7 Things You Don’t Have To Do Even If Other Military Spouses Are Doing Them Does it feel like every other military spouse you know is doing something that you have no desire to do? Do you ever feel lost in a sea of other spouses? Sometimes we can get stuck thinking something is wrong…
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14 Tips to Help You Survive Basic Training When Your Spouse Joins the Military
14 Tips to Help You Survive Basic Training When Your Spouse Joins the Military My husband went to basic training when I was in high school. I didn’t know him then, and when he did re-join the Army at age 30, he didn’t have to go back and do BCT again. He went straight on…
Going Beyond OPSEC: Deployment in a Social Media World
Going Beyond OPSEC: Deployment in a Social Media World During our first deployment, we were all about Myspace. Remember that site? After spending time with friends, we would go home, put the kids to bed, upload our photos from the day and update our music list. Fast forward to 2017, Facebook is the main place…
What To Do When You Can’t Make Friends At Your New Duty Station
What To Do When You Can’t Make Friends At Your New Duty Station One of the best things you can do in your military life journey is to find friends to walk through this life with. Friends who understand deployments, what going through a PCS every three years is really like and friends who you…
35 Things Military Spouses Are Thankful For
35 Things Military Spouses Are Thankful For Every Thanksgiving you probably get asked what you are thankful for. For some families, this is a tradition where you go around the table and say what that is before you get to eat. A lot of answers are God, family, husband, kids, job, etc. All of those…
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,…
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What To Do When Your Spouse Gets Last Minute Deployment Orders
What To Do When Your Spouse Gets Last Minute Deployment Orders Deployments are a part of life for the military spouse. Although you might go a few years in between, you are usually not surprised when you find out your spouse is going to have to go on one. Usually, you have some time to…
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…
5 Tips to Help Celebrate Your Marriage During a Deployment
5 Tips to Help Celebrate Your Marriage During a Deployment It was our 5th anniversary. I woke up that morning and something was different, something was off. We had spent our 1st anniversary on a weekend getaway, our 2nd, 3rd and 4th we had a nice dinner together. But this was number 5. That’s a…