Spouses

PCS problems? Don’t rely on movers’ records.

Policies for wives or husbands on the home front will lend peace of mind … and much-needed support if tragedy strikes.

Defense Department school officials have resumed hiring teachers, school nurses, principals and some other personnel deemed critical to their mission of educating military children, after receiving some exemptions March 10 from the federal civilian hiring freeze.

New York is making it easier for some military spouses to go to work after moving to the state.

This Navy brat and Army spouse is no stranger to deployment … but it’s her first with two young daughters

Concerns about possible cancer-causing contamination have spread to include some adults who have lived at the Laurel Bay housing near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina.

One afternoon in mid-December, Meghan Henriques-Parker visited with her grandfather at his Bethel nursing home. Jim Gaboardi’s dementia was getting worse, and the man who had once been so gregarious had barely said anything during their lunch.

As someone who missed many holidays with family and friends because of deployments, I understand the emotional burden separation brings — and the critical importance of focusing on the mission and being efficient and effective at what you do. Below are four lessons I learned that can help you manage a holiday deployment.

A military wife and mom in Colorado has come up with a unique way to include her deployed husband in this year’s family Christmas photo.

The surprising, and somewhat disheartening news, is that approximately three-fourths of service members still reported insomnia as a problem after PTSD treatment. And around half still struggled with nightmares.