AUSA Family Readiness is dedicated to providing Army families the tools and resources they need to help them manage the challenges of the military life cycle.
Given the demands of military life, soldiers and their families need to master resilience, a panel of experts said.
Active-duty military parents who live off-post at certain installations will soon be able to enroll their children in on-post schools operated by the Defense Department.
The Army, along with the other services, should track the effectiveness of child care employee retention efforts, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
“The Department of Defense operates the largest employer-sponsored child care program in the United States,” the report states. “While officials in the four military services told us retaining child care workers has been a challenge, none of the military services have established metrics to track the effectiveness of their retention initiatives.”
Army senior leaders have heard soldiers' requests for higher-quality housing, and they believe a series of initiatives and investment efforts now underway will change the game.
In a packed fireside chat that also was livestreamed at on-post watch parties around the country, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer fielded questions on the most pressing concerns for troops and their families.
In a "banner year" for Army education, the service has embraced the Defense Department's rollout of a universal pre-K program and implemented new practices aimed at developing the service's cadre of highly qualified teachers, the DoD's acting chief academic officer said Oct. 14.
There has been “so much progress” with growing resources and programs to support military spouses, particularly when it comes to employment opportunities, said Patricia Barron, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy.
The Defense Department announced seven initiatives to improve quality of life for service members and their families in a Sept. 13 memorandum.
"Early in my tenure as secretary of defense, I made taking care of our people a top priority," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in the memorandum. "Doing right by our all-volunteer joint force and their families is a core readiness issue.”
Soldiers will not have the luxury of clarity when the next global conflict breaks out, said Gen. Andrew Poppas, commanding general of Army Forces Command.
An Army doctor who dedicated his life to serving others and Gold Star moms who tirelessly keep their loved ones’ legacies alive are featured in September as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s “Army Matters” podcast.
First up, on Sept. 11, is a podcast featuring Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, a retired major general who is now assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
Key issues for military families—and their service members’ propensity to continue serving—were inextricably linked to their well-being in 2023, according to a new report from the Military Family Advisory Network.
“Our country, our national security, our democracy counts on those who serve,” the group’s 2023 Military Family Support Programming Survey found. “They count on their families, and this report has shown that their well-being—the whole family—and propensity to recommend military service are not mutually exclusive.”
