As most Fort Polk residents slept July 6, Jennifer Ezzell, the spouse of Sgt. 1st Class Tony Ezzell, struggled on her own to deliver a healthy baby girl in her master bathroom in a duplex in Palmetto Terrace. Full story.

Ensuring military families with special medical and educational needs receive the best care and support possible is the goal of the Exceptional Family Member Program, said Rebecca Posante, deputy director of the department's office of community support for military families with special needs. Full story.

An interstate compact is helping to address transition-related concerns for military parents. The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children affects everything from school enrollment and eligibility to course placement and graduation. Full story.

Explaining war to kids is always hard, but when you’re part of a military family, the task is even more difficult because it’s so personal. Full story.

More than three-quarters of the schools run by the Department of Defense Education Authority on military bases around the world are either beyond repair or would require extensive renovations before they meet the department's minimum standards, including three on Marine Corps Base Quantico rated as "poor" or "failing," according to the Center for Public Integrity. Full story.