Deployment

The Surprising Effect Of War On Military Marriages

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Stress, Military Couples, Army, Ucla, John Crown, Benjamin Karney, Deployment, Air Force, Navy, Rand Corporation, Divorce News
Robert Hughes, Jr.

There have been numerous reports that the marriages of military couples are under threat due to the stress of the recent wars and the long and dangero...

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Long Deployments Linked To Kids' Mental Health Problems

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Army Mental Health, Army, Deployment Children, Iraq Kids, Military Deployment, Deployment Kids, US Army, Deployment, Military Kids, Military Children, Afghanistan Kids, Healthy Living News

Children with one or more parent on long-term deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan have a higher chance of mental health problems, according to a new stu...

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River Jordan's Praying for Strangers Buries the Message

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Faith, Strangers, River Jordan, Deployment, Prayers, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

River Jordan (and yes that is her real name) is the author of several books of fiction. Her latest book Praying for Strangers is a departure for her. ...

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LISTEN: Best Friend Answers Call To Care For Kids While Woman Is Deployed

NPR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Jihan Sanders, Sheena Sullen, Alabama, Navy, Deployment, Armed Forces, Video, Impact News

When Navy operations specialist Sheena Sullen got deployed overseas, she had a big ask for her best friend. She called Jihan Sanders with the hopes t...

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The Families Left Behind

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Life changed for Shawn Eisch with a phone call last January. His youngest brother, Brian, a soldier and single father, had just received orders to dep...

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Toy Soldiers No More: Why We Owe Our Armed Forces Compassion

Laurel Corona | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Military Families, Military, Families, Deployment, Children, Ptsd, Military Children, Veterans, Healthy Living News
Laurel Corona

The question is whether we want to have a separate and invisible class of people who go to war when they are told to, by a government confident that we won't feel sufficiently affected to raise much of a fuss

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Orly Taitz Fined: Court Upholds $20,000 Sanction against 'birther' attorney Taitz

McClatchy | Alan Riquelmy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frivolous Law Suit, Birther Queen, Birthers, Orly Taitz, Barack Obama, Birth Certificate, Clay Land, Deployment, Connie Rhodes, Deployed, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Capt. Connie Rhodes, Politics News

California attorney and "birther" proponent Orly Taitz must pay $20,000 in sanctions, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. In the two-page ...

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16 Soldiers Killed Themselves In October

Wall Street Journal | By YOCHI J. DREAZEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Afghanistan, Army Suicides, Troop Levels, Va, Kabul, Veterans, Stress, Active Duty, Mcchrystal, Military, Army, Surge, Deployment, Iraq, Suicide Prevention, Stanley McChrystal, World News

The Army's top generals worry that surging tens of thousands more troops into Afghanistan could increase the strain felt by many military personnel af...

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Arthur Delaney

Army Mom Confined To Base After Skipping Deployment To Care For Baby

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Court Martial, Fort Stewart Hunter, Afghanistan, Single Mothers, Military Parents, Georgia, Savannah, Military Policy, Military, Miss Deployment, Single Parents, Army Moms, Court-Martial, Deployment, Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield, Alexis Hutchinson, Politics News

Single-mother Alexis Hutchinson refused to deploy to Afghanistan on Nov. 5, she said, because she didn't have anyone to take care of her infant son. N...

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