Katie Begley is a US Naval Academy graduate and former Surface Warfare Officer. In addition to being a military spouse, she is a freelance writer specializing in travel, education, and parenting subjects. Katie has worked in numerous communications roles for volunteer organizations and professionally for a local parenting magazine.
There are many tough parts about deployment—long hours, grueling conditions, missing home. When you are a parent, those challenges seem like nothing compared to the reality of missing your children …
When service members join the military, they know that it comes with a certain lifestyle—deployments, frequent moves, and the possibility that they may pay the ultimate price in their military …
Barbara Bush, wife of the 41st President and mother of the 43rd President, has died at age 92. She passed surrounded by her family in her Houston, Texas home. Mrs. …
April is the Month of the Military Child. The beloved characters of “Sesame Street” are getting in on the celebration to make every military child feel special. Sesamestreetformilitaryfamilies.org is a free …
Military kids face sacrifice everyday for our country. They have to say goodbye to family and friends when they move around the country or world. They adjust to new schools, …
April is celebrated as “Month of the Military Child.” Every year, communities recognize the important contributions and sacrifices that children in military families make to support their military parent(s). The …
Trauma can be part of the human experience and no more so than for our military and law enforcement officers. From the earliest days of war, soldiers knew that the …
Like all of us, military kids benefit from feeling appreciated for the unique role they play in the military family. If you have spent any time around a military installation, …
A school resource officer engaged a student who had opened fire in a Maryland school on March 20. Austin Wyatt Rollins, a 17-year old high school student, shot two other …
A teacher fired shots while teaching a classroom of students in Seaside, California on March 14. California teacher Dennis Alexander shot his gun during a demonstration about gun safety in …
