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Staying Safe in the Heat: Alcohol vs. Water

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Maintaining Your Peace While Vacationing

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Be Water Competent

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Staying Safe in the Heat: Alcohol vs. Water

Recommendations to avoid the risk of dehydration in the hot summer heat.

Maintaining Your Peace While Vacationing

Four simple tips to maintaining peace during vacation.

Be Water Competent

What is Water Competence? The American Red Cross states that water competence means having the knowledge to improve the safety of yourself, family, and friends. You have the knowledge to avoid common aquatic dangers and have fundamental skills to help prevent and respond to drowning.

Fireworks Safety

Finding Strength After Domestic Abuse

Experiencing domestic abuse can have lifelong implications but you are not alone and help is available.

Preparing for Natural Disasters as a Marine Corps Family

Creating a plan to manage natural disasters is an essential element of your Marine Corps family’s readiness.

Words of Encouragement - The Power of Yet

USMC Prevention in Action Newsletter

Family Meetings: Why They Are a Good Idea

Regular family meetings can help build emotional connectedness, open lines of communication and help keep your household running efficiently.

Tips for Staying Active in the Hot Summer Months

Fathers Get the Baby Blues Too

Becoming a father is an exciting time, but adjusting to fatherhood can make it difficult to hold it together.

Resumption of Student Loan Repayments

Student loan payments have resumed for borrowers.

Budgeting as a Family

Seven tips to effectively budget as a family.

Family Sleep Schedule

Spirituality, Religion, and Suicide Risk

How to Effectively Communicate with Family Members with Different Styles

Unplug and Spend Time Outdoors as a Family

Now is the time to put the electronics aside, choose a trail, and spend time outdoors with your family.

Gun Safe Transportation During a PCS Move

Service members are able to ship their empty gun safes in addition to their prescribed household goods weight allowance to their next permanent duty station.

Benefits & Takeaways From The Welcome Aboard Newcomer Brief

Sexual Assault Protective Factors

Explore with Sensory Play

Emotional Support for Caregivers

The respite care reimbursement program is intended to reduce stress on sponsor families by providing temporary rest periods for the primary caregiver(s) of individuals with severe and profound special needs. Respite care is a non-entitlement benefit.

Complete Transitional Compensation for Abused Dependents FAQs

Summer Safety on the Water

This summer, practice making low-risk, low-threat choices and be sure to “Protect What You’ve Earned” while visiting destinations with water.

How 24/7 Support Lines Make a Difference

Whether looking for specific information or just someone to talk to about a sexual assault, round-the-clock help is just a phone call away.

	
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