Month: October 2014

Military deployments are emotionally draining. That's no secret. But few people shine the light on how physically exhausting and demanding ...

We have all heard the stories: service member so and so was unfaithful to his partner while deployed. Mrs. Smith ...

"She cooked their dawwg and fed it to her huahs-band. Ain't that sick?" I was going to be sick. This ...

"I will never, ever be a military wife. Ever." Harsh words coming from a 16-year-old while on the phone with ...

GENETIC TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP VETERANS WITH PTSD GET ON THE RIGHT MEDICATION, FASTER There's no place like home. A famous line ...

With cold and flu season fast approaching it's time to take steps to prepare yourselves and hopefully avoid coming down ...

1. Do not become a news junkie. You automatically become a bit more vulnerable and emotional and hypersensitive when you ...

Mental and emotional stress - we all feel it in one way or another. There is such a thing as ...

Photo Credit: Rob Bixby By Kelly Ryan, Midwest Education Coordinator, American Military University Life changes can be intimidating. Transitioning from military ...

Article by Jill Qualters, Navy Spouse. To read more of Jill's work, visit here. "Grit is a measurement of sandpaper, ...

Lori Bell does not let fear hold her back-- she harnesses it to propel herself forward.  "When something scares me, ...

Photo Credit: NIAID At 10PM last night, every parent in the Eagle Mountain Saginaw Independent School District was notified that a ...

30 years old. Married. And embarrassed to buy a pregnancy test. I unloaded the dishwasher as I waited. Waited for ...

Don't ask me what my husband does in the military. No really, please don't. I have no idea. He's explained ...

Photo: MSJDN member Josie Beets at the networking luncheon with her husband, Captain Sean Zehtab, and Lt. General Dana Chipman, past ...

The Navy is just the water taxi to the Marines. Marine stands for Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential. Soldiers ...

Being a military spouse can be difficult, lonely, and trying at times, but this military spouse decided she wasn't going ...

Photo Credit: CollegeDegrees360 By Craig Gilman, Faculty Member at American Military University Balancing military family life and education is hard, but ...