Military families and children have different ways of keeping in touch with their deployed loved ones. For five-year-old Julian Becker, the sweetest way would be showing his Navy dad pictures of himself with his dog taken on a daily basis. Julian’s parents are from New York — his father works as a U.S. Navy officer [...]

Indeed, it doesn’t take the grandest of things to make kids happy and the same is true for military children who go through so much stresses in life. Last week, around thirty uniformed Sailors from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VR) 57 and Navy Medical Center San Diego and community volunteers handed out 1,000 free toys [...]

On April 26, kids ruled Naval Support Facility Arlington, as it hosted more than 25 children aged 4 to 12, during the nationwide observance of “Bring Your Child to Work Day.” The staff of the Chief of Naval Personnel has been hosting the annual observance for three years running. As with previous years, it was [...]

The awards ceremony for the Celebration of Star Power of Our Military Kids was held at the Naval Heritage Center in Washington D.C. last April 19. The event, which honored five children of service members and one military family in recognition of the outstanding accomplishments they were able to do through funds from Our Military [...]

Five children were recognized at a gala held on Thursday, April 5, in Arlington, Virginia, as Military Children of the year. Operation Homefront recognized one child from each service of the military as Military Child of the Year. Top military brass from the various military services were on hand to praise the children, including Joint [...]

The coming of a little bundle of joy is something that a lot of expectant parents get to enjoy together. For the loved ones of service members who are deployed overseas, however, giving birth is something that they would have to deal with on their own – just another one of the sacrifices that military [...]