Rumor Mill: Being There for the Birth of a Baby

Rumor Mill: Will my husband be sent home from deployment for the birth of our child? I heard they will for the first child but not for others. Fact: Some units do in fact try to send soldiers home … [Read more...]

Dealing with Multiple Deployments

Just within the last few weeks, I have heard from several spouses that their soldier has become the "lucky" recipient of deployment orders for the third or fourth time since 9/11. Going through one … [Read more...]

The Importance of Attending Pre-Deployment Briefing

Most units will require the soldier to attend if the family members are unable to be there. If at all possible, you should try to attend the pre-deployment briefing. My husband’s unit always scheduled … [Read more...]

Support Systems During Deployments

When our soldier deploys overseas to a war zone, support is definitely a necessity. In my experience, those with the strongest support network are also the ones who survive the deployment experience the … [Read more...]

How to Survive a Deployment

These stories were submitted by website visitors. ***** as submitted by Karina My fiancee is in the Army and this is his first deployment. He left at the end of January 2007, … [Read more...]

How to Stay Connected During Deployments

These tips were sent in by site visitors. ***** as submitted by Rachel The best way to show support, stay connected and maintain your relationship with your solider while … [Read more...]

Deployments with Sesame Street

Sesame Street has partnered with Wal-Mart to make a deployment kit available to all military families with children. This kit contains a Sesame Street DVD, a Parent/Caregiver magazine, and a child’s … [Read more...]

Helping Kids Face Deployment

By: Michelle S. McIntyre-Brewer Leadership and Individual Giving Manager United Way of the Capital Region Many military families are facing deployment on a regular basis as we face the War on Terror. … [Read more...]

More Deployment Coping Tips for Army Kids

as submitted by Kendra I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old, we are going through our first deployment now. It has been very hard on the kids of course they are really to young to understand fully what … [Read more...]

12 Tips To Help Army Kids Cope with Deployments

These are tips that I have gathered from Army wives who are moms and I hope you will find them useful as well. If you have other tips to share, please email me. Also, all of these tips refer to dad as … [Read more...]