Video Games You Can Play with Your Friends and Kids While Deployed Tech advances have made it possible to play pretty high-end games in real time if you and the other players can agree on a...
Soldiers Are Away from Home Now More than Ever Despite No Major Ongoing Wars Military.com spoke to more than a dozen soldiers about a rapid cadence of missions and training schedules packed to the point...
Navy Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Deployments The change comes just over a month after the Pentagon formally dropped the requirement for all service members to be...
5 Gifts for Handling the Holidays During Deployment The holidays are meant to be a time of togetherness. So how do you handle them during deployment?
Holidaygasm: I'll Have What She’s Having Jacey Eckhart talks about faking holiday spirit during a Christmas deployment -- and fooling everyone, even those closest to...
Your Five-Step Pre-Deployment Financial Checklist This five-step pre-deployment financial checklist can safeguard your finances during deployment and ensure a smoother...
5 Steps for Handling a Surprise Deployment Surprise deployments are annoying but can sometimes be a blessing in disguise. Here are some ways to get everything ready in...
I Miss Daddy! What Can We Do? Inspired by my daughter, and her struggle with her dad's deployment, I wrote a book called "I Miss Daddy."
Canceled Deployments Are a Mistake Cost-saving by canceling deployments means less sufficient training and readiness.
Managing Holiday Finances When a Spouse Is Deployed Holiday stress can be even greater when your spouse is deployed. Here's how to make things better.
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
'Band of Brothers' Actors Are Training to Parachute into Normandy for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would...
Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation The case of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel Command, was also referred by the Army to the Defense...
The State Department’s New Armored Vehicle Is on Another Level As if you needed another reason to apply for embassy duty.
The Hardest Part of Special Operations Selection Programs – and How to Handle It Contrary to what one might expect, the most arduous part of a U.S. special operations selection program is not the actual...