November 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Feeling left out?

It's a familiar story: Military family PCS's, this time from overseas, gets settled and the spouse starts looking for a job. This time, though, the spouse has encountered more than just a few bumps on the road to finding employment:...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 3:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Mahalo, Hawaii Milspouses

We had a fabulous time with the spouses of Hawaii at SpouseBUZZ LIVE today. The crowd was large and the attendees were engaging and funny. Thanks to all of you who came out and made the event a smashing success....

Published Mon, Nov 08 2010 5:23 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

Fit Club: Fatigued

Well, that is not a good sign. I just checked on my last Fit Club post and it was almost a month ago. I hope that y'all are doing better than I am doing. That means you, Maharet, BunnyRosa, Melissa,...

Published Sun, Nov 07 2010 10:41 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Health & Fitness

Close But No Cigar

My mother bought our daughter a rubber ducky. When she handed it to me, I looked at its back with a puzzled look on my face. My mother smiled and said, "It's an Army duck, I got it because it...

Published Sat, Nov 06 2010 3:58 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Humor

Bragg Infant Death Saga Continues

For those who have not been following the sad story out of Fort Bragg, here’s a brief recap: over the last three years 10 infants have died suddenly in Fort Bragg housing. Two of those died in the same home...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 12:54 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Vacations, Military-Style

Military families often spend a good chunk of leave traveling to/from areas where our families reside because we're not always fortunate to be stationed close to family. It's doubly hard on those of us have family in one state or...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 9:07 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Family Support: By the Numbers

While we continue our poll of your top deployment marriage stressors (don’t forget to VOTE!) I went and got a quick rundown of family support spending from each of the four services. Things to keep in mind: everyone was not...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 7:09 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Household Goods Fire Update

Military.com has an update on the massive fire that destroyed the household goods of 97 military families in the Suttgart, Germany area. While the process will likely be extremely long, as the article points out, Maj. Michael McGovern, judge advocate...

Published Thu, Nov 04 2010 11:22 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Devastating fire in Germany

97 military families in the Stuttgart area have lost their household goods to a massive warehouse fire. As one friend put it, "We have no permanent homes, so the things that we collect from one place to another make plain...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 6:13 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Vote! What Stresses YOU Out?

In honor of this week’s election we are conducting our own little (otherwise unrelated) poll. If we are going to talk about how our military supports us and our marriages during deployments, we need to know where that support should...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 5:08 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Stand Up!

For the fourth year in a row, the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival are partnering to present the Stand Up for Heroes event at the Beacon Theatre in New York. And SpouseBUZZ will be there! To...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 8:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

It's Not Really About You

Throughout the 1990s and over the last (long) ten years Americans got used to hearing politicians, particularly conservative ones, tout the importance of marriages, families and the family support structure as being vital to society. As military spouses...

Published Mon, Nov 01 2010 7:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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