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Commissaries to Close Mondays, Some Tuesdays
Stars and Stripes | May 24, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Defense budget chaos could soon complicate your weekly food shopping trips. All 247 military commissaries will be closed on Mondays when civilian defense worker furloughs begin July 8, and many will be closed on Tuesdays as well, the Defense Commissary Agency said Friday. Under plans announced by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel... more
Teach Kids Financial Responsibility
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON -- April is both the Month of the Military Child and Financial Literacy Month, so it’s a good time to shine a spotlight on teaching children financial responsibility, said Barbara Thompson, the Pentagon’s director of the office of family policy/children and youth in a joint interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon... more
Lead Found in Water at 2 Navy Child Care Sites
| Mar 29, 2013
NORFOLK -- Navy parents got a dose of unpleasant news as they picked up their toddlers from the child development center at Norfolk Naval Station on Thursday: There's lead in the drinking water. The Navy conducted voluntary testing at nine child care facilities in the area and found that two of them -- located at Norfolk Naval Station and at Jo... more
Army Sergeant’s Baby Born in Car Outside Daycare
UPI | Mar 28, 2013
A Texas couple who decided to run errands before going to the hospital for the birth of their daughter said the infant "had other plans." Army Sgt. Mike Evans and his wife, Tamika, said the mother began having contractions at 4:35 a.m. Wednesday, and they decided to drop off their son at Fort Bliss' U.S. Army Child Youth and School Services for... more
What to Send Someone Who is Deployed
Military.com
Receiving a care package from home can be a real morale booster for a deployed service member. Choosing and packing the contents of the package will also help you feel closer to your loved one. Your service member will undoubtedly appreciate anything you send, but some things are particularly useful, and some items can't be sent at all. Before p... more