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PCS

How to downsize before a PCS

By Jessica Evans

Participants at the “It’s All About You,” mid-deployment workshop at the Russell Marine and Family Center aboard the base practice newly learned yoga techniques. The workshop focused on teaching patrons how to bring the luxury and relation of a spa into their homes.
MilSpouse Mental Health

7 Tips for prioritizing your well-being while supporting your active duty spouse

By Jessica Evans

Military spouses attend Pamper Me Day in the Sablich Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 3, 2018. The 81st Force Support Squadron Airman & Family Readiness Center has hosted the event for the past 14 years, offering military spouses information and business booths, free manicures, makeup tips and giveaways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Career

Entrepreneurship for military spouses: Turning passions into profitable businesses

By Tamika Sherman

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 31: Nathan Bracken of Australia and fielding coach Mike Young stand in the "Cage of Death" in the crocodile enclosure at Crocosaurus Cove on August 31, 2008 in Darwin, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Feature

Port visit guide: What to do in Australia

By Kait Hanson

A Soldier demonstrates how on of the sleep study suites are used at the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Oct. 26, 2021. WRAIR conducts sleep restriction and deprivation studies and evaluates countermeasures to develop knowledge products and materiel solutions to enhance Soldier alertness, decision-making, and performance .
MilSpouse Mental Health

The importance of sleep: Tips for restful nights

By Jessica Evans

1st Lt. Thomas Snowden interacts with one of the inhabitants of the Bad Windsheim Hundhaus on Saturday. Soldiers and players on the Black N' Blue rugby team volunteered their time to assist in the spreading of new mulch for the shelter grounds. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jon Hankey)
Mighty MilSpouse

Finding your passion through volunteerism

By Jessica Evans

military spouses on zoom cameras
Mighty MilSpouse

Author of ‘The Wives’ to headline free, online retreat for military spouses

By Team Mighty

Cancer Memoir: ‘This is me.’
Cancer Memoir

Cancer Memoir: ‘This is me.’

By Stacy Bilodeau

A Dayton police officer and his dog return to their vehicle after sweeping the Springfield City Hall grounds for explosives after bomb threats were made against buildings earlier in the day in Springfield, Ohio on September 12, 2024. A government building and school were evacuated after an alleged bomb threat Thursday in Springfield, Ohio, local media reported, rattling the small city at the heart of an anti-migrant conspiracy theory amplified by Donald Trump. Springfield has been thrust into the spotlight in recent days after an unfounded story of Haitian migrants eating pets went viral on social media, with the Republican ex-president and current White House candidate pushing the narrative despite it being debunked. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Wellness

How to help military kids cope with school threats

By Tamika Sherman

The author on her last day of chemo. Photo courtesy Samantha Gomolka
Wellness

How military life prepared me for cancer

By Samantha Gmolka

Richard Rodriguez, a simultaneous interpreter supporting UNITAS-Partnership of the Americas 2012, translates a lecture on the Marine Corps Planning Process into Spanish for the non-English speaking military officers from South and Central America following along in real time on Sept. 4 here. UNITAS-Partnership of the Americas 2012 gives the participating multinational troops from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay an opportunity to exercise critical thinking based on realistic scenarios, reinforce essential tactics and techniques and build on a strong foundation of professional cooperation.
Latin MilSpouse

5 Resources for military families who don’t speak English (5 Recursos para familias de militares que no hablan inglés)

By Daniella Horne

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders, DOD
Military News

Department of Defense announces new initiatives to improve quality of life for service members and their families

The latest memorandum includes expanding military spouse employment programs.

By Kait Hanson

blue star welcome week
Mighty MilSpouse

Blue Star Welcome Week bridges divide between military and civilian families

This year, Blue Star Welcome Week will take place September 21-29.

By Kait Hanson

Jenny Cronin, spouse of 1st Lt. Justin Cronin, executive officer, D Company, 1st Tank Battalion, goes to the Combat Center’s Wood Hobby Shop to make cutting boards.
Mighty MilSpouse

13 reasons why you should check out the base hobby shop

Discover how installation hobby shops can help military spouses find community, creativity, and a sense of belonging in new surroundings.

By Jessica Evans

family at yellowstone
Grief Memoir

Grief Memoir: ‘What was I going to do?’

By Jessica Hall

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Armstrong, 21st Airlift Squadron loadmaster, provides a flight safety briefing to space-available passengers on a C-17 Globemaster III May 17, 2019, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Space-Available, or Space-A, air transportation is available, for those eligible, when missions and cargo loads allow.
Travel

How to Space-A travel and why you should

By Jessica Evans

Wish You Were Here, 48” x 60”, oil on canvas, 2024. Photo courtesy Mitchel Coffman.
Mighty Heroes

Honoring the warfighter’s perspective in art          

By Mitchel Coffman

Philip Reuer, the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) High Intensity-Tactical Training workout (HITT) coordinator for Camp Courtney IronWorks gym, instructs U.S. Marines and SOFA status civilians on proper stretching during a HITT class at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 26, 2021. Reuer leads HITT classes on Mondays and Thursdays at the IronWorks gym, teaching Marines, Sailors and SOFA status personnel how to properly workout. At each HITT class Reuer tailors workouts to each person so they can learn how to strengthen their bodies no matter what level they are at. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Francesca Landis)
MilSpouse Fitness

Installation fitness programs you might not know about

By Jessica Evans

5 tips for working through post-traumatic stress with your spouse
Wellness

5 tips for working through post-traumatic stress with your spouse

By Bethaney Phillips

Renovation recon: Figuring out the when and how of your next home reno

Renovation recon: Figuring out the when and how of your next home reno

Hunt down the best financing options to upgrade your home.

By Bethany Bayless