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Join us for a Live online panel with Facebook leadership as we discuss the 2012 Military Lifestyle Survey Results.  This is one event you don't want to miss! 

We just love collaborating with folks who want nothing more than to support military families.  And the Sierra Club is doing just that with a cool new event on April 1.  Check it! 

Vivian Greentree writes about the power of a legacy.  Read on ...

The Military Spouse Employment Partnership is designed to help military spouses access career resources and connect with corporations who are ready to help spouses explore career options for their mobile lifestyles.  Vivian Greentree tells us why this program is long overdue and overwhelmingly awesome!

My kids count the days by "sleeps" ... so here goes:  FOUR sleeps until Father's Day!  Let our very own Vivian Greentree share her tips for a great-gift giving extravaganza! 

Vivian Greentree is heading to the National Conference on Volunteerism and Service.  She gives us the skinny on why volunteering helps us all!   Soldier on Viv!

I suppose I should first lay my biases on the table. I am a proud military spouse and a former Supply Officer in the Navy. I am also a doctoral student working on my dissertation in public administration.

It's always wonderful when hard working military spouses receive some recognition for their service.  The Heroes at Home military spouse awards do just that for military spouses in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

Last year I helped to design, implement and analyze a survey for military families. The intent was to gain insight into a broad spectrum of military family lifestyle issues. With the help of a variety of military family support organizations, we were able to garner more than 3,600 respondents, representing every branch and rank, who gave their input based on their “in the trenches” experiences while answering questions about their relationships, stress, operations tempo requirements, employment, children’s education and reactions to deployments, civic engagement and use of social media.

In recent years, a number of us have gotten together to observe Veterans Day in a new but very appropriate way: We’ve honored service with service. Joining with communities and organizations around the country, my colleagues from Blue Star Families have tackled projects ranging from the environment and children to homelessness and hunger, and of course, the quality of life for our nation’s veterans and military families.