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Okinawa Marines Honor Gold Star Father Who Enlisted To Finish What Son Started
Bill Krissoff is a serious man who quickly becomes warm and friendly in conversation. Refined, with a full head of...
What Transition Means To A Military Spouse
Editor’s Note: The article was written by Kylee Durant, a military spouse and vice president transition technology & innovation programs...
A Powerful Look At How Gold Star Families Mourn Their Fallen Kin
Photographer Inbal Abergil remembers her confusion the first time a friend invited her to the beach for Memorial Day, shortly...
The Hidden Economic Sacrifices Of Military Spouses In Service To Their Country
After her husband was medically retired from the Marine Corps in 2015, Patricia Ochan set aside her career as a...
Grieving Gold Star Father Says Trump Offered Him $25,000 In A Call, But Never Followed Through
A grieving military father told The Washington Post that President Donald Trump offered him $25,000 after his son was killed, but said...
Families Outraged That Man Convicted In 2 Deaths Starts GoFundMe To Pay Restitution
The families of two highway workers killed by a drunk driver in 2014 are outraged that the man convicted in...
Gold Star Families Help Launch Photo Display National Tour Honoring Post-9/11 Fallen
Lined up at the edge of the Reflecting Pool at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, 40 “Tribute...
How Starbucks Served A Military Spouse While Her Husband Served The Country
When Jennifer Graham moved to Pensacola, Florida, she was virtually alone. She had arrived at the Gulf Coast in March...
Fort Bragg Families Welcome Hundreds Of Paratroopers Home From Fight Against ISIS
Qayyarah was the first Iraqi city to be freed from Islamic State control in the last year. The city, south...
Their Son, A Marine Vet, Vanished In Syria 5 Years Ago; Can Trump Help Bring Him Home?
Nearly every morning, Marc and Debra Tice check the news and discuss any overnight events that might help them locate...
A Vet Fatally Overdosed While On Lockdown In A VA Hospital. Now His Wife Is Demanding Answers
The widow of a Marine who fatally overdosed on fentanyl while on lockdown supervision at the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Navy Wife Will Serve As Temporary State Senator While Her Husband Is On Reserve Training
Military spouses often serve in many roles when their service member is deployed: second parent, family accountant, and in the...
How Families Caring For Very Sick Children Are Forced To Choose Hospice Or Treatment
The rule is usually discovered by parents bracing for their child to die. Already consumed by tragedy, these military families...
Lawmakers Want To Cut Housing Stipends For Dual-Military Couples
The Senate has found a new way to save money, but this time it’s at a cost to military families...
Unemployment Among Military Spouses Is A Problem That’s Not Going Away
Military spouse unemployment is a serious problem for the 641,639 people who are married to active-duty service members. Nearly half...
Families Say Goodbye As Soldiers From The 82nd Airborne Head To Kosovo
In the days before he left Fort Bragg, 1st Lt. Darrell Owens sat down with his sons, Aiden and Eli,...
Why I Cheated When I Deployed
Military marriage is hard. Each year, anywhere from 2% to 7% of military couples file for divorce and even those...
These Army Officers Follow In Their Fathers’ Jump Boots
“Six minutes!” William Grimes would shout the command from the front door of his home in Clarksville, Tennessee. And, soon...
Every Dad Can Relate To Tim Kennedy’s Message About Fatherhood
Tim Kennedy is a man with little fear. In fact, he’s well-known for his habit of picking fights with whoever...
Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Return To US In ‘Very Emotional’ Ceremony
They were sons and husbands, fathers and brothers. They were soldiers hailed as “heroes” and “amazing” young men, each a...
A Disturbing Portion Of Marine Corps’ Courts-Martial In 2017 Are For Child Sexual Abuse
A significant portion of court-martial proceedings for Marine Corps personnel since the start of 2017 have included charges involving the...
One Major Reason Why Child Abuse In Military Families Goes Unreported
Advocates for children celebrated last year when President Barack Obama signed a law meant to keep military officials from concealing...
Vet’s Illness Keeps Him From Walking, But He Stands For His Son’s Recruit Graduation
U.S. Army veteran Frankie Sanchez Sr. served for 23 years, but in 2016, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
Blue Star Museums Program Opens Doors To Military Families This Summer
Local troops have the key to more than 2,000 museums across the country this summer through a program that allows...
Moving Company Scraps Auction Of Service Member Items Amid Social Media Outrage
Family-owned Bay Area Movers in Portsmouth, Virginia, planned to clear out room for storage by auctioning off abandoned household items....