The Deployment Comes before Reintegration Heather Forsgren Weaver writes about a teleconference sponsored by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health...
Reintegration Concerns Are Normal, Expected Part of Deployment Cycle If you've redeployed recently and seem to have trouble fitting into the family routine again, there's one important factor...
Spouse Describes Reunion, Reintegration Challenges One spouse describes the ups and downs of reunion and reintegration and lessons learned.
What to Expect When They Come Home Homecoming is always cited as a tremendous source of joy and relief after any deployment. Post-deployment honeymoon periods...
Spouse Welcomes Home Husband Isabel Hodge writes about her husband’s homecoming and shares his thoughts on what servicemembers most value when they return...
Quiet Homecoming It’s happened over and over in military homes across the country. Well-meaning family and friends are practically busting...
Homecoming Tips for Spouses and Troops It takes time to get used to being together as a family again -- follow these tips to make the transition easier.
They Call It 'Post Traumatic Growth.' I Call It 'Living' In the ashes of loss, it is the gift of moving forward.
Military Family Deployment 101 Preparing for deployment can seem like an uphill battle. But we've been there. Here's what you need to know.
Sebastian Junger's Draft Proposal: Service with Non-Military Options Mandatory national service, writer-producer Sebastian Junger argues, "would give young people a very valuable lesson."
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
