living on base
Is Living on Base Right or Wrong for Your Family?
As PCS season approaches and stop movement orders are lifted, many families will find their lives packed up into moving… Read More
Is It Actually Cheaper to Live on Base? And Other Base Housing Questions Answered
If you are getting ready to relocate with your spouse for their next assignment, one of the first and biggest… Read More
20 Ways Living on Base Feels a Bit Like Pleasantville
As a military family we are afforded the opportunity, at many duty stations, to choose to live on base or… Read More
15 Questions to Ask Before You Commit to Living On or Off Base
We rolled in to the new area and were promptly handed keys to our home on base. Only the second… Read More
5 Tips For Surviving the Duty Station You Hate
As your time is nearing an end at your current duty station and your rotation date is approaching, you are… Read More
Why I Never Thought I’d Be a Stereotypical ‘Military Spouse’
"I never want to be one of those people," I recall saying to my husband, approximately 1,000 times. "Let's never… Read More
Why Do I Keep Moving This One Box?
It keeps staring at me from the back of our storage closet. That box with the moving stickers from many… Read More
I Apologize. It’s OK to Hate Your Duty Station.
Of all the things about military life that could break a person... I am realizing that the thing I never… Read More
3 Mighty Ways Living on Base Can Change Your Life
0800 colors. Sunset taps. Being carded just to get to your house. Your neighbors are aircraft carriers and F18 Hornets. … Read More
Why the 13th Move is No Easier Than the First
I’m sitting alone, and my thoughts wander back to the people and places which have graced my life. The memories… Read More