August 2013 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Spoonfed Wives or Suck It Up Climbers? You Decide

When it comes to today’s military spouses, where do you stand on the Suck It Up/Spoonfed Spouse Staircase? As part of the blog series on their new free ebook, Everyone Serves, the folks from Blue Star Families are wondering about what kind of spouses...

Published Thu, Aug 29 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Top Enlisted Soldier Calls Out Trashy Troops, MilFams

When you leave trash in your commissary cart, let your vehicle tags expire, allow your dog to poop outside unsupervised, and drive around with loud music, you are showing that you have no self-respect. “Take your garbage and shop off post if you...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 5:11 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Military Wife Quotes: ‘Blorft’ is an Adjective I Just Made Up

Every morning I wake up, drink some coffee and gird my loins for the day to come. Because in military life, especially, there’s no telling what kind of crazy any day will bring. What time will my husband come home? (Who knows!) What moving-related misadventure...

Published Sun, Aug 18 2013 5:17 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Quotes

Top 10 Military Life Tips for New MilSpouses

Welcome, new military spouse, to the wide world of government bureaucracy. We know you’re happy to be here with us on our military base. We love seeing how in love you are. We adore how patriotic you’re feeling. We want to make sure your excitement...

Published Sat, Aug 31 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Top Ten Magic Words Long Distance Husbands Say To Their Wives

Conducting a long distance relationship (like we all do from time to time in the military) means that a guy has to learn to love somebody without his hands. Long distance husbands have to do it with lips and tongue alone—from 6000 miles away. This means...

Published Sat, Aug 17 2013 6:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, military marriage, sailor, airman, soldier, marine, Coastie, husband, military wives

How to be a Great Military Spouse Advocate

I’ve heard the argument that military families should be happy for what we have, and that if the Defense Department (or others) gets it wrong, our “job” as spouses is to hold our noses and support the chain of command. I suspect there are some old school...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Viral Photo Sparks Honor, Not Pity — Finally

A photo of a woman toting her amputee husband on her back has gone wildly viral this week as commenter after commenter marvels at the couples’ apparent devotion. Former Marine Staff Sgt. Jesse Cottle lost his legs in Afghanistan in 2009 when he stepped...

Published Wed, Aug 28 2013 5:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Spouse & Family News

Signs Deployment Will End Soon

This is my favorite time of deployment. Just like the first whiff of a fresh pack of Sharpie, or the first red velvet bow at the mall at Christmas, the signs the deployment will end are starting to come out. The beginning of our homecoming season is always...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Navy, sailors, to do lists, marines, end of deployment

Make Your Homecoming Resolutions Now

Homecoming tends to arrive … eventually. But we spend a lot of time thinking about it first. We spend time worrying about it, mooning over it, waiting for it, hoping for it, praying for it. I, for one, think there is a lot to say for rehearsing...

Published Sun, Aug 25 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration

No Equality Between Combat Deployment and ‘Regular’ Deployment

Sometimes I think I understand deployment. My Navy husband has deployed eight times. His ship is in one of the most volatile areas of the world as I write this. I understand what I know as a gone-for-eight-months kind of regular deployment. (If you will...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, military spouse, PTSD, army, Navy, navy wife, military kids, combat, army wife

Add the Perfect Touch to Your Birthday Care Package

The really annoying thing about care packages is that you constantly have to come up with new ideas for what to put in them. When your servicemember has a birthday while deployed you may find yourself in a particular rut. You probably have already sent...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

Hey MilSOs! It’s Time to Move It

It all started with trying to find a way to keep busy while my servicemember was away. I’m a writer by profession, so blogging seemed to be a natural choice. But what began as an idea to write my way through our National Guard Annual Training ended...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Health & Fitness

We Don’t Need No Reintegration

This family is completely out of whack. During deployment we rolled along, sure. But we were running like one of our tires was firmly mounted on a 6000-mile axel. Now that Brad is home, we need to be rotated and rebalanced. The military wants to call...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 6:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Reintegration, blue star families, balance

My Nine Unexpected Deployment Lessons

The day my husband left for deployment I was unexpectedly calm. We’ve got this, I thought smugly while couples around us clung to each other in emotional embraces. The words Check it out ladies: First timer here may have passed through my head as other...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Poll: What Do You Unpack First?

Unpacking from a PCS is something of a science. The more you do it, the more you get it down to a fine-tuned rhythm. Me? I let the movers bring in my boxes and put together the stuff they took apart (like the beds) while I feverishly unpack the kitchen...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2013 9:50 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Poll

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