Coping with Rapid Deployments

Be Safe, Love Mom - What Holds Us Together is focused on you the military mom (or loved one) adapting to life as the parent of a service member. As the mom of our service members, I know the importance of encouragement and support and community with other military moms.

Many families have been jolted recently with the news of a rapid deployment of their sons and daughters. Today Elaine talks about her strategies to deal with the stress that comes with that news. She also talks about Afghanistan from the perspective of someone whose family has been intertwined with that region. Her children deployed twice, her husband worked for an Afghan airline for four years, and she also taught in the only coed school in Kabul.