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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