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Family Focus Friday: Navy Father Surprises Family

Posted on April 27, 2012 by jtozer

The best surprise a military kid can get! Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Karnbach returns home early to surprise his wife and children at an Our Military Kids performance. You won’t want to miss this:

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Online Resources to Help Military Kids with Moving Anxiety

Posted on April 26, 2012 by jtozer

Permanent Change of Station (PCS). It’s a fact of military life. Adults might find moving to be a hassle, but kids sometimes have a hard time adjusting to the new life in a new place. A newly updated DoD website helps …
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Episode #132: Weekly News Roundup for April 20, 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ian Graham

In “This Week in the DoD” for April 20: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Department of Defense is highlighting its campaign to end sexual assault in the military. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta traveled to Brussels, Belgium, …
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Thank a Military Child

Posted on April 17, 2012 by jtozer

From the U.S. Army Installation Management Community (IMCOM) There are 1.7 million American children and youth under 18 with a parent serving in the military and about 900,000 with one or both parents deployed multiple times. April is designated as …
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Military Youth on the Move

Posted on April 13, 2012 by jtozer

Service members with children have lots of resources for helping their kids understand and cope with many changes military life brings to a family. Military Youth on the Move is one of them, giving kids and parents alike a place …
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