The Family & Deployment Easy Guide
A supportive toolkit for navigating the challenges of deployment.

If your loved one is preparing to leave, currently deployed, or just returning from deployment — and you're finding it hard to adjust — please know this: you're not alone, and what you're feeling is completely normal.

I've been there myself. Those moments of thinking “I wish they were here to deal with this” or “I can’t cope” are more common than you might expect. These feelings are real, valid, and — most importantly — temporary.

The Family & Deployment Easy Guide is a simple, practical resource designed to help you manage stress, understand your emotions, and maintain your well-being throughout the deployment journey. Whether you're a partner, parent, sibling, or friend, this guide is for you.

Inside, you'll find:

• Simple, actionable strategies to support your emotional wellness

• Tools to build resilience and regain a sense of control

• A beginner journal section to help you reflect, express, and process

• A highly visual, easy-to-follow format that works with busy lives

By practicing just one small step each day, you’ll start to notice a shift in how you cope and connect — both with yourself and those around you. This guide is here to remind you: you are stronger than you think, and support is always within reach.