Deployments

• Advent in Iraq

  A deployed chaplain shares his thoughts leading up to Christmas.

• Daddy's Letter to Son

  LTC Frank Gray's letter to his son explaining why he is back in the Army.

• Daddy, Don't Go Back!

  The Wesley family shares some lessons they learned through deployment.

• Double Duty

  An excerpt from Hope for the Home Front: Winning the Emotional and Spiritual Battles of a Military Wife by Marshéle Carter Waddell.

• Duty Calls

  Challnges are unique for married-to-each-other military with families when duty calls

• North American AMCF Week of Prayer

  As Officers' Christian Fellowship's part in the prayer campaign of the North American AMCF Week of Prayer, 22-28 JAN 2012, we are asking each OCF fellowship group to forego the normal weekly group agenda for that one day/evening and spend the time in prayer instead.

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

  An officer who was there takes a step back to view the big picture.

• Re-entry Reminders

  Some suggestions for managing the process of re-entry.

• Rescue on the High Seas

  I was a modern-day Jonah trying to escape the grasp of God rather than make Him my priority and obey Him.

• Returning Home

  The adjustments families need to make can be improved by a good understanding of the stresses of separation and a strategy for thriving.

• Service Separations

  You've heard the horror stories about what can go wrong when your husband leaves... but it doesn't have to be all bad.

• The Role of Faith

  Many people feel emptiness when their families are separated or are in uncertain circumstances.

• Through A Glass Darkly

  The rituals that helped Sarah Hemingway's daughters stay connected to their father when he was in Vietnam.

• What Are Parents to Do?

  Each themselves military officers, what's it like as a Mom and Dad to watch your child deploy?