Here is an article about the deployment of the New Jersey National Guard. But it’s so much more than that. It’s an article about the things no one talks about: that being the one left at home is much harder than you think it’s going to be (no matter how independent you are); that the […]

A University in Oregon has a grant to create a website to help military spouses through deployment. Talk about a much-needed resource! In order to create this site, and have it be helpful, they need YOUR input. WHO: Spouses/partners of service members who have been deployed WHAT: A self-help website is being created by Oregon […]

Today, I was talking to a very wise military wife whose husband is a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. They’ve been married for about 15 years, and she is no stranger to deployment. Here’s what she told me: ‘The difference between a wife whose husband is deployed, and a widow or a divorced wife is […]