{"id":57897,"date":"2022-07-14T01:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T01:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/14\/how-inflation-is-impacting-military-families\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:27:10","slug":"how-inflation-is-impacting-military-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/07\/14\/how-inflation-is-impacting-military-families\/","title":{"rendered":"How inflation is impacting military families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With inflation the highest it\u2019s been in decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2022\/07\/01\/feeding-our-paycheck-to-the-pumps-troops-families-deal-with-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\">military families are feeling the pinch<\/a>. Military Times reporter Karen Jowers breaks down how families are being affected and how they can get help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/how-inflation-is-impacting-military-families\/id1484913342?i=1000569768066&amp;itsct=podcast_box_player&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;theme=auto\" height=\"175px\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px; background: transparent;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the guests:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karen Jowers is a senior reporter at Military Times. She has covered military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times for more than 30 years and is co-author of a chapter on media coverage of military families in the book \u201cA Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families.\u201d She previously worked for newspapers in Guam; Norfolk, Virginia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Athens, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2022\/07\/13\/military-families-suffering-from-higher-costs-heres-some-relief\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21104387389312.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military families suffering from higher costs? Here\u2019s some relief.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Here are some ongoing efforts to ease the effects of inflation for service members and families.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the podcast:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spouse Angle is a podcast breaking down the news for military spouses and their families. Each episode features subject-matter experts and military guests who dive into current events from a military perspective \u2014 everything from new policy changes to research on family lifestyle challenges. 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