Implementation of the Defense Department's Tenant Bill of Rights for military families in base housing has hit a few snags, even as more families sue the companies that manage these properties. A Stars and Stripes reporter provides the latest updates.⁣

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Articles mentioned in this episode include:⁣

-Former managers for privatized housing company plead guilty to fraud in doctoring maintenance records, Military Times⁣

-These 37 Army bases are providing all privatized housing tenant rights, Military Times⁣

-DOD delays final protections for military families in housing tenant bill of rights — again, Stars and Stripes⁣

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Help may be on the way for military spouses struggling to find employment or pay for child care, as Congress weighs multiple bills that would impact military families financially.

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With PCS season underway, a certified professional organizer and Army spouse gives her top moving tips and other life hacks for military families.

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Gold Star husband and retired Green Beret Joe Kent reflects on the life of his late wife, who was killed on a special operations mission fighting ISIS in Syria. Joe is raising the couple's two young sons and shares how he's preserving Shannon Kent's legacy as a mother and a warrior.

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May is the Month of the Military Caregiver. In this episode, military spouse Amy Bushatz and her two sons share what it's like being caregivers for their soldier, who has PTSD and a traumatic brain injury.

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A Gold Star spouse discovered her late husband's photo was being used in online romance scams. Now, she's part of a new campaign to educate about a rise in cybercrimes impacting service members, veterans and their families at disproportionate rates.

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As U.S. troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, an Army spouse shares her perspective on a country she's come to know and love through her husband's many deployments and the toll the war there has taken on her life.

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Army spouse Marla Bautista shares her personal story of abuse, incarceration and homelessness as a young adult and how those experiences inspired her family's nonprofit helping the homeless community wherever the military takes them.

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First Lady Jill Biden is tackling military kids’ education as part of the White House Joining Forces Initiative. In this episode, a military kid shares her experiences moving from school to school, and a military child education leader shares what families can expect from the program.

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A new Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce offers multiple resources for entrepreneurs and, for the first time, the chance to be federally recognized as a military spouse-owned business. Two Army spouses working on this project provide all the details.

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