military spouse

Please Don’t Feel Sorry For Me, Being a Military Spouse is Not A Terminal Disease

Written by Barbara Bates My husband is deployed. This means I spend a lot of time baking and shopping for… Read More

Finding Civilian Friends Is Harder Than I Thought

Making friends has never been a challenge for me. Among my siblings, they call me the “outgoing one who always… Read More

Looking Back at My Milspouse Journey: What I’d Wish I’d Known

It’s now been a couple of years since my husband retired from 31 years of active military service. I was… Read More

5 Ways a Mentor Can Boost Your Professional Development

By Caitlin Hearle, ACP Are you a military spouse looking to bolster your career? If so, you’re not alone. Nearly… Read More

Unique, Resilient, Perseverant…Military Spouses Also Serve

Sponsored By Renee Bostick There are more than 600,000 military spouses, of whom more than 90% are women. They are… Read More

When It’s Time to Focus on Yourself Again

Sponsored By: Caitlin Hearle, American Corporate Partners Jalisa, a 29-year-old U.S. Army spouse from New York, is learning to focus… Read More

I Don’t Fully Know What I’ve Gotten Myself Into

I said yes… well in the end I said I do. And I knew that I didn’t fully know what… Read More

Can We Break the Stoic Silence and Advocate for Our Servicemembers Before Disaster Strikes?

On June 17th, 2017 while living abroad in Yokosuka, Japan, I bore witness to the aftermath of one of the… Read More

20 Lessons I Learned in My 20’s

From chelsealynndavis.com For some, turning 30 is an overwhelming event. We don’t want to reach it yet. We so desperately… Read More

4 Things I wish I Knew Before Becoming a Military Spouse

By Katelyn N. I was the baby in my family. It was just my brother and me, and he was… Read More

A Badass Military Spouse

The views expressed in this article are the author's own. Being in the military is hard. I served in the… Read More

7 Reasons I’m Thankful Even Though I’ll Be Alone on Thanksgiving

I shuffled into the dark kitchen in the early morning, like so many Thanksgivings before in our married life. As… Read More

The Life of a Reservist Spouse: Living in the Grey Zone

Twenty-five long, traffic-laden miles from the closest military installation and 72 even more congested clicks from the nearest Naval Station,… Read More

You Know Your Spouse Has Been Deployed Too Long When…

My husband will soon leave on his first deployment... Right now, he comes home almost every night, we sleep in… Read More

MilSpouse: Life – 10 INNOVATIVE Products to Make Your Military Housing AWESOME

From advice to events to products and services, at Military Spouse we are all about connecting you with the things… Read More

6 Feelings You Feel as a New Military Spouse

Whether you've had 2 years or 2 months to prepare for your military marriage, you are in for a lot… Read More

I Need A Village

One week after my husband deployed my little boy amputated the upper portion of his index finger on his dominant… Read More

I Am Military

While a few of us were catching up at a class reunion, the question arose of whether or not any… Read More