Military Families

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Military Families

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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Heather Stephens

Blog Carnivals Health Care Military Families

August 15, 2016

Recently TRICARE implemented a new breastfeeding support policy. Read one mom's experience with it here.

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National Military Family Association

Blog Carnivals Health Care Military Families

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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Kit Jenkins

Family Economic Security Military Families Paid Family 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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U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth

Food! Military Families

July 28, 2016

Military families shouldn’t struggle with hunger. But they do — and that needs to stop.

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Abby Leibman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Military Families

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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Erika Tebbens

Family Economic Security Military Families MomsRising Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

July 4, 2016

Grilling burgers. Family and friends. Watching fireworks. That’s what usually comes to mind when people think about the Fourth of July, when we come together regardless of background or politics and celebrate our nation’s independence. Many of us also think about our brave men and women in uniform...

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Kurt Erickson

Blog Carnivals Military Families

July 1, 2016

I will never forget the day I met the man who changed my life. It was a hot July day in Washington DC, and I had been advocating on Capitol Hill for military children with special needs. For days, for meeting after meeting, I shared stories of children who had been repeatedly denied healthcare...

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Susan Reynolds

Gun Safety Military Families

June 20, 2016

In the aftermath of Orlando, I share my thoughts, concerns, and questions with you about gun violence in America.

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Chris Rowzee, Lt Col (Retired) USAF

Health Care Military Families

June 6, 2016

My daughter Zoë is a 2-year-old toddler who is unfortunately fighting a battle against a unique brain tumor. Her fight started when she was just 15 months old and her doctors spoke one word... cancer! At the time our family lived in Honolulu, Hawaii where her father was stationed with the US Army...

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