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When it comes to gifting your favorite military spouse – nothing can replace the gift of time. Whether that’s helping unpack after a stressful move, agreeing to babysit, or stopping by for some one-on-one time, spending time with the people you love goes above and beyond anything material. That said, military life doesn’t always make that easy. 
But no military spouse has ever said, “I want more stuff to move around the country.

We went to the ER very early on the morning of January 13 for the third time in a month. I had already passed a large clot that was roughly the size of my palm, and I feared we were losing our baby. The bleeding was so heavy, I had terrible cramps, and I wondered if we would make it to the hospital in time. When we arrived at the hospital, my husband dropped me off at the ER entrance, but when I stood up to get out of the car, I felt a huge gush of blood running down my leg, escaping the pad that was already soaked with blood. I filled two large hospital-grade pads in less than three hours.

This is Chapter 4 in the Wellness Memoir. Catch up on previous chapters here.
Finding community during a deployment can feel isolating, especially when managing illness and parenting alone. During my husband’s 12-month combat deployment, I faced two major surgeries while also caring for our baby. I was living on a new base without a support network. It was a challenging and lonely time.
The added stress of my husband’s deployment was compounded by his assignment away from his home unit, leaving unit support over an hour away.

Military service members were stronger financially at the end of 2023 than they were pre-pandemic even as inflationary pressures impacted household finances, according to the first-ever Military Financial Wellbeing Index released by USAA Federal Savings Bank, the leading financial services provider for the military community and their families.

BLACK ROCK CAMP, Fiji — The Fiji Military Forces on Friday welcomed Lloyd Austin as the first-ever U.S Secretary of Defense to visit the island nation, in an hours-long ceremony that involved the presentation of a roasted hog and concluded with a rugby game.
On Saturday, Austin will join his top counterparts from that country to announce the initiation of negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which is designed to advance U.S. military efforts and joint operations in the region.

Mil Spec Type III 550 lbs. Paracord, better known as 550 cord, can strike any veteran’s nostalgic heartstrings, especially if they had a habit of leaving their gear around. 
The cord is a dynamic rope made up of a nylon sheath with twisted nylon cords inside. Its name derives from its engineering specifications, known as MIL-C-5040 cord, which require most grades of it to have a breaking strength of 550 pounds, though some high-spec versions are rated to 750.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — As several of the U.S. military services continue to develop and test hypersonic missiles, the Defense Department at large is concurrently working to understand how the weapons will fit into joint warfighting operations once they are fielded.
Over the next couple of years, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), the Pentagon’s organization dedicated to developing overarching joint operational and integrating concepts, plans to move into the next phases of hypersonic weapons development known as “hypersonics 2.0 and 3.

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The US military has been muddling through crises and failures for the past few years. Recent events include the embarrassing evacuation from Afghanistan in 2021, COVID vaccine mismanagement, return to WW2 era dress uniforms, and DEI. While the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff cannot be held responsible for civilian policy regarding military matters, he/she does give advice to the Commander in Chief. Further, the Chairman is active duty and still required to adhere to the same regulations of conduct.
On 21 September 2021, Bob Woodward published Peril.

The last soldier to board the final U.S. military plane out of Afghanistan was on track to be named a four-star general and command U.S. Army Europe-Africa, but his name has now been held back from a promotion.
Army Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s promotion appeared on a list of generals released by the Pentagon last week who had been nominated by the President to lead key military commands. The Senate Armed Services Committee advanced a list of more than 900 officer promotions, including Donahue on Tuesday.

Well, if that wasn’t the most clickbaity title of all time, we’re not sure what is, but it says more about you than us since you opened this article! Either way, we’re glad you’re here to see Navy’s newest 2024 Spirit Spot, as directed by the one and only Rylan Tuohy. So what differentiates this Spirit Spot from other Tuohy classics like, “We Give a Ship” and “Naptown Funk?” He crowdfunded the production. That’s right, Tuohy took to the interwebs to raise money to fund the making of this Spirit Spot.