Military Spouse
No Result
View All Result
  • Employment
    • 2023 MFE
    • Virtual Job Fair
    • Get Hired Workshop
    • Military Spouse Careers
    • Open A Franchise
  • Education
    • Stepful Healthcare Training
    • Addo Wellness Institute
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Milspouse-owned
  • Life
    • Deployment
    • Homecoming
    • Moving
  • Relationships
  • At Home
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Winter 2025
    • Special 2024
    • Spring 2024
    • All Magazines
G.I. JOBS VIRTUAL JOB FAIR   |   August 28
RESERVE MY TICKET
Military Spouse
No Result
View All Result

Face It & Embrace It: 29 Palms is My Favorite Duty Station

Lauren Comer by Lauren Comer
in Life
0

I’ll never forget when my husband, Reece, called me from the shared phone at Officer Candidate School with the orders to our first duty station. After months of excited anticipation, compounded by months of separation, I could not wait to find out where the first stop of our Naval adventure would take us.

We had submitted our list of preferences to the detailer – glamorous and exciting places like Italy, San Diego, Key West, Spain, Hawaii. If it sounded tropical or exotic, it was on there!

However, looking back, I can just envision the detailer at his desk, looking at this extravagant list, having a good chuckle at our naïveté, and then throwing our preferences in the trash.

(I’m sure that’s not actually what detailers do, as I know they try their hardest to make everyone happy, but I can’t help it!)

First Stage: Shock

“Lauren, I got my orders. We’re moving to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms,” my husband shared.

“Great… where is that? It sounds tropical!” I asked.

“Ya, it does, but I’m not sure where it is… pull it up on Google maps.”

From my comfortable spot on the couch, I hurriedly pulled up Google maps on my laptop and searched for 29 Palms.

The Earth view started to pull up, and I froze a bit. Had I accidentally typed planet Mars into Google maps?

I double checked my search. No, this was indeed 29 Palms, California. I zoomed in. How could a place that looked like Mars have a name that sounded so tropical?

“Well,” I stammered to my husband, “it looks… interesting. But definitely not tropical.”

29-palms

Page 1 of 4
12...4Next
Previous Post

Spaghetti Day: A “No-Excuses” Tradition

Next Post

Cold Weather Survival for Your Pet

Next Post

Cold Weather Survival for Your Pet

Terms of Use
Our Team
Advertise
Newsletter
Submit an Article
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Compliance

Spring 2025

msm-2025-spring-cover

Copyright © 2025 Military Spouse

Life

2023 MFE

Employment

Education

News

Discounts

Moving

Sitemap

  • Employment
  • Education
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Life
  • Relationships
  • At Home
  • Magazine
No Result
View All Result
  • Employment
    • 2023 MFE
    • Virtual Job Fair
    • Get Hired Workshop
    • Military Spouse Careers
    • Open A Franchise
  • Education
    • Stepful Healthcare Training
    • Addo Wellness Institute
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Milspouse-owned
  • Life
    • Deployment
    • Homecoming
    • Moving
  • Relationships
  • At Home
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Winter 2025
    • Special 2024
    • Spring 2024
    • All Magazines

© 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.