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Deployment

Deployments can change everything. Prepare, staying connected, and join your fellow spouses in the reintegration process. You are not alone.

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You can miss them while they’re away and still be angry at them

By Jessica Evans

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5 things you can cry about even if no one deployed this month

By Jessica Evans

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Today’s Mail Call is a blend of digital and traditional connection

By Daniella Horne

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Thoughtful and fun Christmas care package ideas for your service member

By Daniella Horne

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Making the most of Thanksgiving as military spouses flying solo

By Daniella Horne

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The 7 emotional stages of a deployment homecoming

By Jessica Evans

"Yeah, that's my dad," little Michael Standfill (center) seems to say as he intently watches his father Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Standfill kiss his wife Terri during their reunion on the pier in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 18, 2000. Michael's father, who is a Navy operations specialist, just returned from six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf aboard the USS Mahan (DDG 72). The Mahan was one of nine ships assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group which enforced no-fly zones over the former Yugoslavia and Southern Iraq. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin Maddock, U.S. Navy. (Released)

Honeymoons to Headaches: The messy, beautiful reality of the deployment reunion

By Adam Gramegna

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Everything you need to know to prepare for your first ‘deployment spiral’

By Jessica Evans

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4 milspouse personas you’ll meet during deployment

By Jessica Evans

A smiling woman with light brown hair is surrounded by multiple hands applying makeup and grooming her. The hands hold various beauty tools including makeup brushes, a lipstick, lip gloss applicator, mascara wand, a compact powder, and a red comb. The scene is bright and focused on the woman's face.

6 real truths about the deployment glow-up

By Jessica Evans

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Wellness Memoir: The light at the end of the tunnel was finally glowing

By Jaimi Erickson

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Easy crockpot recipes for milspouses during deployment

By Jessica Evans

Morgan Hargus, a coordinator of the Camp Zama Stroller Warriors, does strength training in front of the U.S. Army Japan Headquarters at Camp Zama April 23, 2019.

9 tips to thrive during your service member’s TDY

By Erin Henderson

Hands cracking an egg over a black frying pan on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by fresh ingredients including eggs in a carton, Swiss cheese slices, sliced cucumbers, whole cucumbers, basil, spinach, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes on the vine, avocado (whole and halved), and open-faced sandwiches topped with avocado slices, cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, and spinach on a green plate.

Solo meals with soul: How to make cooking for one feel like self-care

By Jessica Evans

Staff Sgt. Anthony Richmond and his 1-year-old son Coleton applaud at the end of a song-and-dance routine. USMC photo.

Coping mechanisms for children during a parent’s deployment

By Tamika Sherman

Wellness Memoir: Crohn’s Disease, a baby and a year-long deployment

Wellness Memoir: Crohn’s Disease, a baby and a year-long deployment

By Jaimi Erickson

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released

Homecoming strategies for couples

By Jessica Evans

Five U.S. Air Force personnel in uniform stand indoors, each holding boxes or handfuls of assorted candy. They are smiling and appear to be in an office setting with framed certificates and posters on the walls behind them.

Soldiers’ Angels ‘Treats For Troops’ Halloween candy collection has begun

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda L. Ray./Released)

Practical ways military spouses can face a year-long deployment

By Jaimi Erickson

Capt. Christopher Benson, 916th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, hugs his kids, Feb. 18, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Benson surprised his kids by returning home early from about a three month deployment to Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shawna Keyes)

5 proven strategies to reconnect with your kids after coming home from time apart