Life

I have always believed in the importance of having a back up plan, or if that phrase doesn't sit well...

Your spouse has given you the news that you dread. He or she is going to deploy to a war...

He's sitting on the couch, his brow furrowed as he scoots to the very edge, and rests his elbows on...

Dear Sally, My husband has been in for 10 years and we have been together the entire time and have...

When we start a new year, many of us reflect back on the chapter of our lives that just ended...

As 2014 begins and another year is behind us, I want to talk to those who have made the resolution...

  Earnings for military folks can be very tricky to manage.  It's not just one easy, predictable payment that gets...

I took my 12 year old daughter to see Catching Fire over the holiday break.  I wanted to see it...

The holiday season has drawn to a close.  We (the military community) have been patiently waiting for Congress' return.  We...

I knew something was wrong as soon as I struggled to bench press 85 pounds. I remember thinking to myself,...

Is one of your resolutions to eat healthier? So is mine! And 40 of my friends have pledged to try...

Watch as Babette Maxwell, the founder of Military Spouse magazine, speaks out on behalf of veterans and their families in...

Update: The House of Representatives voted to pass the Bipartisan Budget Control Act of 2013. Next, it will go to...

  Recently, I was asked to define what 'empowerment' meant to me personally.  It's amazing, isn't it, how one word...

To get into the holiday spirit, our editorial staff here at Military Spouse took a popular Christmas carol and changed...

I can still tell you the exact holiday traditions we did when I was growing up. Thanksgiving was always kind...

  I don't know about you, but I'm not a Black Friday shopper. Between the tryptophan-induced Thanksgiving haze and the "shopping professionals"...

Turkeys are thawing in a bath of cold water, pies are baking in the oven, family members are arriving at...