2 Points

Casey: Soldiers need more time at home (www.militarytimes.com)

After years of longer and more frequent deployments, soldiers should get more time at home as long as overall demand for troops overseas holds steady, the Army chief of staff said... More

Tags: gen george casey,us soldiers,us army,home,training,families,deployments,demand,army chief of staff

Submitted 5 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

DoD to hold family support summit today (www.airforcetimes.com)

Troops and family members are invited to join a live Oct. 20 Pentagon Webcast of a summit meeting that will explore the best ways to support families of service members who are killed, seriously... More

Tags: department of defense,pentagon,service members,families,military,treatment

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Support centers proposed for reserve families (www.armytimes.com)

Just as every community has a post office, it should also have a center that supports troops and their families, said the chief of the Army Reserve, Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz Jr., who suggested that such... More

Tags: support centers,army,army reserve,reservists,families

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Teachers Learn How To Help Kids From Military Families (www.kktv.com)

Saying goodbye is never easy on a military family. There is the anxiety military couples feel when a loved one is faced with an assignment to the battlefield. In thousands of cases, kids are caught up... More

Tags: us military,families,fort carson,colorado,teachers,schools

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Loved ones of injured soldiers also feel fire of war (www.mysanantonio.com)

One of the terrible story lines being lived out hour-by-hour in San Antonio is not only the plight of the 3,700 maimed, sick and traumatized American soldiers who have received treatment at Brooke... More

Tags: brooke army medical center,iraq afghanistan,us soldiers,army,families,puerto rico,us

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

1 Points