Military Life

This post is made possible with support from Wounded Warrior Project. All opinions are my own. On October 10, 2020, I will participate in the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Carry Forward 5K, delivered by CSX. The Carry Forward 5K is meant to put the symbolism of “carrying for” a wounded ...
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The Servicemember Civil Relief Act (SCRA) protects active-duty servicemember's in several ways. The most often heard of is banks lowering interest rates to 6% on loans & credit cards entered into before active duty for servicemembers. This is great for those who had these accounts before entering active service. But ...
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Don't suffer with combat related PTSD in silence. Are you avoiding help because you don't want to be seen on base/post? Or maybe their appointments have a ridiculously long wait list (we found this to be the case when trying to get my husband help). Whatever the case may be, ...
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Some Military Spouses choose to stay home and others the choice isn't always theirs. Whether it is due to having young kids (and daycare costing more than you would bring in) or simply not being able to find a job due to the countless moves that we endure. However, most ...
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I have complied a list of Fort Hood Area Military Marriage Services that consists of civilian providers offering services to our military families here at Fort Hood for free. Many service members refuse to go to marriage counseling because they think their command will find out that there is trouble ...
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Hello, I am 18 and currently in a relationship with my boyfriend who is in boot camp for the Army right now. However, after AIT we plan on getting married. All of this stuff is so new to me. One of his recruiters told him the DEERS paperwork process could ...
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My daughter and her boyfriend, who is in the army, are planning to get engaged soon. They are under the impression that it could take up to 6 months after they are married for the military to recognize their marriage and before she could go live with him. Is this ...
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My fiancé is currently in AIT. He has recently received his orders to Hawaii. We understand that in order for me to be able to travel with him when he needs to report, that I would need to be on his orders. We plan on going down to the courthouse ...
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Dear Military Spouse, I'm fairly new to this game and I don't really know how getting a house in the military works. We're getting married when he gets back from Marine boot camp, how soon will it be until we're able to get a house? Will we even get a ...
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How long will it take to add me to DEERS after getting married? Dear Military Spouse, I wanted to know do my Fiance and I have to be married for any specific amount of time before he can submit me for DEERS? He will be re-enlisting and we plan to ...
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Eating healthy as a Military Family on the Go can be tough! Life gets really busy sometimes. When you throw in being a MilSpouse with a family that’s planning PCS moves and deployments every few years and/or months… time can really get away from you, making you want to take ...
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I am not sure why I have never written an actual article on ways to keep busy during deployment, seeing as I am asked this question over and over again. In fact, I have answered it before in my Dear Military Spouse column. I guess the truth is, I was ...
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For all of those that are looking to make a military family budget (and stick with it), I have created an easy to use, fill in the blank budget worksheet geared specifically towards the Military Family. It includes easy to follow directions to help you create your zero balance budget ...
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My husband has been in the military for 21 years now. Needless to say, we have moved a lot. We are at our final duty station and where we plan to retire, so we bought a house. I hope now that I will have more permanent neighbors, but living so ...
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First, let me start off by saying that this is NOT a sponsored post! I am not being paid to talk about this, heck they didn't even ask me to. I am simply writing this post to inform others of this incredible program that is FREE. Best of all they ...
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