With the end of her husband’s first deployment as a married man nearing, Navy wife Amy Botelho assumed that his work-life balance was about to get easier.
When her husband received new orders in 2019, Melanie Krepps found herself facing a choice she never expected to make after decades of military life: move the family — together — or live in two...
“If you are sitting next to a child, be sure to put your mask on before assisting them with theirs.” We’ve all heard this admonition over the airplane speakers.
Four years into life outside of military service, 50-year-old Robert Simpson peered out over a waterfall in Bali, Indonesia, as the excursion guide pointed down the canyon and counted down: “Three,...
Each day, military and veteran families face challenges and have experiences often unique to military life. Frequent relocations, missed birthdays and holidays, military spouse unemployment, and...
While there are no exact figures on how many service members pursue a college education during their career, reporting by Forbes in 2025 reveals roughly 25% of active-duty personnel use tuition...
Navy wife Bea Willis stared at her phone screen in 2022. Her husband, Petty Officer 1 st Class Kyle Willis, had just told her about an upcoming deployment , his first since the couple married in 2017.
For some Americans, supporting veterans often means thinking about those returning from today’s conflicts. But numerous aging veterans, particularly those from World War II, the Korean War, or the...
When a soldier steps into a therapist’s office, they do so only after walking through a cloud of concerns: Do I look weak? What will my command think? The other troops? Wait, am I weak?
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean in April, a special team of Navy divers opened the Orion spacecraft to welcome the Artemis II crew back to Earth.
For the first time in his lifetime, Bob LaBrutta will share space on a monument that not only honors his military service, but also his grandfather, his father, and his two brothers, as USAA has...
Most military families know the feeling. The orders come through, the boxes come out, and suddenly you’re saying goodbye to the people and places that made a duty station feel like home.
Most military families know the feeling. The orders come through, the boxes come out, and suddenly you’re saying goodbye to the people and places that made a duty station feel like home.
In Maine, a new partnership between Boots2Roots and the Maine Defense Industrial Alliance (MDIA) is providing comprehensive resources for military veterans and their family members who are...
As the war in Iran continues to make headlines, military families have steeled themselves for the uncertainty that comes with conflict, with many facing deployment orders or rumors of such.
In the spirit of America’s 250th anniversary, one Medal of Honor recipient reflected on the word “hope” as he considered America for future generations. Retired Army Master Sgt.
After hearing “I’m really busy,” followed by a phone hanging up, Ki Matsko found herself in what she called “a desperate situation” at her job a while back.
In World War I , communication was as critical as the front lines. Orders moved through switchboards and had to be delivered quickly and accurately. To meet that demand, Gen. John J.
In World War I , communication was as critical as the front lines. Orders moved through switchboards and had to be delivered quickly and accurately. To meet that demand, Gen. John J.
Pop quiz, military edition: your spouse is deployed to a remote area with few communication options when your father-in-law has a heart attack. What do you do next?
Four military moves in two years. Logistically, it’s simple. We pack up our lives. My husband coordinates the movers with the Transportation Management Office and packs the U-haul as only a prior...
Astronaut Andre Douglas is living the life he dreamed of when he was only 7 years old, looking through the telescope and studying astronomy with his mother, a military nurse.
Before our family experienced our first deployment, I assumed the hardest part would begin after my husband left — once the house was quieter and routines changed.
When my husband received orders for recruiting duty , no one congratulated us. They apologized instead, and issued warnings. “Prepare for the worst.” “Hours are so long and you will never see him.
My grandfather, Joseph Mugnai Sr., started Family Magazine in 1958, shortly after leaving the Army. The idea was straightforward: military families were stretching every dollar, and he wanted to help.
In the spirit of America’s 250th anniversary , one Medal of Honor recipient reflected on the word “hope,” as he considered America for future generations. Retired Army Master Sgt.
Military life asks us to leave a little piece of ourselves behind every time we PCS. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned after years of moving, it’s that we never leave empty-handed.
This week, Americans everywhere will celebrate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and cities across the U.S.
It’s not officially summer until you’re on the beach or by the pool soaking up your next great read. Here are 10 of the buzziest, best and brilliant books to try this season, no matter your mood.
U.S. service members have always had one glimmer of hope while fighting away from home: mail. Letters — whether sealed with a sweetheart’s kiss or penned in the familiar hand of one’s mother — bring..
In the five years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, military households have adjusted to life at a different pace, without the perpetual combat deployments of Operation Enduring Freedom and.
Eleven-year-old Charlotte Smith learned how to crochet a single chain from her great-grandmother. Now a proficient self-taught crochet artist, Charlotte recently surprised her dad, Marine Master...
Twenty-five years ago, now Army Col. Paul Smith became a husband, a father and a soldier. “It was an interesting start, for sure,” he reflected.
For service members wanting to further their education, Columbia College has been providing “life-changing educational experiences” for 175 years.
The cost of a regular gallon of gas in the U.S. is $4.04, up from $3.12 a year ago, according to AAA . For those military families stationed in places like California, that number increases to $5.
I am married to a special operations soldier turned Army chaplain in the 82nd Airborne Division. Mere days after my husband returned home from training, I woke up with a scratch in my throat, and by..
Mankind is once again making history in space , with no plans to slow down. NASA announced Tuesday the names of four military members who will take the next step in “one of the most complex human...
Military families are experiencing the same cost squeeze as the rest of America, many with thinner margins to absorb it. There have been a series of economic stressors on military households, which...
Mere months after their 2006 marriage, Karie Fugett’s husband, young Marine Jimmy “Cleve” Kinsey, is severely injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
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.
Over the years, one question has landed in my inbox more than almost any other: “I want to start a business, but I don’t even know where to start.” I get it — I used to say the same thing to myself.
When Buzz Miller witnessed a heart-rending goodbye outside a shelter between a deploying service member and his pet, he was inspired to action, founding PACT for Animals in 2011.
