Single Mom Ordered to Deploy
According to this article, Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan (found via @JessicaGottlieb on Twitter), a single mom is being ordered to deploy even though she has no one to care for her child. My understanding is that all military personnel must have a working family care plan, whether or not a deployment is imminent.

What Does Veterans Day Mean to You?
My husband (a Veteran), pointed me to an interesting column from the New York Times: Back From Home, But Not Really Home.  The article discusses some of the ambiguity of this day that honors the service of our Veterans and draws parallels to Odysseus’ homecoming. In a time of war, our veterans may find they have difficulty re-entering the society they fought to protec

Donate Halloween Candy to the Troops!
Rather than letting your excess Halloween Candy go to your hips, send it to the troops.  If you have young kids or you did not get as many trick-or-treaters as you hoped, you may have a lot of candy hanging around. Found via Cool Mom Picks (via Fairly Odd Mother

Grow Where You Are Planted (Ask Molly)
I’ve been asked this question so many times that I cannot believe I have never written a post. In the comments, reader Desirae asks: I need some help from all you other army wives out there… When I got told that being an army wife was one of the hardest jobs in the military, I didn’t really believe it. That is until I married my husband! I now have a new respect for all the women that have been doing this for years. I myself am a newly wed. Yep, as of October 2nd this year!

Reason to Join: Save Your Wife’s Life
A man has joined the military to get health insurance for his wife’s battle against cancer (found via Mom Logic). People join the military for a lot of reasons and I think health insurance is certainly a valid one. I want to wi