September 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

CinCHouse Announces their Spouse of the Year

Yesterday, Military.com and our cyber-sister CinCHouse announced the winner of their 2010 Spouse of the Year contest. Military Advantage, Inc. announced the winner of Military.com and CinCHouse.com's Spouse of the Year Award 2010 today. Army veteran...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 6:22 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

B&Bs Honoring Veterans

B&Bs offer military free stay A West Virginia innkeeper who started letting military families stay free for Veterans Day in 2008 has recruited 400 inns across the U.S. and Canada as part of an initiative to offer free rooms this...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 5:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Deployment Dilemma

If we milspouses could choose whether or not our spouse would deploy, we would most certainly choose NOT DEPLOY!!! Right? But what if your spouse wants to deploy and the Army says he has to stay on Rear D? This...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 1:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Marriage, Wounded Spouse

Pull this ship over, right now.

Sometimes my sailor husband makes me roll my eyes. I smile, but my eyes do roll. My mom is in town this weekend to help us celebrate my son's birthday. A year ago this weekend SpouseBUZZ Live headed to Camp...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 9:42 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Humor

I say "base;" you say "post"

Do any of you read the comic strip Jenny: the Military Spouse? This particular Jenny hit home for me. I'm currently living on a military base and we've got a bit of everything here. Although it's primarily an Army post,...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 9:23 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Homecoming and Going

I look forward to Air Force Guy being home when he is deployed. Not necessarily the homecoming, that's fraught with anxiety on my part. But the being home part. I'm pretty sure we all do. I mean, I'm his wife...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 7:07 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Marriage, Reintegration

Military.com on Capitol Hill for Release of Military Lifestyle Survey

Military.com was on Capitol Hill yesterday for the release of the results from the Blue Star Family 2010 Military Lifestyle Survey, which was taken by 3,634 military families. One fantastic fact is that 68% of respondents claimed to participate in...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 5:43 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Torpedoing a Perfectly Written Story

Yesterday, one of those feel-good, benign articles about Army wives supporting one another appeared on CNN's website. Ann Campbell and Marla Schroeder dub each other "battle buddies," although they've never gone to war. Between them...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 12:12 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Service as Punishment?

Last year I was talking to the mother of a milspouse who told me that her daughter had turned her life around just by being married to the military. This mother said she had been worried about the direction of...

Published Wed, Sep 22 2010 6:56 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Civilians

I'm Only One Person!

Wow, I could go so many ways with a title like this one. However, I'm going to talk about moving. We moved into our new house about a month ago and are slowly making our way through the boxes. I...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 11:45 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, PCS

A Horrible Reminder that Military Families Must be Careful

Yesterday, I received several emails about the tragic murder of Navy spouse, Shana Hight. Shana's husband was deployed when she was killed. The details of this senseless crime have yet to be publicly revealed. It's unclear why Shana was murdered...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 2:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Family Matters

Pulling for Burgandy Keel to be Named "The Biggest Loser"

Milspouse Burgandy Keel is a contestant on The Biggest Loser. What a great attitude she has! Season premieres on September 21st. Tune in.

Published Sun, Sep 19 2010 8:40 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

My son looks out for me (so sweet!)

As a military spouse I, like many of you, have spent thousands of hours doing volunteer work at various duty stations. While at our last duty station I was involved in 4 different volunteer activities on/ near post. One day...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 12:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Career, Military Brats

A not so run of the mill .mil account?

I grew up with a common last name. It was Hispanic, but definitely a Smith or Jones equivalent. People might not have spelled it correctly or butchered the pronunciation more times than I expected, but it didn't bother me too...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 8:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Fit Club Dropout In Search of Fit Club Partner

This morning, my daughter was late for the bus. She isn't the most active of kids, and she has a small injury, so it was up to Mom to run up the hill and make small talk with the driver...

Published Tue, Sep 14 2010 10:26 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Fit Club

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CinCHouse Announces their Spouse of the Year

B&Bs Honoring Veterans

Deployment Dilemma

Pull this ship over, right now.

I say "base;" you say "post"

Homecoming and Going

Military.com on Capitol Hill for Release of Military Lifestyle Survey

Torpedoing a Perfectly Written Story

Service as Punishment?

I'm Only One Person!

A Horrible Reminder that Military Families Must be Careful

Pulling for Burgandy Keel to be Named "The Biggest Loser"

My son looks out for me (so sweet!)

A not so run of the mill .mil account?

Fit Club Dropout In Search of Fit Club Partner