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One New Spouse Builds Hope for Others in the Midst of Her Own Darkness

One New Spouse Builds Hope for Others in the Midst of Her Own DarknessOne New Spouse Builds Hope for Others in the Midst of Her Own Darkness

By Rachel Crist  In The Beginning I know I know “not another military spouse blog, please!” I was also one… Read More

Charting Our Course: Your Guide Through Troubled Waters

Charting Our Course: Your Guide Through Troubled WatersCharting Our Course: Your Guide Through Troubled Waters

Our guide to keep us on course no matter what storm comes our way.   By ADM Craig and Martha Faller… Read More

Financial Education for Our Milkids

Financial Education for Our MilkidsFinancial Education for Our Milkids

By Anna Blanch Rabe What is your earliest memory relating to money? Did you ever visit a bank to make… Read More

This Spouse’s Side Hustle Turned Into an Amazing Career

This Spouse’s Side Hustle Turned Into an Amazing CareerThis Spouse’s Side Hustle Turned Into an Amazing Career

Don’t automatically dismiss what may seem like a step backward. By Rachelle Chapman See Inside Maybe this is the pandemic… Read More

5 Official Changes Have Been Made to Improve Your PCS Process

5 Official Changes Have Been Made to Improve Your PCS Process5 Official Changes Have Been Made to Improve Your PCS Process

See Inside Every year Transcom will implement new changes to the DoD Personal Property Relocation program. Over the past few… Read More

Grit, Grace, and Gumption: How A Tribe of Military Spouses Is Changing Education

Grit, Grace, and Gumption: How A Tribe of Military Spouses Is Changing EducationGrit, Grace, and Gumption: How A Tribe of Military Spouses Is Changing Education

By Carla Wyrsch See Inside For as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in the field of… Read More

Gold Star Spouse Finds Refuge

Gold Star Spouse Finds RefugeGold Star Spouse Finds Refuge

In January of 2020, Tarah McLaughlin’s husband, Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, was killed when his vehicle struck an IED… Read More

Surviving Solitary: Moving OCONUS During a Global Pandemic

Surviving Solitary: Moving OCONUS During a Global PandemicSurviving Solitary: Moving OCONUS During a Global Pandemic

By: Kori Yates Facing our first OCONUS orders, we were a family of four in one barracks room for two… Read More

Why I Took a Solo Vacation 30 Days Before My Spouse Deployed

Why I Took a Solo Vacation 30 Days Before My Spouse DeployedWhy I Took a Solo Vacation 30 Days Before My Spouse Deployed

By Maralis Self I can imagine much of the population reading this would scoff at the idea that a military… Read More

4 Reasons Healthcare Careers Are Perfect For Military & Civilian Life

4 Reasons Healthcare Careers Are Perfect For Military & Civilian Life4 Reasons Healthcare Careers Are Perfect For Military & Civilian Life

By Stephanie Lee, enrollment manager, CareerStep Military life and Civilian life. Sometimes it feels like there’s a massive disconnect between… Read More

Redefining Resiliency Through Real Self-Care

Redefining Resiliency Through Real Self-CareRedefining Resiliency Through Real Self-Care

By Barbara Logan Resiliency. We use that word a lot in the military. When we think about resiliency, we often… Read More

ABA Therapy – A Military Mother’s Lifeline

By Cara-Lee Alford Military children face unique challenges that require further consideration by the Department of Defense (DoD) when deciding… Read More

Thoughts From a Military Kid Left Behind

By Hannah Brown Nearly six months ago, my dad left for a short tour in Korea right after we moved… Read More

Military Housing Tenant Bill of Rights: 3 of 18 Provisions Have Yet to be Implemented.

See this and more inside the March/April issue of Military Spouse Magazine! By Anne Blanch Rabe They say that learning… Read More

My Firsthand Experience with Suicide and Depression

See this and more inside the March/April issue of Military Spouse Magazine! http://bit.ly/milspouse-marapr-2021 By Aleha Landry Being married to a… Read More

Take 10: One Activity for Mamas to Do to Avoid Burnout

See this and more inside the March/April issue of Military Spouse Magazine! By Patience Riley What is today’s date? Is… Read More

What’s The Best Age To Buy Life Insurance – And Why?

Sponsored There are several benefits of buying life insurance at a younger age, starting in your 20s and 30s. But… Read More

Women and Military Spouses Have Been Instrumental for the USO Over the Last 80 Years

by Megan O’Keefe,Internal Communications Specialist Women and Military Spouses - Instrumental in the evolution of USO’s mission delivery. From combat… Read More