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Military Spouse Bloggers That Blog About Deployment

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Military Spouse Bloggers That Blog About Deployment

Going through a deployment? Looking for support or advice?

There are a lot of ways to find that support, one of them is to find blogs and blog posts that can help you through your deployment.

Military Spouse Bloggers That Blog About Deployment

Here are a few military spouse bloggers you should follow that focus a lot on deployments:

Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life

Well I know you already know about Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life or you wouldn’t be reading this. If you are new, I am an Army National Guard Spouse, former Army Active Duty spouse who has been through four deployments. I have three boys, and love being able to help other military spouses through deployments with my words. I have a big deployment post section you are going to want to check out.

Jo, My Gosh

Jo, My Gosh fell in love with a sailor, and while her husband eventually got out of the military, Jo has many posts on deployment, including posts on care packages. She will tell you about cute themed ideas, puns, and the ins and outs of sending them to your spouse when they are deployed.

The Seasoned Spouse

The Seasoned Spouse is run by Lizann, a marine spouse with four children. The motto of the Seasoned Spouse is, “we are all in this together” and its true. We can’t do military life alone, and Lizann’s blog is here to help. She also has a free deployment Facebook group and a deployment master class.

Military Spouse Bloggers That Blog About Deployment

Airman to Mom

Amanda, a former air force member, traded her combat boots for a diaper bag and shares about deployments from the service member as well as the spouse’s perspective. She also has a series, 31 Days of Deployment Stories you are going to want to check out.

Army Wife 101

Army Wife 101 is a lifestyle community for military spouses founded by Krystel. She has a deployment section with a wealth of posts to help you through your own deployments. Look for posts on reintegration, time apart, and even a Diary of a Deployment series.

The Military Wife and Mom

The Military Wife and Mom is run by Lauren, married to an active-duty marine, with two children of her own. She will help you through your deployments with her posts about military life, and motherhood. She also has a fantastic Deployment binder to help you through your next deployment.

Military Spouse Bloggers That Blog About Deployment

Adventures of a Young Wife

Grace, an army wife and marriage and family counselor, owns Adventures of a Young Wife. Here you will find a wide variety of deployment themed posts, from solo parenting to pre-deployment, as well as posts on other aspects of military life, mental health, and wellness.

A Semi-Delicate Balance

JD, a Navy spouse, owns A Semi-Delicate Balance, a blog about finding balance as a new parent, a working mom, and a military spouse. You can find posts on care-packages, explaining deployment to your kids, and how to create a deployment binder.

Birdie and Bubba

Birdie and Bubba is owned by an army spouse, with plenty of posts to help you through your next deployment. She writes about communication during a deployment, OPSEC, and even what podcasts can get you through a deployment. (She has included one of my favorites!)

Countdowns and Cupcakes

Countdowns and Cupcakes is owned by Rachel, a Navy spouse, where you will find posts on deployment as well as a huge library of posts on care packages. She also has a shop where you can buy her super cute care package flaps to use in your own care packages.

I am sure I could add many more military spouse bloggers to this list! Let me know who to add! And if you blog a lot about deployment too, let me know who you are 🙂

The Best Deployment Blog Posts To Help You During Deployment

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I have been a military spouse blogger for eleven years now. During all this time I have connected with so many other bloggers out there. Some of them are other Army wives, and others are from other branches. Some have had similar experiences to me, and others have had very different ones.

Over the years, I have learned from them as I have gone down my own military spouse road. They offer some pretty amazing advice and can help you through anything military life throws at you. From an extra-long deployment to a PCS to a place you never wanted to go.

If you have just started a deployment, you might not know what to do or even where to go for advice. The good news is that there are a lot of places you can go to find what you need. You have your FRG, although the FRG doesn’t always work out for everyone. You also have your friends who have gone through a deployment too. But sometimes all of their spouses are home as you try to make sense of yours being away.

The next place to look is online. The internet is filled with websites, blogs, and videos all about deployment. I asked some of my military spouse blogger friends about their top posts on deployments:

I hope that you can find the advice you need for your own deployment through the words of these amazing writers and bloggers:

T. T. Robinson tells the story of her husband deploying, the father of her children, in the midst of a hurricane with More Than a Hundred Sleeps: A Father Deploys. If you have ever started a deployment with children, you should be able to relate to how hard it can be for a father to say goodbye.

Jen from Jen McDonald has the post, 15 Bible Verses for Military Spouses Facing Deployment or Separation. This post gives us Bible verses to think and reflect on during time away from our spouse. Whether you are religious or not, these verses can bring some comfort to you.

The Best Deployment Blog Posts To Help You During Deployment

Amanda from Airman to Mom has a post, 31 Days of Deployment Stories. She is sharing deployment stories to help encourage and inspire you through your own deployments. Hearing stories from others is one of the best ways to remember that you are truly not alone in what you are going through.

NextGenMilspouse gives us a post, Why I Don’t ‘Just Move Home’ During a Deployment. This post is the guest contributor Kimmie Fink’s response to people, including her own husband, who tell her to “just move home” during a deployment. While moving home is a personal decision, most spouses do decide to stay for a variety of reasons.

Amber, from Airing My Laundry, gives us her own reasons for not moving home in Why I Didn’t “Go Home” When My Husband Deployed. From liking her own things to not wanting her kids to leave their schools, there are a lot of good reasons to stay.

Lizann from The Seasoned Spouse, talks about Things I DIDN’T Do This Deployment in her post. From decorating care packages to not making a homecoming sign. Sometimes it feels like we have to do all the things in order to be a real military spouse, but that simply isn’t true.

Make sure to visit some of my own deployment resources as well. From my deployment posts to my Facebook group. You can also sign up for my mailing list to receive a Free Guide for The First 30 Days of a Deployment.

Remember, you are not in this alone, and there are a lot of people out there that want to help you get through your deployment too. 

What is your favorite deployment resource?