The homefront field guide for military dads — deployment goodbyes, PCS moves with kids, solo bedtimes and gear worth mailing. Restored from the original 2011 milblog.https://militarydadblog.com/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/books-for-military-kids/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/books-for-military-kids/The best books for military kids — picture books that handle deployment, moving and homecoming honestly, how to read them well, and where to start first.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/family-movie-night-during-deployment/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/family-movie-night-during-deployment/How a weekly family movie night holds the house together during deployment — the setup, the snack rules, ways the deployed parent joins in, and why it works.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/military-extended-family-support-network/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/military-extended-family-support-network/How to build a military extended family — grandparents, neighbors, unit families and friends who show up during deployment — before the day you need them.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/deployment-goodbyes-with-kids/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/deployment-goodbyes-with-kids/How to handle deployment goodbyes with kids — age-by-age scripts, a goodbye-day run-book, what to skip, and the small rituals that shrink the hardest day.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/solo-parent-bedtime-during-deployment/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/solo-parent-bedtime-during-deployment/A workable solo parent bedtime during deployment — one dad's exact routine, scripts for the hard questions, sleep-regression triage, and tools that help.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/temporary-stay-at-home-dad-lessons/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/temporary-stay-at-home-dad-lessons/What a military dad learns as a temporary stay-at-home dad between assignments — a week-one run-book, the standards trap, and lessons earned the loud way.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/what-military-life-gives-your-kids/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/what-military-life-gives-your-kids/The real benefits military life gives your kids — resilience with receipts, wider maps, built-in community and rituals that hold — without pretending it's free.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://militarydadblog.com/posts/homecoming-guest-room-setup/https://militarydadblog.com/posts/homecoming-guest-room-setup/A military dad's guest room setup for homecomings and deployment support visits — real bedding, not the air mattress, when family stays weeks not days.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT