Deployment Isn't a Game
A few days ago, the Bloom Team was introduced to this headline: Tom Brady Compares the Football Season to ‘Going Away on Deployment in...
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Lorelei H.
- Aug 5, 2022
I Hate Motivational Posters: The Emotions of Extended Deployments
Nothing irks me more than those silly “You can do it!” posters. Sometimes nothing but negativity spews out of my mouth, and I feel like I...
Anna V.
- May 26, 2021
We Will Wait: An Interview with Amy Uptgraft, Creator of the Theatrical Performance "I Will Wait"
(Art by Tim Brumbeloe) There is this melody in our hearts when someone deploys. A father, a mother, a sister, a brother, son, daughter…...
Caleb K.
- Jan 18, 2021
The Beauty of Deployments
As military teens, there is something that we have always dreaded: Deployments. Formally, military deployment is when a service member is...
Ash E. Centric
- Jun 17, 2020
Family Figure? More Like a Stranger: Building Relationships After Deployment
Most military families are no strangers to deployments, and the sad truth is that these long spans of separation can greatly disrupt a...
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- Apr 13, 2020
Deployment Homecomings are NOT "hella corny": An Instagram Rant
I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, and I saw that a girl I used to go to school with was on ESPN’s Instagram account....
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