US Navy’s newest destroyer, USS Intrepid (DDG 145), honors a bold legacy while packing cutting-edge tech for the future.

Military families save more in 2024 with deeper commissary discounts, wider veteran exchange access and Click2Go grocery ease.

Frequent moves disrupt careers and childcare for military families. The DoD offers support programs to improve their quality of life.

On Veterans Day, we honor the valor and sacrifice of all who’ve served, while Memorial Day solemnly reminds us of the ultimate price paid by some, casting a light on the enduring strength of families who carry on their legacy.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Amir Averhart, an infantryman assigned to the “Hound Battalion,” 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, poses with his son during a family day event at the end of a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia

Military spouses are the real backbone of our Armed Forces. Without them, we would collapse.

War is the crucible in which military members are tempered. The fallout is the crucible where families are.

While the Social Security deferral was nice in theory, junior soldiers will now feel the pain of repayment on top of a costly holiday season.

Children pose for pictures with superheroes at the annual family day event held at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California on June 1, 2019. Family day allows Airmen to bring family and friends onto base for camaraderie, food, entertainment, and fun. Multiple external and internal organizations sponsor the event to provide biking, water […]

The holidays are over, but the pinch continues for military families. The Coast Guard’s 42,000 active members and some civilians have drawn their last paycheck until the partial government shutdown ends. They were to be paid on Monday, December 31, and their next payment is due on January 15. No income, no outgo. A simple […]

The federal government shut down at midnight on Saturday because Congress could not reach a funding deal. The shutdown will have a large impact on the military. Active duty personnel will remain on the job, but will not recieve pay until the shutdown ends. In the event that a servicemember is killed in action during […]

Army counterintelligence officials in South Korea are investigating fake mobile alerts and social media messages warning American military families and Defense Department personnel of orders to evacuate the volatile peninsula on Thursday. U.S. Forces Korea “did NOT send this message,” officials said in a subsequent Facebook post. They warned that Americans living in South Korea with U.S. troops […]

In a September 8, 2017 op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune, retired Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Ed Hiner wrote about the American military becoming a “family business” — and he is right, sadly. Hiner’s point, citing data available on who serves in our all-volunteer military, is that fewer and fewer American families are shouldering the […]

The “child care worker” freeze, as announced by officials at Fort Knox, KY and Army Garrison Wiesbaden, Germany, may have been premature in its warnings. Originally reported last week as an unintended side effect of the ‘Federal Hiring Freeze,’ military families were left in limbo over the possibility of not having access to some child […]

The surges can shut down REM sleep (the deep sleep stage) and wake you up. When you haven’t slept well, you can get irritable and anxious. You then don’t sleep well the next night, and the cycle repeats itself.

It took time, but Hall has turned a corner in his life and can tolerate some outings. Now, he sees that doing what others want to do can be good for everyone. “Now, they join me on the hill and stare out into nothing with me, and I do things they like to do,” he said.