May 2012 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Free Park Passes for MilFams

Military families can score a free National Parks American the Beautiful pass as part of a Joining Forces partnership with the Interior Department, the White House announced yesterday. I know this may not make some of you jump up and down, but you should’ve...

Published Tue, May 15 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Resources, Spouse & Family News

Video: MilSpouse Deployment Anthem

Warning: this will probably make you cry. Military spouse and musician Olivia Perez-Breland composed this heart wrenching deployment … and then, just to show that she can do it all, directed, produced and edited the video we’ve linked below...

Published Mon, May 14 2012 11:10 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Videos

Poll: Should we Turn Off Social Media Downrange?

Like Jacey wrote in her post this morning, social media – Facebook, texting and Skype – can be both a huge blessing and an avenue for awful things that we don’t even want to imagine. But does that mean we should turn it all off? Take our poll to the right...

Published Mon, May 14 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Poll

Turn Off Skype, Facebook and Text Downrange?

Turn it off. Turn it all off. After reading about Susan Orellana-Clark actually witnessing her husband’s death in Afghanistan during their weekly Skype date, Facebook readers started suggesting that internet darkness during deployment was preferable to...

Published Mon, May 14 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Spouse & Family News

Military Wife Quote: My Mother Had a Great Deal of Trouble

I save all my Mother’s Day cards from my kids like evidence. Because someday these three will be old enough not to love me sooooooooo extravagantly. All I hope is that they will remember me the way Mark Twain remembered his mother. The author of...

Published Sun, May 13 2012 10:08 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Quotes

Top Ten PCS Don’ts

‘Tis the season to be moving. Yes, summer is approaching, and military families all over the world are preparing to pack their bags and PCS. Are you one of those families? While I can’t claim to be an expert on the subject after only three PCS moves...

Published Sat, May 12 2012 4:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

The Military Spouse of the Year is a MANspouse

Yesterday history was made when Mrs. Deanie Dempsey, spouse of Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented Jeremy Hilton with Military Spouse Magazine’s Military Spouse of the Year (MSOY) award. History was made since...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 9:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Military Spouse, I Appreciate Your Pigheadedness

On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, I could not think of the word to describe the quality I admire most about military spouses. “You know what I mean,” I pled with everyone I saw. “It is that thing military spouses have that lets them look at the evidence...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

New MilFam Survey: Everything is Peachy?

I had the privilege of sitting in the United States Congressional Auditorium yesterday to hear the results of the BSF’s most recent project, the Military Family Lifestyle Survey Report. I looked around the room and knew that the back of each head...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

Crazy Ex-Wives and DIY Divorces

I divorce thee. I divorce thee. I have my own printer and I can divorce thee any time I want. In an unbelievable story of military love and betrayal, Staff Sgt. Zachariah Siemers allegedly invented a new way to divorce your wife in the military. The Army...

Published Thu, May 10 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

YDU: About Guiding Kids Through Deployment?

Why didn’t you tell me … We spouses at home understand the waiting game. We don’t like it. We might not even want to play it. Since we chose to marry our husbands, we’re forced to partner up with him and play along, blessed with constant support...

Published Wed, May 09 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Life

How Do You Feel About Women in Combat?

The topic of women in combat has always been a touchy one. Many feel that while women should be allowed in the military, they do not belong in jobs that place them on the front line. Others believe that women are just as capable as men and should be given...

Published Wed, May 09 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family

No Bullet Wound in Skype Death

The Army released a statement yesterday saying that there was no bullet wound or visible injury in the death of an Army captain who died downrange while talking to his wife over Skype. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark’s family had released a statement over the...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 10:11 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Spouse & Family News

Guard Couple Wins “Amazing Race”

I’m not a reality TV junkie. But I do like a good excuse to watch “Amazing Race.” Lucky for me a National Guard couple was on the most recent season of the show, giving me the perfect reason to burn an hour in front of the TV on Sunday...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 6:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Spouse & Family News

You’ve Had How Many Addresses?!

The last few weeks I have been on the job hunt. My girls are getting bigger, and I am feeling ready to rejoin the workforce. As if finding a job in a rocky economy wasn’t difficult enough, it’s no secret that being a military spouse brings a unique set...

Published Tue, May 08 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Career & Education

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