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Samantha Kupianen, a Public Affairs Specialist at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, walks along the newly opened nature trail at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 16, 2024. The new trail provides another amenity for the installation’s community with the goal of promoting health and wellness, and offering multiple scenes that highlight natural aspects of the air station. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ramos)
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6 ways to prioritize your mental and physical health

By Jessica Evans

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.
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7 military discounts for your fitness journey

By Toby Ralph

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One military family’s complicated path to parenthood

By Hollie Sick

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
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Military spouses: Quit putting off your own medical appointments

By Samantha Gmolka

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)
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5 Military spouse groups you should join

By Daniella Horne

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
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4 lessons in the journey from PA to patient

By Samantha Gmolka

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.
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3 Warnings about personal trainers… from a personal trainer

By Toby Ralph

woman in a hammock, reading
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3 must-read books to help you live your best milspouse life

By Michele Bradfield

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)
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5 milspouse survival tips for ‘Chief season’

By Daniella Horne

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)
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The complexity of being a family affected by PTSD

By Megan Brown

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.
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How to stay in shape during a PCS

By Toby Ralph

Morale, Welfare and Recreation hosted the annual Holiday Extravaganza at the Epicenter on Naval Station Great Lakes. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navy’s largest training installation and the home of the Navy’s only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class MC1 Joseph E. Montemarano)
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5 on-base amenities you should take advantage of as a military family

By Daniella Horne

Yuko Portillo, bar chief at the Camp Zama Community Club Sports Bar, pours a Chocolate Espresso Martini, one of five nonalcoholic “mocktails” she created that were debuted during a social held there April 11. The drinks are now available at the Sports Bar, and there is no minimum age to purchase them.
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7 reasons military spouses are embracing the ‘sober-curious’ movement

By Michele Bradfield

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)
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Yoga poses you can do anywhere

By Amber Cook

A man looks at TRICARE website
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How to work with TRICARE for better medical coverage

By Bethaney Phillips

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10 FRG events to consider that aren’t coffee

By Kait Hanson

Spouses practice yoga outdoors
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5 Yoga poses every military spouse needs

By Amber Cook

Keeping love alive across the miles: Communication during deployment
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Keeping love alive across the miles: Communication during deployment

By Jessica Evans

Essential life skills every military spouse should know
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Essential life skills every military spouse should know

By Daniella Horne

How to be a medical advocate for your family
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How to be a medical advocate for your family

By Bethaney Phillips

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