June 2011 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Mail: You Said Military Hiring Preference!

I had my life completely planned out when I was in elementary school. Those plans changed, but I’ve always been a list-keeper. I have five-year plans for my five-year plans, and I studiously file them away in binders (I love binders) with cute little...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 3:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: From the Mailbag, Career & Education

Commissary E-Coupon Card Coming Soon

Huge news for military shoppers: the commissary will soon offer a reloaded e-coupon card, similar to those used by civilian stores. The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) announced what they are calling a “loyalty card” at a recent conference in Norfolk...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Spouse & Family News

Two Is Definitely Not Lonely

I did three deployments before my husband and I had kids, and the most recent two deployments were while I was a stay-at-home wife. One was indeed the loneliest number. I missed my husband so much. When he was deployed to a safe locale with easy access...

Published Tue, Jun 07 2011 2:26 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family

Crunch Time

Why is it that you can live at a duty station for five years, and when you have less than two months left there, all of a sudden friends and family decide they need to come visit you? Now I don’t live anywhere particularly exciting, and still my...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 6:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Murphy’s Law Meets the Spiders

We all know that as soon as your spouse leaves on deployment or a long TDY, something very important that you cannot live without in your house will suddenly, with no warning, break. And it will be something that, try as you might, you cannot fix alone...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Humor

Military Child Rearing – No Therapy Needed

Someone at a park once told me that our military lifestyle was going to screw up our kids. Oh and does it make it any better that this person was a total stranger. Yeah, I didn’t think so either. For those of you who are thinking “Who does...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2011 12:48 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Video: What to do When Disaster Strikes

USAA’s crack team of disaster response specialists have some advice for us today on what to do when disaster strikes. Hurricane season started last week – but we all know that more than hurricanes are at play right now (Anyone up for watching “Twister...

Published Sun, Jun 05 2011 5:31 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Resources, Videos

Register Here for Davis-Monthan AFB Event

Registration for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Davis-Monthan AFB is now open! The event will take place on September 17th. Not sure what SpouseBUZZ LIVE is? Well, it’s a day of sharing our unique experiences as military spouses. A day of bonding with others who...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 11:21 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

The Danger Factor

Soon our family will again stand at “deployment strength.” For an Army unit that means all the people they need for the mission are there. For our family it means the person we need most is missing. We’ve done deployment before, so I know all about being...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

From the MailBag: The Know-It-All

I had a good chuckle when we received this email from JZ: Hi! I’m new to the milspouse world and laughed at all the classes taught through the FRG and base, thinking they were just for housewives who didn’t have a clue about how the real world...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 9:10 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: From the Mailbag, Military Life

Red Cross Messages Made Easy

Sending a Red Cross emergency message is about to get a hundred times easier with the introduction of a single, toll free message number June 13, the nonprofit announced last week. In the past families living off base needing to send an emergency message...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 6:42 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, FRG/Spouse Support, Spouse & Family News

Register Here for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bliss

Registration for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bliss is now open! Our team is looking forward to getting back out on the road and meeting the Ft. Bliss milspouses on August 20th. Not sure what SpouseBUZZ LIVE is? Well, it’s a day of sharing our unique experiences...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 1:46 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

From the Mailbag: The Homecoming Tango

At one of our SpouseBUZZ LIVE events, an audience member stood up to tell us the following story: when her husband returned from deployment, his family offered to come down to welcome him home with her. She was perfectly fine with that. What threw her...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 8:50 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration

Is Secondary PTSD Overdiagnosed?

A new study says that as many as half of military spouses who think they have secondary PTSD don’t. The study, conducted out of a George Mason University in Northern Virginia, found that most spouses who think they have secondary PTSD are instead suffering...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 4:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

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