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All 50 States Now Offer Military Child Education Help
PCSing with school-aged kids or teens is now just a little easier in all 50 states, thanks to an inter-state education agreement that is now law across the U.S. The governor of New York State, which had been the final holdout, signed a bill including...
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Tue, Aug 26 2014 5:00 AM
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kids
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Spouse & Family News
9 Ombudsman Rules I Learned From a Navy SEAL Team
An Ombudsman is faced with enormous responsibility during deployment. The command Ombudsman also has a tremendous opportunity to lead by example and to deeply love those who wait. I had the honor of serving as command family ombudsman for SEAL Team 7...
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Fri, Aug 22 2014 5:00 AM
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Army Newlywed In Her 40s: Help This Spouse!
When you are an Army newlywed in your 40s, you probably think of that quote from When Harry Met Sally: “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” We get...
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Mon, Aug 11 2014 10:00 AM
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newlywed
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recruiting duty
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Take This Survey and Help Protect Your Benefits
A panel of advisers will in February be giving the Defense Department and Congress their official, much researched advice on which of our benefits should stay and which should go. The problem? They haven’t asked the spouses and family members what they...
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Fri, Aug 08 2014 5:00 AM
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Spouse & Family News
Time to Disband Family Readiness Groups?
Our SpouseBuzz readers sure are hot over a recent post about how few young spouses participate in Family Readiness. Readers said they did not have time for the FRG because of work commitments, a lack of tolerance for gossip, legal restrictions against...
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Sun, Aug 03 2014 5:00 AM
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FRG/Spouse Support
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Military Life
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support
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frg
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fsg
Five Tips for Cleaning Military Uniforms
Because camouflage doesn’t clean itself. And, for reasons I don’t understand (and, for the record, don’t like), the ‘don’t touch my gear‘ rule seems to apply to everything but the dirty cammies. The piles of questionable...
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Sun, Aug 24 2014 5:00 AM
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Military Lifestyle
Why Male Spouses Are Ignored
What’s the biggest stereotype about military spouses? That we are all female. We totally missed it in our list of Military Spouse Stereotypes We Hate Most. Sociologists would have a field day with that one (not to mention the assumption that all milspouses...
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Thu, Aug 28 2014 4:00 AM
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Why Don’t You Have a Plan B, Soldier?
“Always, always have a Plan B,” a SpouseBuzz reader advised an Army wife whose husband was recently passed over. “We serve at the pleasure of the President, and, as has been said by other posters, no one’s full career is guaranteed.” That is some...
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Wed, Aug 20 2014 5:00 AM
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Top 10 Things To START Doing in Your Military Life
We already told you what you should STOP doing in your military life. That was so easy. We are all so good at picking apart our current performance (and the current performance of others–including that lady at the Exchange with the leopard skin...
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Sat, Aug 23 2014 5:00 AM
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Military Life
Car Lost in Shipping? How to Join a Lawsuit
A pair of attorneys based in Georgia have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Defense Department contractor responsible for shipping service member’s cars to and from overseas bases. And if your car is one of the thousands late being delivered...
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Mon, Aug 25 2014 10:06 AM
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Spouse & Family News
Want a Government Job? There May be Hope
If you’ve been in the market for a government employee job on or near your military base over the last few months, you have been feeling pretty frustrated. Government budget cuts have not only meant that hiring is frozen for certain open positions...
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Tue, Aug 05 2014 10:00 AM
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Career & Education
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Spouse & Family News
He’s Gone: Now What Do I Do?
He’s gone. Is the answer to this heartbreak to found in your own house? This weekend my girlfriend sent me a picture of her half-empty closet. On one side, her clothes hung in a neat row. On the other side a black plastic hanger clung to the wire...
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Fri, Aug 01 2014 5:00 AM
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death
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calm
8 Military Traditions We Don’t Want To Die Away
Some military traditions and customs are long gone—like calling cards and Wives’ Clubs and spouses who aren’t “allowed” to work. Some traditions we enjoy breaking—like making out with a guy in uniform. Some military customs and traditions...
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Mon, Aug 04 2014 10:00 AM
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Military Life
When Death Hits a Family Tradition of Service
Some families serve more than others. Some families give more than others. Few families are asked to pay the ultimate price. If they must, they do. When Major General Harold J. Greene was shot to death this week in Afghanistan by a gunman dressed as an...
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Sat, Aug 09 2014 5:00 AM
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Spouse & Family News
Even More Useless Army Uniform Items in Your Home
How often do you think I look in my husband’s closet and think “what we really need here is even MORE obsolete uniform items?” If you guessed “never,” you’re on target. But apparently the good people of the US Army...
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Thu, Aug 14 2014 5:00 AM
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Military Life
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