Being a National Guard spouse in a non-military community can feel lonely when the people around you don’t fully understand drill weekends, training, deployments, and military life. Ashley shares how honesty, saying yes, answering the text, and attending unit events helped her find her people.
The truth is, you might be a seasoned military spouse, you might have advice to offer and you have definitely been there before, but you are also a human being. You have done this before, deployments aren’t a new thing, and you feel like you have to be strong, for all the new military spouses…
What makes a duty station feel like the worst? Sometimes it’s the location, but often it’s the job market, housing, cost of living, deployments, loneliness, or having to start over again. Here are the common reasons a duty station can feel hard and how military spouses can get through it.
Military life can be a crazy ride. From deployments to PCSing every few years, this life isn’t without its struggles. Some days we wish we had a magic wand to make everything a little easier. So let’s have some fun…here are 9 things you wish were true about military life: Let’s face it, us military…
It was the song, just something about the song that snapped me out of my deployment funk. It wasn’t the lyrics really, just the beat. The way the music made me feel.
We were at the end of my husband’s 2nd deployment. I was struggling a bit. He had been gone almost a year and I was so ready for him to be home. But we still had more days left. Too many.
Dollywood is a fun family destination in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and military families can save with the Dollywood military discount. Here’s what to know about tickets, passes, ID.me verification, and our family’s experience visiting the park.
Making friends as a military spouse can feel hard, especially after bad experiences or seasons of loneliness. But finding your people still matters, and the right friendships can make military life feel a little less heavy.
If your military family has PCS orders and two vehicles, shipping one car may be worth considering. This guest post breaks down 2026 PCS car shipping costs, what affects the price, and what to check before booking.
The Military Has to Come First We hear so often not to put your job before family. We hear so often that you should find a family-friendly workplace. We hear so often that these things are important, and they are, they really are. But… For the military spouse, married to a service member, their job…
Military life can turn you into the default parent in ways you never expected. From solo parenting during deployments to making decisions alone, here are ways to find support, ask for help, and give yourself grace.