2017-03-27

 By Alison Buckholtz

For military spouses enduring a partner’s deployment, staying positive may be the hardest struggle of all. I should know. I have been there. Here are ten tips to help military spouses call on their inner resources and make it through deployment.

Read the first helpful tip on how to deal with a loved one's deployment.

Alison Buckholtz is a Navy wife and the author of Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War. For more information, visit StandingByBook.com

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