I have had several military families in care and the problem is that to keep within our hours sometimes like other families they do staggered work hours so one parent drops off and the other picks up. When the military member is deployed and it can be a month or a year or more then the family goes into single parent mode meaning same parent has to drop off and pick up. Because they are already in care it is normal to ask for a change in hours during the deployment if necessary. Not something the caregiver has to agree to but if the deployment is long enough there is also the risk the family will have to look elsewhere for care becuase there is just no other way to do it.

The last military family I had had both mom and dad in the military and dad did two tours overseas and mom was on course for 4 months at the same time and the grandparents and an aunt came to look after the kids when they weren't with me and we changed the hours for that 4 months to reflect their working hours not the parents. But then hubby is military so we take care of our own. I would have opened or closed at whatever time parent needed or kept child overnight if necessary etc and have done that in the past. Kind of a we take care of our own type of thing.

Also in many cases the mom can negotiate with her own boss for changes temporarily so she could try that too.