Posts by Emily Johnson

Embracing the Blue Star Families & Hiring Our Heroes 4+1 Commitment to military spouse success, T-Mobile leads the charge in prioritizing the hiring of our military-connected community, and here’s an example of how.

Blue Star Families, Starbucks, and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service are proud to announce the recognition of the first-ever licensed Starbucks Military Family Store on a military installation at Ft. Liberty, North Carolina.

Today, we — Eric Eversole, president of Hiring Our Heroes, and Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families — join together with private and public sector partners to solve the long-standing crisis in military spouse unemployment.

Blue Star Families and Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) convened to announce the launch of the 4+1 Commitment: The Formula for Military Spouse Success, a first-of-its-kind, nationwide effort to tackle the 21% unemployment rate among military spouses. View event video replay here.

Blue Star Families calls on Senate leaders to immediately bring to an end all remaining military holds unrelated to their qualifications for promotion or command, and to establish failsafe processes to keep this from happening again.

As we watch events around the world unfold, it is more important than ever that we have senior leaders in place who are equipped and authorized to provide the best advice and make the best decisions on behalf of the United States. Here is the letter to Senators calling for an end to the promotion blockade.