Educated, Qualified & Unemployed

Even experienced professionals like Mary Houston struggle to build a career when they have to PCS every couple of years.… Read More

Marco Polo App Improves Communication for Military Families

For military families separated by distance or deployment, or living far from family and friends, the Marco Polo app is… Read More

If Age is Just a Number, Can the Military Remember We’re Still Here?

By Julie Tully Age is just a number. That’s what popular culture tells us. Or at least what the media… Read More

DoD Launches Paid Fellowship

Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot matches spouses with civilian employers for 12-week program. The Defense Department in January launched a… Read More

Personally Procured Moves (PPM) Worked For Us

In 2020, we received orders to move from Kansas to Virginia. But as we prepared to move, the Army announced… Read More

4 Ways to Navigate the Heightened Emotions of a PCS With Teens

My husband filled each plate with food and said the blessing on our dinner. Once everyone was busy eating, he… Read More

A Mother’s Patience: Waiting for Your Adult Children to Call

I look at my phone several times to make sure I haven’t missed it. The call, the text, the message,… Read More

Changes to 2023 PCS Entitlements You Need to Know

The PCS move is perhaps the most chaotic part of military life, next to deployment. Whether you Do It Yourself… Read More

PCSing Around: The Dating Game of Military Relocations

For military spouses, moving is personal. My servicemember has a unique gift of disconnecting from a place, like closing the… Read More

Actively Healing from Transition

My nail scraped alongside my son’s dresser to peel off the little blue sticker I found while putting away his… Read More