News

Military spouses and vets with a business idea percolating read this post and get the training and mentorship you need to get your venture off the ground! 

Did you just receive PCS orders?  Heading out on house hunting leave?  If you are thinking of buying a house, be sure and read this piece ... 

Today Blue Star Families announced the release of a comprehensive report, “Unsung Heroes: Military Families after Ten Years of War.” The report, created by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), is a compilation of studies and statistics on the state of military families after ten years of war. IAVA's report strongly supports the findings from Blue Star Families' 2010 Military Family Lifestyle Survey, including recommendations impacting military spouse education and employment, military child education, the effects of the deployment cycle on military families, military family financial concerns, and health care.

Leave it to veteran grandparents to step up to the plate for military children. Read a heartwarming story about some former military men and women who have become foster grandparents for some lucky mil-kids. Read on ... 

It's that time again! Time to tell Blue Star Families the issues that are most important to your military family. If you are a military family member, veteran or service member, BSF would like to hear from you.

Aloha Hawaii vets and spouses!  Check out a Hiring Our Heroes Vets event in November and brush up your interview skills and resume.  Good luck!

Blue Star Families announced today that it has teamed up with the town of Independence, Kansas to remember 9/11 and to thank military families, veterans and service members. As part of the town's Military Memorial Display dedication, the town will ask residents and attendees to pledge community service in honor of military families. The community service pledges are part of Operation Honor Cards, a program to encourage Americans to perform service in honor of military families, veterans, and service members.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out this appearance by Tim Daly on Fox and Friends from last week.  Tim was there to promote our military family suicide prevention PSAs, produced by The Creative Coalition.

Check out an uber-cool new Facebook application that connects military folks through shared service experiences.  Now there's an APP for that!

Even if you aren't a big fan of "The Twitter" you may have heard about the President's Twitter Town Hall happening today from the White House. That's right.  Today at 2pm EST, President Obama, a Twitter newbie, will be answering questions from Twitter on the economy and jobs. Our Communications Director and resident social media addict, Stephanie Himel-Nelson, will be in the White House audience for Blue Star Families.