Hobbies That Keep Military Spouses Sane (and Why They Matter More Than We Think) Military spouses spend so much time supporting others that it’s easy to forget we need support, too. Sometimes that support...
Travel Sports and Military Life: Should You Try It? Travel sports and military life both demand flexibility. They stretch the family calendar. They create incredible memories...
Off the Clock With Dr. Emma: My Spouse Is Home From Deployment, but Something’s Not Right My spouse is finally home after deployment. This is what we waited for. This is what we pushed through all the hard days for...
4 Things Families Need to Know About the Military’s MWR Libraries If you’ve never explored what your DoD library access includes, it may be worth taking a look.
Guilt-Free Flexibility: Do Top Employers Understand What Spouses Really Want? Military spouses are not alone in their need for flexible work. Researchers have found that in general, more-flexible...
The Community You Carry With You as a Military Spouse Military spouses understand “community” differently from most people. We build it, lose it and rebuild it faster than feels...
Off the Clock with Dr. Emma: Will Love Survive a Spouse’s Medical Separation from the Military? Dear Dr. Emma, My husband is being med-boarded out of the Army after 14 years of service. On paper, this was supposed to be a...
Off the Clock with Dr. Emma: Resist the Holiday Runaround on Your Trip Back Home Dear Dr. Emma, This will be our fourth year going back home for the holidays since my husband joined the Navy, and honestly...
Off the Clock with Dr. Emma: My Affair Started During Her Deployment. How Do I Tell My Wife? “I think I'm having an affair and I don't know what to do.”
Off the Clock with Dr. Emma: The Army Ruined Our Marriage. Why Am I Grieving Our Divorce? Divorce asks us to grieve not only the person we married, but a version of ourselves too.
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
