Tuberville’s Military Promotion Hold Disrupted Family Lives but Did Not Hurt Readiness, According to Watchdog

Tuberville’s military promotion hold disrupted family lives but did not hurt readiness, according to watchdog

A 10-month blockade on 447 military promotions initiated by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in 2023 disrupted the flow of leadership and upended some military families’ lives but did not harm readiness, according to a government watchdog.

Military spouse and mom of 5 fights back as vaccine dispute blocks family's permanent change of station

Amanda Johnson, a mother of five and Marine spouse, is fighting the military to prevent her family from being separated during an overseas permanent change of station to Peru.

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Amanda Johnson, a Marine spouse and homeschooling mother of five with a set of twins and a newborn is speaking out after months of what she calls stonewalling by the U.S. military medical establishment. Her family’s upcoming move abroad has been put on hold because their children have not received all the recommended vaccinations despite the Navy’s policy stating they’re not required. The Marine Corps is interdependent with the Navy for logistic…

Military spouse and mom of 5 fights back as vaccine dispute blocks family’s permanent change of station

​   Amanda Johnson, a Marine spouse and homeschooling mother of five with a set of twins and a newborn is speaking out after months of what she calls stonewalling by the U.S. military medical establishment. Her family’s upcoming move abroad has been put on hold because their children have not received all the recommended vaccinations despite the Navy’s policy stating they’re not required. The Marine Corps is interdependent with the Navy for logi…

Military Spouses Fed Up With PCS Struggles, Survey Says

A new survey found that record rates of Active-duty military spouses want to leave the military community, with a large number of them frustrated by the difficulty of finding employment, child care, and reimbursement for moving costs after a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move. Thirty-two percent of spouses favored leaving the military in 2024, the highest percentage ever reported on the Active-duty Spouse Survey, which the Defense Departmen…