Moving to a new place every few years is an inevitable part of the military experience. While this can be stressful for even the most seasoned people in the forces, it can be even more distressing for children.
Children have had an especially rough time since March 2020. COVID-19 largely took away their schooling, in-person relationships with friends and fellow students, their teachers, extracurricular activities, and any semblance of a normal life.
For the first time, the Defense Department has gathered data on military family members who died by suicide – 186 in 2017 – according to a new report released Thursday.
The Navy has released more details from its 2019 Summary of the Navy Public Private Venture (PPV) Housing ‘Out of Cycle’ Survey, conducted earlier this year based on concerns with privatized family...
The Department of Defense is asking current residents of military privatized housing to provide feedback on a draft version of a Resident Bill of Rights.
Every time Airmen, retirees and military families shop the Yokota Exchange, they help make their community stronger. In 2018, Yokota Exchange shoppers generated $509,706.21 for vital on-installation community programs.
Join us as we celebrate our customers and say thank you to everyone for their continued support, at the 2019 Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 11 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the NEX Main Store.
On April 25, many students across the country will not be in their classrooms. Instead they will be taking the opportunity to join their parents/guardians in the nationally recognized “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2019”.
According to the Department of Defense Education Activity, the average military child will move six to nine times during a school career—three times more often than children whose parents do not serve in the military.
Thankfully, all branches of the U.S. military have implemented the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) to support service members and their dependents in order to help mitigate these issues.
