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From job search advice to disaster relief, our Expert bloggers have something for everyone. We have a whole Brigade of military spouse support resources all on one page. Maybe you are looking for rental advice as you PCS, or maybe you need mental health resources. Perhaps you just need a pep talk from a career expert, or maybe you just want to lace up for the Army 10 Miler and need a plan! Find your Expert and let the resource recon begin. Want to know more about the empowering experts behind-the-screen?  All of our Expert profiles are listed on our Band of Blogger page.

How to Rekindle the Flame in Your Marriage

How to Rekindle the Flame in Your Marriage

Sometimes your marriage is the last thing on the list to get attention. I know. I get it.

There were times when my focus and attention was on the needs of our children, maintaining a home, a full schedule, and trying to keep the wheels of life turning smoothly. Bill’s focus was his military career, finishing college, and then climbing the ladder in the corporate world.   

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The Uncivil Civil War: Brothers in Arms

The Uncivil Civil War: Brothers in Arms

Percival Drayton, captain of the USS Pocahontas, was saddened that not only had the country become so divided, but this divisiveness made its way down to his family unit. His older brother, Thomas, loyal to his native region of the south, took up arms against Percy’s formidable northern charge for freedom for all. Although the brothers met as enemies at Port Royal, November 1861, they both survived the battle.

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4 Ways to Cope in Temporary Lodging

4 Ways to Cope in Temporary Lodging

PCS season is underway, and if you’re moving this year, you know what that means.

Time for “creative” dinners with the last remnants of your pantry! (Really, someone needs to create a cookbook with recipes designed to use up a case of ramen, the final squirt of a mustard bottle, a dusty bag of Craisins, and a gallon of peanut oil.) 

Along with your not-so-master-chef debut, you’ll also be sorting through closets, overseeing the movers, cramming a forgotten toy into a suitcase after the moving van pulls away, checking into temporary lodging, checking out of temporary lodging, along with all the wrangling of pets, children, plans, and sometimes… our service members! 

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Finding HOPE: “The Sea Brought Us Back”

Finding HOPE: “The Sea Brought Us Back”

When Cameron Albin was in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the fall of 2012, the former Marine Corps infantry officer admits that he “was not a very good human being.”

There were the struggles with recovery from a traumatic brain injury and PTSD which led to a medical discharge from the Marines a year earlier after a long stay at Walter Reed.

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