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![Capt. Zachary Johnson performs weighted back squats for his circuit workout during the MacDonald Hero Workout event at Iron Empire gym in Dover, N.H., Nov. 10, 2015. Iron Empire hosted a community workout in honor Lance Cpl. MacDonald, a Marine who lost his life in Iraq in 2003, or whomever the participants individually wanted to honor. Johnson is the executive officer of Recruiting Station Portsmouth, N.H.](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1000w_q95-71.webp?quality=85&w=675)
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7 military discounts for your fitness journey
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One military family’s complicated path to parenthood
![JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 27, 2021) - Michelle Kincaid, a mammography technologist at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, assists a patient during a mammogram. Kincaid, a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, says, “Being checked annually is the best way to catch cancer early.” TRICARE covers an annual screening mammogram for women age 40 and over. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (U.S. Navy photo by Deidre Smith, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1000w_q95-66.webp?quality=85&w=611)
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Military spouses: Quit putting off your own medical appointments
![April Davis (left) plays the role of attacker as J.J. Evans practices releasing her arm during a self-defense workshop at Mololani Community Center, May 10, 2013. Approximately 90 military spouses gathered at Mololani Community Center for the Empowered Spouses Event, where they took advantage of a series of workshops and a resource fair. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong)](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1000w_q95-65.webp?quality=85&w=613)
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5 Military spouse groups you should join
![JACKSONVILLE, FL. (September, 15, 2023) Amanda Lapointe, a mammography technologist at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, assists a patient during a mammogram. Lapointe, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, says, “Early detection saves lives.” TRICARE covers an annual screening mammogram for women age 40 and over. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (U.S. Navy photo by Deidre Smith, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released). #FacesofNHJax #BreastCancerAwareness](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Screen-Shot-2024-08-30-at-2.49.58-PM.png?quality=85&w=612)
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4 lessons in the journey from PA to patient
![Brad Willis, personal training manager on Fort Bragg conducts a traininig session with Jacqueline Gomez, Sept. 17, 2014 at the Hercules Physical Fitness Center here. Gomez is currently training to compete as a bikini girl in the North Carolina National Physique Committee's 2014 Mid-Atlantic Classic on Oct. 25 in Charlotte, N.C. Willis has been training Gomez for four months now.](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-60.webp?quality=85&w=761)
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3 Warnings about personal trainers… from a personal trainer
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3 must-read books to help you live your best milspouse life
![SMYRNA, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2015) Chief Utilitiesman William Dean has his chief's anchors pinned by his wife during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony for 10 newly frocked chief petty officers from Navy Recruiting District Nashville, Navy Operations Support Center Chattanooga and Navy Operations Support Center Knoxville. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Timothy Walter/Released)](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-58.webp?quality=85&w=674)
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5 milspouse survival tips for ‘Chief season’
![Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a significant or extreme emotional or psychological response to a shocking or dangerous or traumatic event. PTSD Awareness Month is observed during June to help spread the word that currently in the United States, approximately 12 million people (about six of every 100) live with PTSD, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen/Released)](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-57.webp?quality=85&w=676)
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The complexity of being a family affected by PTSD
![Gunnery Sergeant Russell Garcia, data chief on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., spots his wife, Katherine Garcia, as she performs shoulder presses at the base gym. They are both currently training to become professional fitness competitors.](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-55.webp?quality=85&w=675)
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How to stay in shape during a PCS
![U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Quince Bisard, a combat photographer with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in evening yoga, aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), Nov. 26. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and the John P. Murtha, conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcus E. Melara)](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-32.webp?quality=85&w=799)
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Yoga poses you can do anywhere
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How to work with TRICARE for better medical coverage
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10 FRG events to consider that aren’t coffee
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5 Yoga poses every military spouse needs
![Keeping love alive across the miles: Communication during deployment](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-22.webp?quality=85&w=705)
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Keeping love alive across the miles: Communication during deployment
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Essential life skills every military spouse should know
![How to be a medical advocate for your family](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1000w_q95-21.webp?quality=85&w=677)
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