Deployment

Deployment is a major event in the lives of military families. From pre-mobilization to care package ideas to reintegration, we have all the resources you need to practically and emotionally prepare for a deployment.

The Emotional Cycle of Deployment: Pre-Deployment

The Pre-deployment StageAnticipation of loss vs. denialTrain-up/long hours awayGetting affairs in orderMental/physical distanceArgumentsTime frame: variableThe onset of this stage begins with the w...

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Celebrating Special Occasions During Deployment

No military family gets excited about deployment; instead, we kick it into high gear with planning for such things as financial and legal readiness, child-care arrangements and emotional stability.... more.

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Sending Edible Treats to the Middle East: Culinary Care Package

Anyone who has deployed to the Middle East knows that sending chocolate is usually an exercise in futility. It melts, quickly. While a chocolate Easter bunny missing his ears is just a quality i... more.

Holiday Mailing Guidelines Set

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Until Deployment Do Us Part

Military couples find love in a time of warThere was no chapel, no white dress, no rings. For Army soldiers Colleen McNulty and Jorge Villalobos, the wedding was in a Texas courthouse. The bride an... more.

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Deployment Quotes: The Things You Carry

Do you carry something from your sailor or Marine during deployment? Is there something extra in your pocket or in your purse that you don’t usually have when your soldier or airman or Coastie is home? Ever since my husband started workups in January, I’ve carried his command coin in the pocket of jeans.I didn’t ... Continue Reading