October 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

The Making of a Military Marriage

Every now and then you come across a story which manages to combine all the quirky ingredients that can make military life so unique, challenging and yet wonderful. Oh, how I loved this story.... My husband is a GySgt in...

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 9:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Military Wives as Surrogates: "Controversial"

Those of us who watch Army Wives remember the first episode when Pamela gave birth to surrogate twins. This morning, Good Morning America, in collaboration with Glamour Magazine, ran a segment on military wives as surrogates. Click here to see...

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 2:23 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Brides Across America

Are you a military bride to be? Brides Across America Brides Across America was born on a realization that our country needs to do more to support our troops and their families. Bringing bridal and military together is a marriage...

Published Thu, Oct 21 2010 5:39 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

We'll Have None of that Pride Stuff Here...

As milspouses, we tend to exude pride in our service member and his affiliated unit or branch. And rightfully so. Parents of service members are also proud of their son or daughter. And rightfully so. Our pride is displayed publicly...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 3:54 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Swimming and military life

I went to the ocean with my family the other day. We have been there many times over the past few months since we now live in Hawaii (please don't hate me :) This visit to the ocean was a...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 12:39 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Military Life

They've got the ear of important folks -- AUSA Day I

The annual three day AUSA conference in Washington, D.C. is about the only place I can imagine seeing a huge room of Army spouses -- most of them heavily involved in their Family Readiness Group -- hold an audience of...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 5:14 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Found at AUSA: Gem For Reserve Spouses

While combing the AUSA conference expo floor yesterday for anything and everything spouse related, we ran across the Army Reserve Family Programs booth. They are using the Expo to roll out a new, very cool, giveaway for reserve spouses and...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 5:34 AM by SpouseBUZZ

A Tribute to the CinCHouse Spouse of the Year

As you probably know by now, our own Carren Ziegenfuss, the Spouse with a "spine of steel" was awarded the CinCHouse Spouse of the Year award on Thursday in Washington, DC. Below is a moving tribute to Carren, her family...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 4:15 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Real Simple Magazine Seeking Milspouses

Liz is working on a story about the communities/support groups and friendships that military spouses build as a result of their partner's deployment She's specifically interested in how these groups of women (or women and men) help one another...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 6:27 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

AUSA Day Three: Gold Star Families

The Family Forums at AUSA's annual conference wrapped up with what was one of the most important topics of the three-day conference - a focus on our Gold Star Families, and what the Army is doing to assist them and...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 3:52 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ

Military Divorce Stats = Confusion

In my post last week introducing myself (before I went on AUSA overdrive), I wrote that the military divorce statistic is 3.6 percent as of 2009, and at least insinuated that this is not only a negative thing but that...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 3:33 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family

A mil-brat's special birthday

We're approaching a milestone in our family this week. Our oldest child is turning 10. For a civilian child, it's the double digits that might make it a big deal. For a military child, it's even bigger. This is when...

Published Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:34 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Military Brats

A Chat with General Casey

SpouseBUZZ and our cyber-sister CinCHouse recently had a chance to pose a couple of questions to Army Chief of Staff, General George Casey.

Published Thu, Oct 07 2010 11:18 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

The Sausage Process

We've talked here on SpouseBUZZ before about how one person's weird is another person's normal. Things that help you cope with the craziness of mil-life are not always the same things that help other people cope. I was reminded of...

Published Mon, Oct 11 2010 6:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters, PCS

The Stars Speak to Military Spouses

Military.com had the honor of attending the star-studded USO Gala last week in Washington. We caught up with celebrities like Rose McGowan, Trisha Yearwood and others and asked them what they'd like to say to military spouses.

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 4:39 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

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