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Life as a Military spouse
Life As A Military Spouse In 17 Memes
Life As a Military Spouse In 17 Memes Life as a military spouse can be quite the journey. Through deployments, pcsing places you want and don’t want to go, and finding lifelong friends you couldn’t live without. Here is your life as a military spouse in 17 memes. So true. Sometimes military life sucks, but…
To a Military Spouse That Can’t Do Military Life Anymore
To a Military Spouse That Can’t Do Military Life Anymore He was gone again. I couldn’t believe it. I had just dropped my husband off for his 4th deployment. Another deployment, but this time, I wasn’t sure how I was going to get through. Sure, I had done this before. And really, this deployment was…
To the Military Spouse That Does Not Live in a Military Community
To the Military Spouse That Does Not Live in a Military Community Almost three years ago, my husband ended his time in the active duty army and joined the National Guard. In some ways, this was a big change for us. Leaving active duty is a challenge and one that we have had to work…
How You Know You Are a Military Spouse
How You Know You Are a Military Spouse Here is how you know you are a military spouse… When you have no idea when you will see your spouse again, it could be May; it could be September, who knows? When you have no idea what your spouse’s co-worker’s first names are. When you are…
I Can’t Cope Without My Husband But I Am a Military Spouse So I Have To
I Can’t Cope Without My Husband But I Am a Military Spouse So I Have To I woke up this morning to see the article, I Can’t Cope Without My Husband, And I’m Comfortable Admitting That. Honestly? My first reaction was, “Really? I can’t either, but I do it anyway because I have to because my…
10 Truths Military Spouses Learn About Military Life
10 Truths Military Spouses Learn About Military Life With the election going on last week I forgot all about November 8th. On November 8th, 2005, my husband re-enlisted in the US Army. This was a huge change for us and our family. My husband had been in the Army when he was a lot younger,…
How Do You Know You Are Ready For a Military Marriage?
How Do You Know You Are Ready For a Military Marriage? This weekend I saw an article about a young military spouse titled, “I Gave Up College to Get Married — Now I’m 19 and Divorced” This article was a story about a girl who married her boyfriend instead of going ahead to college,…
How Deployments Taught Me About the Importance of Family Time with DAV
How Deployments Taught Me About the Importance of Family Time with DAV Deployments My husband has been home from his last deployment for almost three years now. He deployed 4 times to both Iraq and Afghanistan within 7 years. He left for the first time in 2006, returning at the end of 2007. He then…
Mistakes You Might Make As A New Military Spouse
Mistakes You Might Make As A New Military Spouse I was 26 years old when I became a military spouse. Other spouses were a lot younger and some were even older when they joined this life. No matter how old you were when you became a military family, there is going to be a learning…