“Terminal leave” is the time that a service member is allowed to take off duty at the end of his or her career. It’s typically a combination of regular accrued leave and permissive TDY.
The military grants that time so that retiring personnel can search for jobs or move to a new home. But instead of using terminal leave to settle into a way of life, some couples and families turn it into the adventure of a lifetime.
By Salute to Spouses Staff
A new study suggests that suicide attempts within a military unit may lead to more.
This summer CNN reported that a study in the JAMA Psychiatry journal found that a suicide attempt by one individual in a unit is often followed by more attempts by other members of that unit.
By Salute to Spouses staff
Thousands of military members have been evacuated from Texas, Georgia and Florida for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Many have and will return home to destruction.
As families try to assess the damage, salvage what they can and return to a new normal, there is lots of help in place from military organizations. Here is a rundown of information from Blue Star Families and Military.com.
Evacuation Entitlements
Despite an end to the federal hiring freeze earlier this month, services for military families may remain in limbo, and even suspended.
When the federal government placed a freeze on all federal hiring in late January, the Department of Defense was allowed to hire only new military members to send to individual service boot camps.
By Christine Cioppa
The Department of Defense (DoD) has essentially said “We got your six!” with the passing of a new rule that improves mental health care access and expands treatment for alcohol, drug and pain pill use disorders.
By Christine Cioppa
“Maybe your baby is watching over you now,” consoled a family member.
I thought I had a reason to be confident about my last pregnancy. A heartbeat, however faint, was picked up at 6.5 weeks. I was elated.
Yesterday Hillary Clinton’s campaign reached out to military members and their spouses, outlining the changes she would implement to help make military family life easier.
The Military Times reported that Clinton’s campaign released a 23-point “Military Families Agenda”.
According to the Military Times, the document addresses:
Have something important you want to tell the three-star general?
Maybe something along the lines of how benefit cuts are hurting your family?
Don't ring his doorbell, take the annual survey sponsored by Blue Star Families.
This is more than a random survey, this is one of the documents that the general, as well as DOD policy makers and politicians use to decide how funds will be allocated and what programs will be kept or cut.
By Tiffany Shedd
I have been writing a fair bit about health care and health care reform lately on this blog. It’s important that we know what’s going on with our benefits and how those changes will affect the care out loved ones receive.
By Christine Cioppa
Pregnant woman, and those trying to conceive, beware: you don’t have to be in a country where the birth-defect-causing Zika virus is found to be at risk for the virus. It can be passed along sexually by men who get infected from a mosquito bite while out of the country
And with PCS season and multiple, overseas, joint exercises coming in the next few months, there are a lot of military families that will be traveling to Zika infected areas.
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