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Proposed Defense Budget May Leave Behind Some Military Families

“Personnel cuts aren’t the only cuts in store for military families. Service members also will face increased health care fees, deductibles and co-payments phased in over several years, although the Pentagon didn’t offer specifics. Military-age retirees who make more than $45,179 annually – a pension usually reserved for officers –...
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Military Wife… The Toughest Job In The Military

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What’s in a Name? Plenty…

Although planning a wedding can be stressful, there is no doubt any married man will tell you it is completely, unreservedly worth every minute. One decision, however, looms over even the color of the text on the place cards: do you change your name? If you are keeping your own...
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Proposed Changes to FMLA May Help Military Families

Today, changes will be proposed to update the Family and Medical Leave Act. The new rules will help military families who require time off to care for service members who are injured or called to active duty. The proposed rule changes will allow family members up to 12 weeks off...
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Your Spouse Has Depression? Here’s How to Help.

I have depression. Actually, if you want to be specific, my diagnosis is much longer and more detailed than that. Depression is a lot shorter to say and to type. Let us not be prisoners of mere words and move forward together. I am lucky to have my spouse. Not...
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5 New Year’s Resolutions to Strengthen the Family

The New Year is fast approaching, and if you’re like most people, you’re taking stock of 2011 – your ups and downs, successes and failures – and figuring out how to do better in 2012. The most common resolutions people make are major life changes like losing 50 pounds or...
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Free or Discounted Child Care Agencies for Military Families

According to my father-in-law, Cokes used to cost only a nickel, everybody liked Ike, and the world was a swell place. Childcare was easy to find in this world also, since family was always nearby and you had known the neighbor’s kids their whole lives. Sadly, military people have never...
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NFL Football Team Surprises Marine Widow with a New House

United States Marine Scott Wood died several weeks ago after getting wounded during a combat mission in Iraq. Before his funeral, his spouse dressed him in 2 uniforms. First, the marine wore his dress blues. Beneath, he was wearing a Houston Texans, number 80 jersey, that of receiver Andre Johnson. Scott and his wife, Sara Wood, were married 8...
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MotoMail for Marines

Family and friends of Marines deployed to Afghanistan can send a physical letter to their loved one without leaving the house or paying for postage. MotoMail is a free, private and secure service that allows you to write a message out like an e-mail. Then, in Afghanistan, the letter will...
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Care Packages, Part 2: How to Send Them

Now that we’ve covered What To Send in a Care Package in Part 1, today in Part 2 we explain HOW to send it. Without a doubt the best way to go is USPS. They have priority flat-rate boxes (pictured) made specifically for those who are sending mail to APOs...
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