September 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

The Culture and the Sub-Culture

You know how Marines hate to be called Soldiers? Well, when I was watching the news reports of the President's visit to Ft. Bliss this week, I realized I knew exactly how they felt. I found myself cringing time and...

Published Fri, Sep 03 2010 9:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And Nightfall Came

The daylight hours were filled with chaos, confusion and shock. In the span of a few hours, the Twin Towers had collapsed, the headquarters of the most powerful military in the world had been penetrated and a field in Pennsylvania...

Published Sat, Sep 11 2010 4:28 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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

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

The Perils of Reintegration: The Gear Edition

Hi, my name is airforcewife, and my husband is a Geardo. But many of you already know that. I had gotten used to having a quarter of our basement taken up with Air Force Guy's gear while he was deployed,...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 2:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Bad housing karma? Or just a disaster queen?

I came back from taking the kids to the school bus this morning to find a window had fallen out into our living room and glass was all over the carpet. It was #3 of the housing disasters we've had...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 8:51 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Learning in the Lobby (Or Bus Stop, or Commissary)

As you may know, we recently moved and had the pleasure of living in the Navy Lodge for several weeks. One of the great things about living there was that you were always running into other people who were moving...

Published Mon, Sep 06 2010 11:47 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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

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The Culture and the Sub-Culture

Deployment Dilemma

A not so run of the mill .mil account?

I'm Only One Person!

Homecoming and Going

I say "base;" you say "post"

A Horrible Reminder that Military Families Must be Careful

And Nightfall Came

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

Service as Punishment?

The Perils of Reintegration: The Gear Edition

Bad housing karma? Or just a disaster queen?

My son looks out for me (so sweet!)

Learning in the Lobby (Or Bus Stop, or Commissary)

CinCHouse Announces their Spouse of the Year