Tag Archives: deployment

Valentine’s Day Crafty Treat

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Commander in Chief At home

This is a fun activity to do on a cold or rainy day. Colors can be modified for any holiday. Kids of practically every age can get involved in making this fun treat. These treats are salty and sweet and … Continue reading →

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Congress Misses Opportunity to Help Military Families By Fixing Tricare Young Adult Shortcoming

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Commander in Chief At home

Shared from MilitaryFamily.org Most Americans get their healthcare through work – and military families are no different, earning their health care benefit through years of service. And while they make many sacrifices to do so, the quality of their health … Continue reading →

Posted in military family, Military news, Uncategorized | Tagged deployment, Health Care Fairness for Military Families Act, joining forces, military, military blog, military families, military family, military family blog, military spouse, MOAA, National military family association, NDAA, NDAA HR 475, NMFA, tricare, tricare cuts, tricare young adult | Leave a comment

Renting Out US Property While Living Overseas

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Commander in Chief At home

It is a recurring theme among many Americans who live abroad to rent your home while you travel. Many people do not want to give up their residence because they plan to return in the near future or because they … Continue reading →

Posted in guest post, Living abroad | Tagged deployment, expat taxes, military blog, military families, military family blog, military issues, military landlord, military landlords, military rental, military spouse, military tax issues, military taxes, militarybyowner, rental property, rental property taxes, taxes for expats, taxes for military | Leave a comment

My UnOrthodox Life- Trainwreck or Triumph?

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Commander in Chief At home

By now, if you are in any way connected to Jewish life, you have heard of the Netflix reality show, My Unorthodox Life. I’ve seen several polemic opinion pieces about it written by people who have not actually seen the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged batshevahaart, deployment, juliahaart, military, military blog, military families, military family, military family blog, military spouse, miriamhaart, myunorthodoxlife | Leave a comment

Summer Camp- Tips to Prepare

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Commander in Chief At home

Guest Post: 5 Tips for Preparing the Whole Family for Summer Camp More than 11 million children attend summer camp in the United States every year. For these kids, summer camp is an exciting and empowering experience that provides them … Continue reading →

Posted in military family, No Nonsense Parenting | Tagged deployment, military blog, military family, military kids, military kids camp, packing for camp, preparing for summer camp, ready for summer camp, summer camp | Leave a comment

Military Appreciation Month- 10 things military families deal with that most civilians don’t realize

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Commander in Chief At home

10. Family memories are compromised in the interest of National Security. Missed births, first days of school, graduations, anniversaries, mother’s days, father’s days, Christmases and Chanukahs, Ramadans, Easters and Passovers, illnesses and funerals are too numerous to count. 9. Communication is … Continue reading →

Posted in military family, Military news, veterans | Tagged deployment, military, military appreciation month, military blogs, military family, military family appreciation, military issues, military life, military spouse appreciation, military spouse appreciation day, military top 10, military top ten, military top ten list, military wife, top ten list | Leave a comment

The First Week… The Return of Mrs. Murphy

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Commander in Chief At home

For those of you who may not remember, Mrs. Murphy is the stronger, trickier, sidekick to Mr. Murphy, of Murphy’s Law infamy. She has returned to our house and Horatio has been gone for less than one week of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Living abroad, military family | Tagged dealing with deployment, deployment, military blog, military family issues, military family life, temporarily single parenting | 2 Comments

Strength Finds Me

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Commander in Chief At home

Long after Horatio returned from his most recent 20+ month deployment, people still say they don’t know how we did it. Horatio gets looks of pity for having been away from his family for so long, and friends and acquaintances … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Living abroad, No Nonsense Parenting | Tagged blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, deployment blog, expat life, family, living abroad, married single mom, military blog, military family blog, military family issues, military kids, navy family, single parenting | 2 Comments

6 Ways Endure Deployment More Easily

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

I started this blog 5 years ago, when Horatio and I broke the news of deployment to our boys. I wrote posts to help myself and others get through long deployments. During deployments, often, the days are long, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Military news, Product Review | Tagged deployment, enduring deployment, getting through deployment, martinsburg college, military blog, military deployment, military family blog, military spouse, military spouse career, military spouse college | Leave a comment

Deployment Chart For Families

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Commander in Chief At home

This is a guest post about a deployment chart, from The Victoria Chart Company. They are offering 25% OFF this chart this month, please follow the link at the bottom of this page http://bit.ly/1PEE2eR and enter ‘MILITA25’ at checkout. “At … Continue reading →