Family Focus Friday: 6 Marines, 3 Couples, 1 Squadron
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — Michael and Jessica Stedman recently celebrated their first anniversary. They also recently deployed to Afghanistan together. “We never got to take a honeymoon,” said...
View ArticleBecoming the Mom of a Marine
By Mary Davidson From marines.dodlive.mil I’ll never forget the first time I heard the words, “I want to be a Marine.” I was standing in the living room one late November afternoon. I looked down the...
View ArticleFamily Focus Friday: A Mom is a Mom…Always
Written by Tech. Sgt. Christina Gamez From www.doubleduty.dodlive.mil Today I saw the ugly side of this war/conflict – whatever we’re supposed to call it now. A couple of days ago, a civilian bus hit...
View ArticleDeployed Mom, Daughter Share Holidays Together
Story by Master Sgt. Cynthia Dorfner From 376th Air Expeditionary Wing MANAS, Kyrgyzstan – This holiday season as deployed troops serve far from their family and friends at home, one Air Force...
View ArticleFamily Focus Friday: Mom and Daughter Deploy Together
Staff Sgt. Mark Shrewsbury, 4th Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs How many service members can say they’re been on a deployment with their mom? A mother and daughter recently...
View ArticleFamily Focus Friday: Mother & Son in Basic Training at the Same Time
By Mike Joseph, JBSA-Lackland Public Affairs From www.aetc.af.mil JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas - Like most any parent attending Friday’s Air Force basic training graduation here, Lori...
View ArticleMom Copes With the Loss of Marine Son
By Phyllis McGeath as told to Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers From www.marines.dodlive.mil I know what it means to be a Marine mom. I’ve been one since 2008 when my oldest son, Philip, enlisted. Since then,...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day To My Biggest Fan
It’s true—my mom is my biggest fan. When you walk into her kitchen she has an 8 X 11 sized photocopy of my VA business card taped to the refrigerator. On her desk, she has two (practically identical)...
View ArticleFamily Focus Friday: Mother & Daughter Serve, Deploy Together
For most U.S. service members, deploying entails travelling thousands of miles away from family. For U.S. Army Master Sgt. Robin Harris and her daughter U.S. Army Spc. Heaven Faison, the experience was...
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