I'm Already Home...Again - Keeping your family close while on assignment or deployment

by Elaine Gray Dumler

America has now been deploying military service members in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 8 years. These separations are leaving military families stressed from multiple deployments. Even in peacetime we ll have over 60,000 troops deployed to fight Global Terrorism. The book, Im Already Home Again tackles the challenges of keeping our military families connected and strong while away from each other due to deployments and temporary assignments. Military families are especially vulnerable to tough separations. Now there s an easy-to-follow, practical guide to fun and inexpensive ways for keeping our service men and women connected to their families while away in service to their country. Im Already Home Again - Keeping your family close while on assignment or deployment is an essential tool for military personnel preparing for active duty. The first edition of this work, Im Already Home , is widely used by over 20,000 families. Now, expanded and updated, this book includes special features that make it even more useful and relevant to the unique demands of the military family. This book includes 212 connection ideas, over 75 resource websites, (compiled from over 3200 interviews with military families who have experienced deployments) an expanded section on reunion and reintegration, added chapters for your extended family, schools, spiritual protection, and community/neighborhood services. All this wonderful information is combined with new stories and the original inspiration. Im Already Home Again , now read by over 50,000 families, has been called a message of hope . Additionally, this book is a valuable resource for private civilian contractors who are away from their families while conducting business overseas.

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 24, 2006

Reviews

[Sarah Longbrake · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has many ideas for staying connected while a loved one is deployed. Only a fraction of the ideas resonated with me, but I wrote those ideas down to remember over the next year. There are suggesting for staying connected with kids, as well as spouses.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book shares many stories that you have already lived through or are currently going through. There are many ideas to help cover every aspect of a deployment. This is a must-read for any military spouse or family member.