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Military Tax Break: Roll-over of SGLI and Death Gratuity to Roth IRA
Nobody likes to think about, or for that matter talk about, their own mortality. But, if something were to happen to you, you certainly would want your spouse to know about special tax benefits available to...
We Can Do It: 4 Challenges and 6 Solutions for Military Spouse Education and Careers
Do you ever feel like being a military spouse is a full-time job all by itself? During my husband’s last deployment, I often said that I had two full-time jobs; one required keeping the office at...
School Violence
Did you know… Millions of crimes are committed on school grounds each year. These crimes include: Theft: Items are stolen from purses, lockers, backpacks, and cars. Physical attacks: Incidents that result in injury to one or...
Healing Stress Injuries
The stress of operational deployment can challenge service members and their families like few other experiences in life.It can also change them in many significant ways. The changes caused by a tough deployment can often be...
Tax Preparation, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Computer
It’s tax time again, which means the countdown to April 15th is on. According to a recent government survey (reported in Forbes magazine), taxpayers will spend a whopping 6.1 billion hours “complying with the tax code.”...
Personal Responsibility and Health, in the Military and Beyond
I learned a great life lesson from my First Sergeant during our train up for Afghanistan in 2008. We were at Fort Bragg at FOB Patriot with many on the team getting sick from the 18...
Preventing Sexual Harassment and Assault
Whenever men and women live and work together, as they do in the military, feelings of sexual attraction may arise. But sexual interaction isn’t always about satisfying sexual urges. Forcing sexual attention on someone who is...
The Military Man’s Guide to Pregnancy: What to Do When the Big Day Comes
A military man is unflappable in the face of danger; he makes hasty decisions of great importance, takes on responsibility for the lives of other people, and achieves great things, all under stress levels that would...
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