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DoD Report Does Nothing to Further Our Understanding of Military Family Suicide Rate
Today the Department of Defense released its first annual report on military family suicide. Here’s what we know and what we can do about it.
NMFA Announces Ashish Vazirani As New Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
NMFA Announces Ashish Vazirani As New Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Alexandria, VA — The National Military Family Association Board of Governors is delighted to announce Ashish S. Vazirani as the organization’s new Executive Director and Chief...
NMFA Celebrates the Retirement of Longtime Executive Director Joyce Wessel Raezer
NMFA Celebrates the Retirement of Longtime Executive Director Joyce Wessel Raezer By Shannon Prentice, Content Development Manager The National Military Family Association bid a fond farewell and sent its best wishes to longtime Executive Director Joyce Wessel Raezer...
Child Abuse Affects All Communities—Including the Military.
Child Abuse Affects All Communities—Including the Military. It’s something no one wants to think about: the physical or sexual abuse of a child. Parents want nothing more than to keep their children safe. Sometimes, however, despite parents’ best efforts, the...
What’s the NDAA? Everything You Need to Know
What’s the NDAA? Everything You Need to Know By: Eileen Huck, Government Relations Deputy Director We hear it all the time: Congress can’t get anything done. There’s some truth to the saying that the wheels of Congress were designed to move slowly at the best of...
Military Caregiver Kids are Hidden Heroes
Military Caregiver Kids are Hidden Heroes What’s it like to be a military caregiver kid? We know military kids are resilient; they have to be with the stress they endure. Military kids often experience multiple deployments, military-mandated moves, and numerous...
Spouse Scholarships: Take Your Dreams Off Pause
Fisher House Foundation and NMFA Spouse Scholarship recipients discuss education and career struggles faced by military spouses.
It’s Time to End the Widow’s Tax
It's Time to End the Widow's Tax You’re a military spouse. That means there’s a 24% chance you’re unemployed… A 99% chance you’ve spent an anniversary apart from your spouse…. And a very high likelihood you’ve navigated multiple deployments. For more than 65,255...
Student Loan Debt? Here’s What You Can Do About It
On Thursday, March 21, 2019, the National Military Family Association will join Veterans Education Success and five other veteran and military service organizations to reaffirm the protections for America’s military-affiliated students in the pending re-authorization of the Higher Education Act.
What’s Changed for Military Families Frustrated by Privatized Housing Horrors?
Military families living in privatized housing are still experiencing health and safety troubles as a result of substandard home conditions.
