Defining 'Military Deployment'
Deployment: An Overview
Strictly speaking, "deployment" refers to activities required to move military personnel and materials -- but it also means m...
Pre-Deployment
During Deployment
Staying Informed as a Spouse, Parent, or Partner
Every person who loves a returning service member should get educated about their experience and how it might impact them.
Keeping Your Child Involved During a Deployment
Don't hide what's happening from you children. When they ask how you feel, have an answer ready so you don't confuse them.
Communicating With Loved Ones While Deployed
Receiving mail and care packages is a terrific morale booster for your service member loved one, but there's a lot more you c...
Restful Sleep Key to Health On and Off Duty
Whether you're deployed or waiting for someone who is, getting the right amount and type of sleep can help with tough situati...
Family Care Plans Ease Stress, Boost Readiness
An up-to-date family care plan can help ease stress and boost family resilience and readiness during a service member's absen...
Stress and Support Systems for Military Spouses
As a couple, it's important to understand up front how stress can impact your relationship.
Homecoming and Reintegration
In order to ensure a smooth transition back to work, you need to communicate with your employer. You have rights and responsibilities under USERRA.
If military family life consultants had a motto, it might be: "Have counseling license -- will travel."
Returning home after a deployment is usually met with warmth and love, but it can also be a challenging period of readjustment.
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Recent Deployment Articles
Air Force Says No Airmen Have Been Booted over the Deploy-or-Out Policy
The Air Force also said it has lowered the number of airmen ineligible for deployment due to injury or disability this year.
This Aircraft Carrier Skipper Fled Iran as a Child. Now He's Deploying amid Heightened Tensions.
Capt. Kavon Hakimzadeh took command of the USS Harry S. Truman in July, achieving a goal he set for himself 30 years ago.
Delaware Army National Guard Unit Deploying to Middle East
The soldiers will be away for nearly a year as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
US Troops Want to Keep Deploying to Afghanistan, Enlisted Leaders Say
Top NCOs maintain that troops are still eager to go to combat zones.
There Are Now 2,500 US Marines in Australia After Years of Buildup
The first Marines arrived in Darwin, Australia in 2012.
Navy SEALs Kicked Out of Iraq Over 'Deterioration of Good Order and Discipline'
Naval Special Warfare has faced recent troubling discipline problems, including reports of drug use in the ranks.
Navy Identifies Sailor Lost at Sea from Carrier Lincoln
Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana was reported overboard July 17.
West Virginia Soldier Dies in Kuwait in Non-Combat Incident
The incident is under investigation.
US Troops Returning to Saudi Arabia Amid Threats from Iran
The Saudi air base became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington in 2003...
Navy Ends Search for Sailor Missing from the Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln
The sailor was reported overboard in the Arabian Sea July 17.