Navy Lodge El Centro is conveniently close to family resources such as Navy Exchange, Commissary, Family Housing Center, a fitness center, bowling alley, child care center, MWR Recreational Center, movie theater, and the base restaurant Mirage Club. Located in the heart of Southern California’s Imperial Valley, it is a two-hour drive from San Diego and Palm Springs, one hour from Yuma AZ (via Interstate 8), and fifteen minutes from the Mexican Border. While staying there, don

Sunset at the Hale Koa Hotel. DoD Photo. It’s time for a vacation and the beach is the prime destination. Military members and their families planning their beach vacation need look no further. The following list is comprised of five of the greatest military beaches in the United States where military members are the priority. Not only are the beaches pristine, but each location has many support facilities to provide a great vacation spot while on a budget. Hale Koa Hotel, HI

Sinda and Mike enjoy the tranquility of the artist Monet’s gardens. Photo by the Slagles. We signed up online on the Take a Hop website in mid July hoping for a flight back east in September. Our plan was to fly Space-A to Ramstein AB, Germany, and begin our journey from there. We had picked out a few French cities to see, bought a train pass (Rick Steves website) and thought to take a tour from RTT at Ramstein. However, you all know how it goes with Space-A–best laid plans…

Sunset on Coronado. Photo provided by Navy Lodge. If you ever tried to get into the Navy Lodge at NAS North Island, Calif., before and found all the rooms were reserved, now you just might be in luck! The Navy Lodge Program, one of the biggest successes in Temporary Military Lodging™, operating at reasonable costs, and at no government expense, has just expanded its popular lodge here to an awesome 305 rooms. The grand opening was held Jan. 25 this year! As mentioned in Milit