innocent comment, one military creator has assembled the ultimate playbook.
A premature newborn with elevated lead levels, a child who missed nearly half the school year because of mold-related illness, and families reporting electrical fires, flooding and cockroaches...
Photos courtesy of S. Renée Phillips There was no celebration when my mother learned she was pregnant—only a conversation.
You know the horror film currently creeping the crap out of audiences? The one that was made by a twentysomething YouTuber and has gone on to make $371.1 million globally (so far)?
This month’s VetResources Community Network (VRCN) Monthly Connect centered on a critical but often overlooked idea: if we want Veterans to thrive, we must also support their families.
Military spouses have long been masters of adaptation, flexibility, and adjustment on any given challenge brought to our attention, especially the ones that demand action.
A Persian Gulf War veteran with Alzheimer’s disease was pushed, punched and shoved violently into his wheelchair in a state-run veterans home this spring — allegedly by his caretaker, a man who also..
CHAMPVA and Tricare are both federal government health care programs tied to military service. They are run by different federal agencies, cover different groups of people and operate on different...
One is a self-aware genre-defying comedy-slash-horror. The other is true horror—and truly creepy—but made through unconventional means by a 20-something YouTuber. And they’re both absolutely killing.
One of the most difficult conversations within the military-connected community is the intersection of long-term military service, trauma, and personality traits that can become increasingly...
Just after midnight on Monday, July 30, 1945, the first Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS Indianapolis’s starboard bow. Then another.
Photos courtesy of Karen Hartman I stood in a Brooklyn post office renewing my teenage son’s passport, hoping to board a plane by summertime.
100-year-old Korean War Veteran speaks on her century of service, life and patriotism At 100 years old, Korean War Veteran Catherine Alessandri offers a living reminder that history is not only found.
Have you ever felt that gripping feeling deep in your chest? It catches your breath and slows time down as you imagine everything that could possibly go wrong in a moment.
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not show up on a resume. It is the exhaustion of starting over . Again. A new duty station. A new school district. A new credentialing process.
The group of men arrived at the Central Bank of Iraq before sunrise on March 18, 2003. Hours before the bank officially opened for the day, Qusay Hussein—the younger of Iraqi President Saddam...
Parenting already feels like organized chaos. Now add two military careers, four kids, competing duty schedules, and you’ve got the reality of a dual-military household.
Military families are built tough, but some everyday habits are quietly burning them out. Here’s what’s really going on behind all that “we’re good” energy.
Ask a civilian what the hardest part of military life is, and they’ll probably say deployments . Long separations, missed birthdays, the whole Hollywood version of sacrifice. Ask a military spouse?
Patricia Sandoval once believed she would never marry someone in the military. With two brothers and an uncle who had served, she had witnessed the demands of military life and doubted her ability to.
