A lot of focus is placed on the difficulty associated with military families transferring schools during a PCS or deployment, but the military community faces problems with school bureaucracy at other times as well. Not every school district is lax with rules and regulations, and spending time with a parent they don’t often see because [...]
The Internet has become an incredibly important tool for the military community to document and share their experiences. Personal blogs and social media have given everyone an opportunity to share their story. National Guard wife Ali Gibbs uses her blog, Better Together, as a springboard for her thoughts and feelings. And that insight can amount [...]
One of the most anxiety-ridden times for a military family is right before homecoming. There is often a high level of uncertainty about how the service member responded to the difficulties of deployment. We asked readers about the stress of homecoming and collected some great ideas for how to ease it and make sure things [...]
Online Hate: When Internet Users Criticize Servicemembers
My husband often complains when people stop and thank him when he is in uniform. He says, “I’m just doing my job, it makes me uncomfortable for people to thank me for doing my job.” I understand that to a degree. He feels like there are so many servicemembers who have died, suffered and sacrificed [...]