Military Families

Family Economic Security Food! Military Families

November 6, 2017

Our nation’s veterans have made innumerable sacrifices in service to our country. They have earned our gratitude and our support, and on Veterans Day our country formally honors them for that service. If we are to truly make meaningful the tributes that we pay to our veterans, then surely, we...

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Abby Leibman

Military Families

October 16, 2017

While President Trump attacks athletes who kneel during the national anthem as unpatriotic by saying on Twitter , “Courageous Patriots have fought and died for our great American Flag --- we MUST honor and respect it! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” his proposed budget is poised to do great damage to...

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Katherine Gallagher Robbins

Military Families

October 11, 2017

Voice. We all have one, it’s time we use it. We must speak out about the injustices and dangers the Trump administration poses from attacks on our healthcare, our immigrant and LGBTQ communities, and our reproductive rights, to our disastrous foreign policy. And it is that latter point that I want...

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Martina Leinz

Military Families

September 29, 2017

I drove my son to school today because he missed the bus . . . again. Although that menial and tedious task certainly had not been a part of my plan for today, one of the things I value deeply in this unpredictable life is trying to make the most of unexpected moments. So as I sat next to him in...

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Alyssa Gavulic

Gun Safety Military Families

September 25, 2017

As the wife of a former U.S. Naval Aviator who flew jets over Iraq and was shot at with surface to air missiles, I understand the trauma of combat. Before he deployed, I asked my husband to write letters to our daughters in case he didn’t make it back. He thought I was being morbid – until the...

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Martina Leinz

Military Families

September 18, 2017

Dear New Teacher, Today my child enters your classroom for the first time in a new school . It might be the first day of the school year, or it might be inconveniently smack-dab in the middle of a grading period. He likely knows no one in his homeroom class, likely no other children in the school...

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National Military Family Association

Breastfeeding Military Families

August 28, 2017

This post is written by SSG Amanda Marion who is currently an instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. She is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) as well as holding certifications in prenatal/postpartum fitness and aerobics/kickboxing. She is a single mother to a six year old who...

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Robyn Roche-Paull

Breastfeeding Health Care Maternal Justice Military Families

August 21, 2017

Recently I went to a local Modern Quilt Guild’s meeting. It was a “sit’n’sew” meeting, meaning women can sew together for 5 hours, with no other distractions. Boy, did I love the sound of that, just me, my sewing machine, and new quilting friends. As I sat and listened at the beginning of the...

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Jenna Barton

Breastfeeding Military Families

August 7, 2017

I breastfed my twins for 19 months, until they self-weaned. (You can read about that experience here. ) Shortly after their second birthday, we moved to Germany when my husband got orders to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. One day, I popped into the lactation room to change a diaper, and found a...

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC

Breastfeeding Military Families

July 10, 2017

One of the things that makes me proud to be a mother of my generation is watching us start to buck the social norms and do whatever it takes in order to get what we want and deserve for our families. All growing up, we were told that as women, we could do whatever we wanted, we could have both a...

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Amy Barron Smolinski, MA, ALC, CLC