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
Grandmother Returns from First Deployment in National Guard
Willis returned home on Sunday, when she appeared at her church, Kingdom Life Fellowship in Nitro to surprise her grandson.
Army Announces Unit Deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea
U.S. Army brigade combat teams will deploy this summer to Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea to participate in ongoing rotations.
USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves Hampton Roads for Deployment, New Home
With Lincoln's homeport changing, some Navy families have already left Hampton Roads for the West Coast.
Army Resumes Cold War-Era Snap Deployments to Europe
The Army is relearning the art of snap deployments as it adapts to a new Pentagon strategy known as Dynamic Force Employment.
DoubleTree Employees Fired for Displaying Sign Disparaging Military at Hotel Bar
The sign was created and displayed by two supervisors of the hotel and displayed at a post-deployment event.
Special Operations Pilot Charged with Raping Airman During Deployment
An officer has been charged with multiple counts of sexually assaulting a female senior airman while deployed to Uganda.
Family of Fallen Navy Linguist Keeps Up Rule Change Fight as She Receives Honors
Family and friends have delivered thousands of messages to Capitol Hill to overturn a DoD rule that led to Kent's deployment.
Thousands of Sailors, Marines Set to Return from Historic Middle East Deployment
The Essex Amphibious Ready Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit just wrapped up a deployment.
400 US Troops Staying in Syria to Keep Pressure on ISIS, Protect Kurds
About 400 U.S. troops will stay in Syria, split between the northeast and a base near the Jordanian border.
