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What Does a Spouse Deserve at Military Retirement?
I know military spouses don’t have an actual retirement from military life. However, there is this place during a military retirement ceremony where the contribution of the spouse is supposed to be mentioned. What does she deserve then? Personally, I...
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Fri, Jan 11 2013 10:19 AM
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Death Star a No Go, But What About Social Activism?
Perhaps you already heard, but if you’re a Star Wars fan I want to break it to you softly: just because you believe in the ultimate defense system, neither the DoD or the American Government will be building a “Death Star”. Crushing...
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Mon, Jan 14 2013 11:00 AM
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FRG/Spouse Support
YDU: Give Up The Planner!
I like to know things. I like to be prepared. I like to have a plan. In college, my planner was my Bible. Everything was written down followed by little check boxes, so I could track my progress. Planning allowed me to be in control. And I like control...
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Wed, Jan 16 2013 10:00 AM
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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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Army Senior Enlisted? Better Transfer that GI Bill Now
As the war in Afghanistan draws to a close, the talk among the service branches has focused on “trimming the fat” in order to downsize their forces. Specifically, the soldiers who have engaged in the last 11 years of multiple warfronts and a continued...
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Mon, Jan 21 2013 10:58 AM
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Career & Education
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Spouse & Family News
YDU: I’d be Sad When the Uninjured Soldiers Came Home?
The flight that my husband’s friends come home on is this weekend. This would be my husband’s flight if he hadn’t been hurt during his unit’s deployment to Afghanistan over last year. He was shot through the knee by an Afghan in a Green on Blue incident...
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Wed, Jan 23 2013 10:00 AM
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Wounded Spouse
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Military Life
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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What’s Ahead for Military Couples in 2013
While taking my morning gander around the internet this morning, I came across this little piece from Yahoo. “What’s Ahead for Star Couples in 2013.” In it they bring in a psychic and a comedian to give us the dish on what going to happen with three celebrity...
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Tue, Jan 01 2013 6:00 AM
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Marriage & Family
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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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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Spouse & Family News
I’m in Marriage Counseling (But Shhh, Don’t Tell Anyone)
Eight years ago, a military spouse friend of mine confided that she and her husband were in marriage counseling. I was shocked. Part of my surprise stemmed from the fact that I always viewed them as the couple who had it all figured out. But part of me...
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Tue, Jan 08 2013 5:00 AM
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Marriage & Family
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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FRG/Spouse Support
Top Ten Ways To be a Military Work/Life Balance Ninja
Does anyone believe that work/life balance is possible in the military? Surely that kind of even-stephen life is only for couples who work 9 to 5 and live near the grandparents and never, never move. Balance isn’t for people like us. Or is it? I...
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Sat, Jan 12 2013 5:30 AM
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Marriage & Family
Does the Horror of Pet PCS Keep You Down?
Our dog Gunner and his girlfriend Abby recently had puppies. In lieu of a stud fee, Abby’s owner offered us pick of the litter. When the pups were ready to venture out on their own, my family played with each one and brought home the cutest little black...
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Tue, Jan 15 2013 4:38 AM
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