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Former #MilKid Aims to Open Doors and Create an Inclusive Community Meet Brandy. She’s a former military kid and just started as the Communications DEPLOY Fellow for Blue Star Families. With frequent moves taking you away from family and friends and deployments causing added separation and stress, it can be hard for military families to…
Lives Forever Changed: Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 In the military, we talk a lot about change — change of station, change of command, change of mission, change of status, change of schools. There’s an overall need to be adaptable to the “needs of the military.” We can’t think of any other group…
Lost Innocence: Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Twenty years. It seems impossible that it’s been that long, but for the last 20 years, military families have been serving during a time of war. Long enough that military children, affected by a lifetime of deployments and forever changed by loss, are now serving themselves…
Blue Star Welcome Week Aims to Help #MilKids Find Connections After Each Move When you think about the sacrifices military members make, your first thought might be of those on the frontlines―service members deployed overseas to defend and protect the freedoms we all enjoy. What most Americans don’t understand is that our military families are…
When Facing Back-to-Back Long-Term Separations, #MilFams Rely on Community Connections to Survive When you think about the sacrifices military members make, your first thought might be of those on the frontlines―service members deployed overseas to defend and protect the freedoms we all enjoy. What most Americans don’t understand is that our military families are serving…
Military families move on average every two to three years, with an average of 400,000 service members moving on permanent change of station (PCS) orders every year. We often talk about the implications for spouse employment and the difficulty of building a network of support as a result of moving frequently, but what about…
The event, “Honoring the Hurt and their Heroes” brings awareness to service-connected injuries and the impact it has on the veteran, military families, and caregivers. Our goal is to make attendees aware of the entire life cycle (evolution) of veterans being hurt in combat, transitioning into civilian lifestyle and, the strength, dedication and support of the caregivers. The event…
Meet Shevaun. She’s a navy spouse and mother of four. Shevaun is no stranger to the fact that military life can be unpredictable and challenging. In 13 years of active-duty service, her family has moved six times, faced three deployments, and one year-long unaccompanied tour. Despite all they’ve endured, 2020 presented their biggest challenge…
First-Time Blue Star Museums Participant, Mexic-Arte Museum, Shares Inclusive Space for MilFams to Learn and Connect “Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected.” – Josh Groban In many ways, military life is extremely fractured. Life is broken up into blocks of time─two-year command,…