While You Were Away: 101 Tips for Military Families with Teens
While You Were Away: 101 Tips for Military Families with Teens

Author: Megan Jane Egerton Graham

Publisher:

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780981143651

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"While You Were Away: Absence Journal for Teens" is a resources designed to assist teens in dealing with the extended absence of one or both of their parents, as occurs during a military deployment. It provides exercises and tips for identifying, understanding and managing the many emotions that occur during this period. It also provides practical tips for dealing with difficulties of separation.

Separated By Duty, United In Love (revised):
Separated By Duty, United In Love (revised):

Author: Shellie Vandevoorde

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.

Published: 2010-08-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0806534915

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Where Can You Turn. . .? . . .when the bills are due, the kids are acting out, loneliness and doubt are creeping into your quiet hours--and you're handling it all alone? If your partner is in the military, these challenges may be the greatest that your relationship will ever face. Now is the time you need answers, resources, and understanding. This is the book that will give them to you. Military wife and U.S. Army veteran Shellie Vandevoorde has penned a practical, compassionate guide to help military couples cope with the separation of active deployment. Now updated and expanded, Separated by Duty, United in Love is infused with her years of experience, offering sound and comforting advice from someone who's been there. Vandevoorde explores real-life issues and shares invaluable insights on the best ways to: • Keep the lines of communication open while your partner is away • Address your children's fears as you cope with your own • Juggle finances and other household duties • Find the balance you desperately need • Cope with post-traumatic stress, injury and other challenges when a spouse returns from war • Utilize military resources and support groups to help yourself through the toughest times You are not alone. Separated by Duty, United in Love gives you the tools and the encouragement you need to help your military relationship survive--and thrive.

When Duty Calls
When Duty Calls

Author: Carol Vandesteeg

Publisher: David C Cook

Published: 2013-03-22

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0781406978

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In this unique and wonderfully thorough handbook, a military wife and mom shares practical advice about preparing and dealing with deployment of a loved one. Carol Vandesteeg helps families learn what to expect as they prepare for deployment, how to communicate while separated, helping children through the separation, and reuniting at the end of the tour of duty. When Duty Calls also addresses the subject that's so painful to face: the possibility that the loved one may not return.

After the War Zone
After the War Zone

Author: Laurie B. Slone

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2009-04-24

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0786731958

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From the Director and Associate Director of the VA's National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: a highly practical, user-friendly guide that answering all conceivable questions about returning from war--for veterans and families Two experts from the VA National Center for PTSD provide an essential resource for service members, their spouses, families, and communities, sharing what troops really experience during deployment and back home. Pinpointing the most common after-effects of war and offering strategies for troop reintegration to daily life, Drs. Friedman and Slone cover the myths and realities of homecoming; reconnecting with spouse and family; anger and adrenaline; guilt and moral dilemmas; and PTSD and other mental-health concerns. With a wealth of community and government resources, tips, and suggestions, After the War Zone is a practical guide to helping troops and their families prevent war zone stresses from having a lasting negative impact.

Family Reunion Handbook
Family Reunion Handbook

Author: Thomas Ninkovich

Publisher: Betterway Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780961047061

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A guide to all aspects of planning and conducting a family reunion from locating family members, generating interest, choosing facilities, funding the reunion and more.

Life After Deployment
Life After Deployment

Author: Karen Pavlicin

Publisher: Elva Resa

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934617588

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"No one can totally prepare us for the emotional roller coaster deployments and reintegration brings, but this book will give you tools that will help the process immensely." -- Kathy Guzzon for Homefront United Network Life After Deployment captures the tender and moving stories of military families during their reunion. Service members and their spouses, parents, fiancées, and children share the joy and anxiety of homecoming, the adjustments of living together again, and how they coped with anger, depression, PTSD, injuries, grief, and other challenges. Some families had fairytale endings. Most worked hard to rebuild their relationships after much time and change. A few suffered great losses. These military families talk candidly about what their experience was really like, offering hope and advice to others who walk this journey. The new edition of this important work features additional stories from all active duty and national guard serve branches as well as up-to-date information from more recent conflicts. First Lady of the Marine Corps Recommended Reading List Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards - Finalist Military Writers Society of America - Gold Medal, Best Reference "...a must have for today's military families facing deployments." -- Alanna Schmidtke, North Dakota National Guard family support "I felt so guilty for a lot of the emotions I'd had during my husband's deployment and reunion. And now, we are going through it all again with our son. It's such a comfort to find out I'm not alone! I was incredibly touched by these stories. Thank you so much for blessing us with this book, your keen insights, and amazing honesty." --Julie LaBelle, military wife and mom

The Deployment Toolkit
The Deployment Toolkit

Author: Janelle B. Moore

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-07-08

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1442254297

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Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved – but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand the nuances of short term versus long-term deployments. Those that do rarely gain exposure to successful strategies for handling deployments when family, such as young children, disabled or other special circumstances, are also involved. As a result, military families must learn to adapt to long-distance relationships, as well as how to adjust and positively cope with separations for various training deployments and real-life exercises. The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship covers the basic challenges military families may face before, during, and after deployment. At times the added stresses of military life often make things seem overwhelming. Luckily, the military is a huge family with scores of support groups, both official and unofficial, to help families prepare for separation and the stresses associated with the long absences. Janelle Moore and Don Philpott provide an easily accessible self-help guide to dealing with and understanding deployment. The authors identify the different types of separations and deployments, emotional adjustments involved, and resources available to families in the military. The Deployment Toolkit is essential reading for those families who need a guide through the modern day reality of military deployment and separation.

RFN's Military Reunion Handbook
RFN's Military Reunion Handbook

Author: Paul J. Spiewak

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 9781432769000

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RFNs Military Reunion Handbook is a complete guide to planning, organizing and running a military reunion for any branch of the armed services. The result of more than 20 years of experience, this comprehensive and easy-to-read manual covers practically every eventuality you might encounter on the road to a successful event. Youll learn:?Çó The first steps you cant afford to skip ?Çó How to create a proper Request For Proposal (RFP) ?Çó How to find a good location for your reunion & how to select an optimal hotelfrom site inspections to negotiations ?Çó An essential contract checklist to keep you out of trouble ?Çó Key preparation tips to ensure a positive experience ?Çó The elements all successful reunions share ?Çó What to do if something unexpected happens ?Çó Follow up procedure after the reunion is over ?Çó Much, much more! Perfect for the novice event-planner or seasoned professional, RFNs Military Reunion Handbook is an expanded and more complete version of the authors Reunions Step By Step, which has sold nearly 10,000 copies. This fully updated edition is chock full of helpful tips, tried-and-true strategies, and mistakes to avoid so that you can accomplish your true mission: providing a positive experience for service members.