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Missouri Guard member finds employment for fellow service members
January 31, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Jared Stewart, an employee assistance noncommissioned officer, edits a military member's résumé. Stewart helps service members and their spouses find jobs and assist them with writing résumés, preparing for interviews, and job placement.

Family Readiness Groups serve vital role during deployments
January 24, 2012
Gail Mann, and Amy Morris, volunteers from the 268th Military Police Company's Family Readiness Group, prepare Christmas stockings Dec. 1, 2011, to send to Soldiers of the 268th Military Police Company, who are currently deployed to Kuwait.

Mrs. Dempsey: Military families take care of each other
January 20, 2012
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, enjoy a USO show with service members at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2011. Through social media and contacts with service members and families, Deanie Dempsey discusses issues that include programs for military families overseas, jobs for military spouses, military family health, and her travels with the chairman.

Defense Department launches website for military children
January 19, 2012
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Free online service connects service members to babysitters, caretakers
January 18, 2012
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Medical colleges pledge to care for troops, families
January 13, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to Soldiers and civilians gathered at Virginia Commonwealth University's Singleton Center for the Performing Arts to announce a joint initiative to enhance support for military members and veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The initiative boasts new efforts to bolster education, pursue groundbreaking research and share information and best practices among various colleges and universities.

Community helps Missouri Guard family
January 11, 2012
Army Spc. Shane Whitacre, 2175th Military Police Company, with his family at the unit's holiday party. The party fell just before Whitacre was scheduled for shoulder surgery.

Obama vows to 'keep faith' with families
January 6, 2012
Gunner Butt, son of Sgt. 1st Class Walter Butt, stands with his family waiting for the return of their deployed Soldier at the Indiana National Guard, 3-19th Agribusiness Development Team from Afghanistan at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10.

Changes in AER include family dental assistance, spouse scholarships
January 5, 2012
Army Capt. Martha Mitchell, a dentist at the U.S. Army Garison-Stuttgart Dental Clinic, examines 7-year-old Parker Weedon's teeth during a visit to his second-grade classroom at Robinson Barracks Elementary School. Assistance for family dental care up to $4,000 per case is now available through Army
Emergency Relief under new guidelines that expand eligible categories.

DOD sets goal to financially empower service members, families
December 16, 2011
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