The term "military dependent" is no longer used in polite military society, replaced not so long ago by the far more PC "family member." After a conversation the other night with some other wives from our unit, I think the time has come for military spouses to take the next...

A quick check of the Caller ID told me that the other woman in my husband's life was on the phone. I know she's concerned and desperate for information about my husband. Sometimes I forget just how hard deployments are on her, too. I picked up the phone and said...

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I'm not sure if my kids know about my bedtime ritual. No...

14 days before deployment:

The past few months have been El Paso rough. Our first year in El Paso remains the high water mark for difficulties in our marriage. We had just come off a deployment and had moved from Germany to Texas. My husband was in over his...