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  • Is a 6 Month Rotation too Short for a Job?

    Let’s say you and your beloved PCS to a training installation where he will attend one of the military’s glorious schools. Since these generally run six-months, you know you’re only there for that period. On the one hand, that’s a really long time to...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-27-2012
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  • Bahrain: What Is It Like To Be Stationed There?

    Margarita’s husband is being transferred to Bahrain. Just the word Bahrain conjures up an ombudsman I met whose husband was stationed in Bahrain. She had a pool, a BBQ pit and a maid who came standard with the apartment. I got stuck on the idea of having...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-27-2012
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  • Celebrities Who Should Be On Stars Earn Stripes

    Stars Earn Stripes, the new reality series that premiered last week on NBC, seems to be leaving audiences with a bad taste in their mouths. That’s why I’m planning to pitch a new and improved version to the execs at NBC, one that won’t be accused of sanitizing...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-28-2012
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  • Homesick? Tips for Fighting it Off

    I am the world’s most spoiled person. Or, at least I was until I was somehow tricked into moving away from my hometown of Santa Cruz, Calif. Right on the beach of the central California coast, Santa Cruz has cool, temperate weather year round, beautiful...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-28-2012
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  • Schedule? We Need To Talk

    Five little words men hate to hear: Honey, we need to talk. Five little words military spouses hate to hear: Let’s talk about the schedule. Ugh. The schedule. Let’s talk about the ship’s schedule. Let’s talk about how many days you are going to be gone...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-29-2012
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  • YDU: The Power of “Yes”

    I knew we are about halfway through my husband’s second deployment, so I googled the good ‘ole “Donut of Misery,” an Excel spreadsheet formula that graphs how long you have until the end of deployment. I plugged in my correct estimated dates and was beyond...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-29-2012
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  • Fed Budget Woes Making you Fret?

    If you’re anything like me, there are some things that you just love about life on or near a military base. One of mine is our proximity to services the base offers that make my life just a tiny bit more comfortable. The childcare, the mental health help...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-30-2012

  • Why We Love Naked Soldiers

    Naked pictures of Prince Harry cavorting in Las Vegas made the press this week. Not that impressive. Not shocking either. Are we now going to see pictures of all the 28-year old, single guys cavorting in Vegas that weekend? Probably not. Wrong answer...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-30-2012
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  • The Childless Confusion of Military Life

    Childless confusion and childless ignorance invades all aspects of my life. Especially on a military base. I’m used to three distinct kinds of traffic here, and only three: base traffic, beach traffic, and the traffic that comes from every blue...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-31-2012
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  • 4 Ways To Deal With Canceled Leave

    My family is getting ready for three weeks of predeployment leave. We’ve made plans. We’ve mapped-out routes. And we’ve crossed our fingers that leave won’t be suddenly canceled. Because don’t you know that is exactly what might happen. How do I know...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 08-31-2012
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  • Top 10 Military Slang Phrases That Work At Home

    you’ve been around the military long enough, you know that slang is a large part of a servicemember’s vocabulary. There’s so much jargon floating around my household that most of the time I wish I had a military dictionary just to translate...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 09-01-2012
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  • Military Wife Quotes: Long Distance Love

    Paige, a SpouseBuzz reader, submitted this quote as her military wife mantra: “Distance does to love what wind does to fire. It extinguishes the weak and feeds the strong.” Love that. Have seen that in action. Plan to be whipped up into a blaze by distance...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 09-02-2012
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  • Billboard: HIRE MY WIFE

    Sometimes I pity our active duty members. Officer or enlisted, they accept that part of their job description is the requirement to pack up everything and move to where the military needs you. But can you imagine what it feels like for them to watch their...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 09-03-2012
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  • “Invisible” Air Force Toddler Dies of Neglect

    Military family support, no matter the service, is an elaborate web of resources designed to make sure people don’t fall through the system. When the system works, hurting families get the help they need. When it doesn’t, tragedy can strike. And so we...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 09-04-2012
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  • Should We Laugh at Military Life?

    Last week I wrote a post proposing a MilSpouse version of the reality show Stars Earn Stripes. While most readers expressed their understanding of the humorous nature of it, one reader did not find it amusing. She believes that “Making light of any version...
    Posted to Spouse Buzz by SpouseBUZZ.com on 09-04-2012
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