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Top Ten Ways To Get Your Man/Boy To Move Out
We think of military kids as little. We think of newborns meeting their dads for the first time at Homecoming. We think of cute little preschoolers waving their tiny flags as a ship pulls into port. We think of sweet elementary age daughters writing heart...
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Sat, Jan 19 2013 5:29 AM
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Some Clubs to Allow Gay Spouses
Remember a few weeks back when we told you about the spouse clubs on posts and bases around the country that had decided to block gay spouses from their membership based on a rule that the spouses do not hold DoD ID cards? Well, at least one of the clubs...
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Thu, Jan 03 2013 5:00 AM
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Please Don’t Judge me by What My Child Is Wearing
My daughter is a spitfire. She’s a master tantrum-thrower, a repeater of curse words and an instigator of sibling rivalry. She’s five-and-a-half years of naughtiness and unbridled energy rolled up into the cutest little blonde diva you’ve ever seen. She...
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Thu, Jan 24 2013 10:00 AM
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YDU: Being a Spouse Makes me Invisible
This last deployment I realized I was invisible. Servicemembers sit through trainings and briefings on the signs and symptoms of depression they need to be aware of so they can help themselves and their battle buddies before it is too late. Spouses get...
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Wed, Jan 02 2013 10:00 AM
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How to Get Banned Pups on Base (Without Breaking the Rules)
It was puppy-love at first sight. My pre-teen friendship with my Gordon Setter, Taffy (full name: Salt Water Taffy Brite Star), was the kind you read about in books like Where the Red Fern Grows and Lad, a Dog. Military life notwithstanding, I knew that...
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Wed, Jan 30 2013 4:00 AM
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What Military Family Programs Should They Cut?
A new story from the Army Times highlights an unprecedented plan from the Defense Department to examine family support and recreation programs, identify redundancies, and axe the ones that aren’t necessary. If you feel like this plan to examine...
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Thu, Jan 31 2013 5:00 AM
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Should all Military Retiree Pay Rates be Equal?
There was an interesting article in last week’s Washington Post concerning the unaffordability of the all-volunteer military. Some of what was written was not a surprise: the current retirement pay beginning at 50 percent for the rest of retired...
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Tue, Jan 22 2013 5:00 AM
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What no Fiscal Cliff Means for You
With the news that the Senate and House yesterday voted to essentially give themselves an extra two months to grapple with major “sequestration” budget cuts, we are wondering what this actually means for you and me, average program-loving...
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Wed, Jan 02 2013 5:35 AM
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Is a Shorter Deployment The Key To Stronger Marriages?
We are all about the love here at SpouseBuzz. We will try anything to increase the understanding of long-term military relationships and to help couples navigate their way to a happier and healthier romance. But sometimes we miss the most obvious suggestions...
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Thu, Jan 03 2013 10:00 AM
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Commissary: Still a Savings Despite the Surcharge?
Confession: I’m not a terribly observant person, especially when I’m in a hurry. So it was like a bolt of lightening had hit me the day I noticed, several years into my military life, that the commissary charges a surcharge. Excuse me? I thought...
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Wed, Jan 09 2013 5:00 AM
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Gay Military Spouses and Acceptance in Your Unit
It’s been more than sixteen months since Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed and openly gay service members have been allowed to serve. According to military officials the change has gone pretty smoothly, with little of the feared negative...
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Fri, Jan 25 2013 10:00 AM
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Top 5 Ways to be a Great Military PCS Sponsor
Every time my family has PCS’ed, we were assigned a sponsor. You know, that voluntold servicemember or volunteer spouse who cheerfully sends you informational packets detailing the ins and outs of your next duty station, the person who willingly sacrifices...
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Mon, Jan 28 2013 10:00 AM
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The Zombie Apocalypse: Mental Health For Military Families
Having been an Army wife for nearly two decades now, I often lose sleep over military families. I have seen people with PTSD. I have seen them grapple with the newly coined Secondary PTSD. I am struck by the host of familial problems that come with repeat...
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Thu, Jan 31 2013 10:00 AM
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Military Life
Confession: I’m Jealous of Your Normal
OK, that’s probably a lie. Your normal is probably pretty much the same as my normal. And I am not jealous of that at all. You’ve got deployment, reintegration, sudden change of plans, unplanned injuries, PCS’es, TDYs and the rest of the alphabet...
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Fri, Jan 18 2013 9:00 AM
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Civilians
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Military Life
DoD Anti-Discrimination Policy Must be Updated
With the news yesterday that the Marine Corps is ordering all spouse clubs on their bases to either accept gay spouses or take their business and operations off post, the service took a step in the direction of spouse equality that no other service or...
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Thu, Jan 10 2013 5:09 AM
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