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ARMY DEPLOYMENTS For Care Package articles, please click here!
Wounded Soldiers Hotline: 800-984-8523
Emergency Communication Service through American Red Cross (will open new window)
FINANCIAL & OFFICIAL ASPECTS
As an Army wife, will you continue to be able to live on post when he deploys? Should you move back home with family? If you do, will BAH change? Find out here.
OPSEC, also known as Operational Security, is an essential component in the Army lifestyle. It could save the life of your soldier or his fellow soldiers.
Find out who this is and what role they play during deployment.
EMOTIONAL ASPECTS
I highly recommend this book for all Army wives and Army family members. Read my thoughts about it.
Dealing With The Emotional Roller Coaster of Deployment Deployments can take a toll on Army wives and Army families both physically and emotionally. Find out what to expect during the deployment cycle.
Staying Connected During a Deployment It can be difficult to feel connected to your soldier when he's so far away. Use these tips to stay connected. Also, read stories sent in by other Army wives and family members!
10 Things To Never Say To Someone With A Deployed Soldier (originally posted on my blog) We've all heard insensitive comments when our husbands are deployed. Well, here's my top 10 list of things never to say to an Army wife. What's on yours?
Homecomings (originally posted on my blog) Who should be there and who shouldn't be to welcome your soldier home from deployment? Read my opinion.
A follow-up to my original post in response to the hundreds of blog responses and emails I have received since posting the original Homecomings opinion.
SURVIVING DEPLOYMENT
Find information and resources for dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Read about my experience and what you can expect during your soldier's VTC during deployment.
Find out how I cope with the media during deployments.
It's a love-hate relationship during deployments with the telephone.
Deployment Habits (originally posted on my blog) Do you have certain habits or rituals when your husband is deployed? Here, I am sharing mine.
Counting Down (originally posted on my blog) How do you countdown your deployment? Let me count the ways!
Sleepless Nights (originally posted on my blog) If your soldier is deployed, I know you can relate to this one.
Staying busy during deployments is key to survival. Find out ways you can keep yourself busy and be a deployment pro.
TIPS FROM WEBSITE VISITORS
Your New Best Friend: Survival Tips to a Husbandless Existence by Regan McDonald Regan shares ideas of things to do when your best friend and husband is away for training or deployment.
Avoid the Rumor Mill: Deployment Tip from Elle Cievie The rumor mill among the families of the soldiers who are in the rear can be the most destructive part of a deployment.
Scrapbooking - A Great Way to Stay Busy Stay busy and enjoy time with friends by scrapbooking. Best of all, it is a readymade gift for your soldier when he returns home.
Survive a Deployment with Exercise Read about this deployment tip submitted by Karina.
Tips to Survive a Deployment by Pat How to include the kids and get restful sleep.
How Becky Survived Her Soldier's Deployment
OTHER RESOURCES
"These Boots" Resource from Military OneSource (will open in new window)
National Guard Guide To Deployment - This is a pdf document that you will need Acrobat to view and read.
Find out about telephone support groups for family members of soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Vets Prevail A free and unique online tool created by veterans to help fellow veterans adjust to life after a combat situation. Click here to learn more.
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