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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Fear | |
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| God's Got My Twelve: Learning to Trust God | |
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| Fear Not: Going into Battle | |
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| Bed Rest and Casseroles: Coping with the Unknown | |
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| There I Was: The First Combat Mission | |
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| Guess What, Mom? I'm Signing Up! Surrendering Our Children to the Lord | |
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| The Rabbi's Tattoos: Why We Fight | |
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| Transition | |
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| Please Hear What I'm Not Saying: Taking Time to Listen | |
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| Old Lady on the Train: God's Predestined Plan | |
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| There's a Toilet in My Hallway: Finding Blessings during Tough Times | |
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| Give Me My Sunglasses: Balancing Family and Career | |
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| Bella Italia! Now Let's Go Home: Adjusting to Foreign Military Relocations | |
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| EOS No More: Preparing for Change | |
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| When the Honeymoon Is Over: Life After Deployments | |
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| Loneliness and Grief | |
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| A New Day's Dawn: Finding Hope after Loss | |
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| The Road Back Home: Winning Battles in the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder War | |
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| Will He Ever Really Come Home? Restoring Hope to Families Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
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| The Academy Pew: Persevering through Loneliness | |
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| Get This Elephant Off My Head! Lifting the Weight of Depression | |
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| I Choose Us: When Love Disappears | |
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| Avoiding Destructive Behavior | |
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| Don't Play with Thunderstorms: Avoiding Risky Situations while Deployed | |
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| Your Father-in-Law Called: Safeguarding Your Relationship | |
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| Let's Go Yankees: Combating Pornography | |
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| Dog Puke and Celebrities: Dismantling Emotional Land Mines | |
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| Wake up Call: The Realities of Alcohol Abuse | |
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| I'll Just Buy This One Thing: Combating Destructive Behaviors | |
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| Communication | |
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| C = D: Seeing Ourselves as We Really Are | |
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| Chicks' TDY: The Essence of Military Life | |
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| How Ya Doin'? The Importance of Listening | |
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| Sex and a Bag of Chips: Fulfilling Our Spouse's Love Language | |
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| I Know a Pilot Who: Encouraging Building Integrity | |
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| It's Not All about You: Why We Serve | |
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| Resources | |