We Need To Find Our Big People Pants: Building A Stronger Community
The park while children play is most often the place of adult interaction these days. Ironically enough, any topic seems ...
Tag: military spouse
2017 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year® Awarded
2017 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year® Awarded Air Force Spouse Receives National Recognition on Military Spouse Appreciation ...
Adventures in PCSing Across Country: Part 1
Part 1 of 3 “Lieutenant O’Driscoll, you are going to Naval Hospital Bremerton.” We had put in our “wish list” ...
Out With the Old, In With the New…Skin!
Spring Cleaning: Out with the old, in with the new---skin that is! The cold season can leave skin dull, dry, ...
Can Mandatory Fun Actually Be Fun?
Heads-up: this video has mild language. Whether it’s a First-Friday potluck, a holiday event, or a summer barbecue, unit-sponsored gatherings ...
The True Cost of Being a Military Spouse
Being a military spouse is a job. A job that requires grace and standing on your head while sewing new ...
How the Federal Hiring Freeze Affects Military Spouses
It doesn’t matter your side of the aisle. It doesn’t matter whether you consider your party affiliation to be that ...
7 Things We Wish Our FRG Leader Knew About Us
Let’s jump right into it: The FRG. We’ve had our share of them, yes? Family Readiness Groups were created with ...
7 Truths That Exist in Solid Marriages
Eighteen, 1-8, 10 plus 8, or otherwise known as my age when I changed my status to “married.” I didn’t ...
Valentine’s Day With a Twist
Author's note: Several weeks after this was published, the military spouse honored in this piece, Auline, passed away unexpectedly. I ...
Why We Should Love Our Servicemembers This Valentine’s Day
By: Michelle Brito, Military Spouse and JPMorgan Chase Military and Veterans Affairs Executive Advisory Council Member stationed in Fort Polk, ...
★2017 AFI MSOY Base Spouses of the Year★
Congratulations to all of our amazing nominees! Based on popular vote, these amazing military spouses have been nominated and selected to ...
When the Pentagon Comes a-Knocking
The California National Guard made news with having to pay back bonuses, but it’s not the only scenario in which ...
3 Reasons I’m Not Making a New Year’s Resolution
Check out at any commissary register lately and you’ll be bombarded with glossy magazine covers shouting plans for strategies to ...
7 New Year’s Resolutions I Promise I’ll Never Even Start
I really dig this time of year. And by dig, I definitely mean that I really dig myself into a ...
Here’s How You Can Kick the Pants Off Of 2017
Setting goals at the beginning of each new year is as trick-or-treating is to Halloween or as caroling is to ...
Mission Wellness: Achieve Lasting Results in Your Own Life
As the new year rolls in, so do all the new year’s resolutions. It is a time for making those ...
The Infamous Christmas Truce – Then & Now
The year was 1914 and the world was immersed in war- the Great War. A war that many envisioned to ...
