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Ta-Ta Tattoos — the Perfect Welcome Home Gift?
We all know military spouses are extraordinary individuals; they endure the hardships of deployment willingly and with pride. That’s why it’s always such an honor, nay, a privilege, when the civilian marketing community reaches out to create...
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Thu, May 31 2012 12:11 PM
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To Listen or Not? Dealing With Combat Stories
It’s been almost five years since my husband returned from his 15 month tour to Iraq. He has deployed three times since then, but that tour will always stand out in our mind as the hardest. The year following was the most intense in terms of dealing...
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Thu, May 31 2012 5:00 AM
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CRUSHED by End of School Year?
What does the end of the school year mean to me? Really? About nineteen Excedrin, three Imitrex, and one black sweater wrapped around my head to block the shards of light in my brain. I know my son’s school means to instill some contemplation and gratitude...
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Wed, May 30 2012 9:44 AM
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YDU: What it’s Like to be a Individual Augmentee (IA)?
Individual Augmentee: A Sailor who is given orders to embed with an Army unit in Iraq or Afghanistan due to their specific skill-set; typically referred to as being in the “Narmy.” We volunteered for an IA–Individual Augmentee assignment...
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Wed, May 30 2012 5:00 AM
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Short or Long: What’s Your Seperation Preference?
Two weeks ago my husband handed me a piece of paper. It was a spreadsheet, neatly dated and color-coded with TAD and leave blocks. “Here’s my new schedule for the rest of the summer,” he said. I scanned the spreadsheet. Home for a week, gone for two and...
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Tue, May 29 2012 12:26 PM
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Short or Long: What’s Your Separation Preference?
Two weeks ago my husband handed me a piece of paper. It was a spreadsheet, neatly dated and color-coded with TAD and leave blocks. “Here’s my new schedule for the rest of the summer,” he said. I scanned the spreadsheet. Home for a week, gone for two and...
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Tue, May 29 2012 12:26 PM
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The Care Package Post Office Survival Guide
So you just spent a whole week sweating over what to put in a care package for your spouse. You’ve finally stuffed the box full, taped it up and put it in your car. The job is all but done. But now comes the un-fun part … the post office. Long lines....
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Tue, May 29 2012 5:00 AM
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Is the Dark Cloud of War REALLY Disappearing?
The “dark cloud of war” is disappearing. At least, that is what President Obama told the graduating class at the US Air Force Academy. These cadets are “the first class in nearly a decade to graduate into a world that has no Osama bin Laden, no...
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Mon, May 28 2012 8:00 AM
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Will You Run to Remember?
I hate to love running. It’s hard and, especially at this time of year, it’s really hot and yucky. In fact, it’s kind of like torture. But running is so important to me, and not just because it might someday make me skinny again. It reminds me to remember...
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Sun, May 27 2012 6:05 AM
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Military Wife Quote: Rough Men Stand Ready
This Memorial Day weekend my service member is wielding a power washer. He has the rototiller grinding up a path through my yard. He has hamburger defrosting in the fridge to make us his fabulous meatballs for dinner. The guy is all that is civilized...
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Sat, May 26 2012 11:43 PM
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4 Reasons Not To Get A Pet
Like many other military families, we are the proud owner of a fur child. Her name is Annie, and she is a black lab. She is gentle, loyal, great with our kids and the best company a girl could ask for. She kept my husband’s side of the bed warm...
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Fri, May 25 2012 10:00 AM
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Military Life
“PTS” or “PTSD” — Quality Care is the Bottom Line
At the 2011 Military Blogger’s Conference a very concerned person came up to the mic during a question and answer session with GI Film Festival film makers and expressed that, in an effort to remove the stigma associated with PTSD, it should no...
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Fri, May 25 2012 5:30 AM
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Things I Don’t Say: The “C” Word
When I give a workshop for military spouses, I try never to say the C word: Career. It doesn’t matter whether you are speaking to the fully employed or the active jobseeker or the stay-home parent with three kids under four years old. The minute a military...
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Thu, May 24 2012 10:00 AM
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Career & Education
Interview With “Act of Valor” Director
SpouseBuzz blogger Lori Volkman got to chat with Scott Waugh, director and producer of the film Act of Valor before the Military Blogger’s Conference outside D.C. earlier this month. Check out these excerpts from her interview with him for a great behind...
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Thu, May 24 2012 5:00 AM
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Are Your Sexy Photos Floating Around the Internet?
When your dearly beloved is far, far away fighting wars and feeling generally deprived, sending him sexy photos of yourself seems like a really, really good idea. And while putting “wife porn” in a care package may or may not be the best idea you’ve ever...
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Wed, May 23 2012 10:00 AM
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