#MilitaryMonday: A World Away: Applying to Stateside College While Living Overseas
October 10, 2016
One mom tells you what it is like to have your high school senior applying for colleges while stationed overseas.
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#MilitaryMonday: Why Military Spouses Can't Have it All
September 26, 2016
In mid-July, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) published the first in a three-part series regarding military spouse employment, titled The Force Behind the Force: A Business Case for Leveraging Military Spouse Talent. The purpose of the study was: “to outline some of the...
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#MilitaryMonday: Helping Kids Get the Foods They Need To Grow Up Healthy and Strong
September 19, 2016
Important and small changes need to be made to TRICARE so all military kids can get the medical care and food they need!
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#MilitaryMonday: Tips for Surviving As A Solo Parent
September 12, 2016
The best way to get through the months of solo parenting is to be prepared and learn from those who have gone before you. Here are my tips for surviving as a solo parent.
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#MilitaryMonday: Breastfeeding On-Duty with WIC
August 19, 2016
Imagine flying from Italy to Spain, then boarding another plane from Spain to Virginia, and finally, driving down from Virginia to Tennessee all in a matter of days just to turn around and fly out to California. Sounds exhausting, right? Now add a 5-month-old breastfeeding baby to the mix who is...
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#MilitaryMonday: TRICARE’s Breastfeeding Policy—A New Mom’s Experience
August 15, 2016
Recently TRICARE implemented a new breastfeeding support policy. Read one mom's experience with it here.
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#MilitaryMonday: Breastfeeding With A Food Allergy Baby
August 8, 2016
Nursing can be hard without support, and nursing a baby with food allergies can sometimes feel dang near impossible, especially with all of the misinformation both floating around the internet and sometimes even from healthcare providers. Here is how I did it with two babies!
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#MilitaryMonday: Modernizing Our Military Parental Leave
August 1, 2016
Less than two years ago, I was blessed to become a mother. I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to have children. Like many military women, I waited to try. When I became a helicopter pilot, I was usually the only woman in all-male units—and in that highly competitive world I didn’t want to take any time...
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An Inexcusable Hunger
July 28, 2016
Military families shouldn’t struggle with hunger. But they do — and that needs to stop.
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#MilitaryMonday: Serving and Struggling
July 18, 2016
One military mom speaks out before Congress about the struggles her family faced to make ends meet and put food on the table while her husband served in the military.
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