Tag: army wife

• A Quick Life Update

  

  Well…here we go again. One of these days, my life will stay consistent for a few months — but now is not that time. I have three key updates this time around: 1. We are moving again 2. I earned my masters 3. I’m a licensed skydiver On the road again… Off we go! Dave…

• Tips for Surviving Company Command (For the Spouse)

  

  Company command is definitely one of the most challenging things you will experience in your military life. It really is as bad as everyone says (sorry, just being honest) and there is no way to wiggle out of it if your spouse wants to stay in the full 20. Command is often make or break…

• “Where are you from?”

  

  Where are you from? Where is home? For some fortunate people this is easy to answer, however for many of us it is much more complicated. Our society has shifted over the last couple of decades so that it is no longer the norm for someone to spend their entire life in one place. Lifestyles…

• What Every Military Spouse Wants You to Know

  

  To be perfectly honest, the military lifestyle is a confusing mess. Even those of us who married into it have a hard time making heads or tails of it, so we don’t expect you to have it all figured out either. However, there are a few important things we REALLY want you to know.  1.…

• Don’t Be That Wife

  

  8 behaviors that are sure to get you a bad reputation.

• Change is Coming ‘Round Real Soon

  

  As most of you know, I have a pretty bad habit of getting ahead of myself. About a year and a half ago I learned a really valuable life lesson: nothing is definite until it is. So I pledged to hold off on broadcasting every possibility, and wait until we actually had a definitive plan.…

• What to Do at What Base

  

  *Sadly edited to update that many of the places I loved have closed down over the last 2 years. Johnny Martins Car Central was supposed to relocate but never opened back up, Over Easy was sold and the new owners completely changed it. Dockside Restaurant was sold and it is unclear what the new owners…

• Five Lessons for the New Military Wife

  

  I have been married to my husband for over three years now, and while I am still new to the military lifestyle, I have experienced quite a bit of the army madness. Between PCSing three times, being separated for a nine month deployment, three different month long field exercises, two extended overseas missions, and more…