Five ways to keep your relationship alive during deployment
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10 Ways to Make Long Distance Relationships Easier

There are ways to make the distance seem just a little shorter and make the time apart feel just a little easier.
Is There Such a Thing As Too Much Communication During Deployment?

Only one month into our previous deployment, my husband’s ship spent a few days in port. Everyone reveled in the availability of wi-fi for Skype, Facetime, sending photos, and ordering flowers. For a few days, we stayed home and spent hours each day on video calls. The kids and I watched and waved to my […]
7 Ways to Keep in Touch After a PCS

We’re busy. Life moves on. People fall in and out of your life. You fall in and out of people’s lives. But if it’s important to you to keep in touch, there are so many tools at your fingertips to make it happen.
These Overlooked Basics Can Make Deployment Easier for Milspouses

Deployment is hard on a military family. It doesn’t matter how many kids you have or how many hours you work each week, every spouse carries the burden of stress and single-handedly taking care of every family issue that occurs during deployment. Thankfully, a military spouse doesn’t have to do it alone. There are many services […]
6 Reasons Why Going Home for a Deployment Isn’t the Worst Thing Ever

By Julie Provost During my husband’s second deployment, I took my two boys and headed to my parents’ home in California for the summer. I needed a break from our duty station, and I wanted to do something different to get through the deployment. I needed a break from everything I was used to and […]
Follow These 10 Facebook Group Etiquette Tips During Deployment

It’s deployment, and your search for friends and support leads you to a Facebook group for the spouses or parents in your service member’s unit. Perfect! These people are sure to understand the challenges you are facing during deployment because they are going through it at the same time, right? Well, not necessarily. Once you […]
People in Strong Relationships Use These 9 Phrases During Deployment

Getting creative with “I Love You” can help you bring a fresh connection between the two of you. It can remind you of your commitment, and show hubs that he still has a place in your life while he’s across the ocean.