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Army creates office to better support families with special needs
Soldiers can enroll in the program when a family member with physical, emotional, developmental or intellectual disorder requiring extra services.
Proposed housing council would give military families a voice
Military members and spouses, housing advocates and various professionals, such as experts in HVAC and home inspections, would be part of the council.
By Karen Jowers
Proposal would expand free credit monitoring to military families
More service members would get the free credit monitoring, and family members, too, if the proposal becomes law.
By Karen Jowers
The impossible choice facing many of America’s military families
Too often, military families are forced to put food on the backburner to keep a roof over their heads.
By Shannon Razsadin and Besa Pinchotti
Close combat ‘mixed reality’ goggle fielding in 2023
Two versions roll out in 2023 with an advanced version coming in 2025.
By Todd South
Sibling rivalries, family legacies continue at Army-Navy game
But for identical twins, Cadet Josh Lowe and Midshipman Jacob Lowe, the Army Navy game holds an additional level of competition.
DoD wants to hear from 110K military families with special needs
Watch your email for the first-ever comprehensive DoD survey of special needs families.
By Karen Jowers
Army receives first batch of mixed reality goggles, more work ahead
Despite delays, IVAS developers continue to improve the device.
By Todd South
DoD still working to complete protections for military tenants
DoD is working to get the full tenant protections for the remaining 10,056 military family tenants at five bases.
By Karen Jowers
‘Extraordinary circumstances’ facing hungry military families
Congress and the Defense Department can take action to help bring relief to struggling military families and service members experiencing food insecurity.
By Abby J. Leibman and Retired Maj. Gen. John Ferrari