November 2014 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Veterans, We Are Your Biggest Fans!

The rest of the country may set aside November 11 as the one day a year to thank our Veterans. But we military families feel thankful for all those who served every day of the year. For we are your witnesses from beginning to end. We know all the reasons...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Veteran's Day

Are You Teaching Your Children to Appreciate the Military?

I wake up every morning to another day of eating, sleeping, and breathing the military life. I’m a part of the crazies who truly do love the military lifestyle – most days. In November our country celebrates National Military Family Appreciation month...

Published Sat, Nov 01 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Gold Star Parents Look to Honor Vets With Healing Retreat

Moving forward and healing from grief is a tricky that doesn’t look the same way for everyone. But for Gretchen and Kirk Catherwood, whose son died in Afghanistan, healing themselves means helping others do the same. And they need your help. I first...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ

Commissary Adding ‘Value’ Tags to Generics

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has directed their stores to add “value” tags to products in their off-brand lines or put them in special displays in an effort to highlight the lower prices. By law, DeCA does not carry a true generic...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News, commissary

21 Things Only MilSo’s Understand

As every military spouse knows, the “military” part of your life doesn’t just affect your service member. It affects your whole life, too. And these 21 ways sum it up… completely. 1. Because somehow “going to the grocery...

Published Sat, Nov 15 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Humor, Military Life

How Do Military Wives Make Friends (Without Kids!)?

Wanna add nine new friends to your social life? Have a baby. According to a survey by Nature’s Purest last year, having a baby increased the number of friends the women surveyed had added to their social network through baby groups, toddler classes and...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Spiritual Reboot: PTSD Recovery Course Helps Spouses, Too

In the great cloud of resources out there for muddling your way through post-combat home troubles, it is can be hard to pick something and just do it. So overwhelming can the options be that it can seem easier to do nothing. That’s how trouble here...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2014 5:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Resources

Dear School Principal: Why Are You Against Veterans Day?

Why would school principals object to asking students to mark Veterans Day? After all, it is an official United States holiday and a federal holiday created to honor the military veterans who have served this country, sometimes dying for this country...

Published Tue, Nov 04 2014 4:49 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Warrior Care Month: Choose How Tragedy Changes You

I didn’t know my husband when he served in the Army, nor when he was injured. In 1988, just months following his four years active duty and while in the reserves, Geoff was in a horrific motorcycle accident that severed his spinal cord, leaving...

Published Sun, Nov 16 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Marriage & Family, Military Life, warrior care month, invictus games, adaptive sports

Too Judgey Against Geographic Bachelors?

I gotta admit, I am judgey about geographic bachelors. Where I really don’t care if you breastfeed your baby and I don’t even notice what kind of car you drive, I’m pretty much against geographic bachelor tours. And I do not hold back from telling you...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Ebola Troops and Emergency Leave, R&R, Care Packages

Any time there is a new type of deployment to a completely new area there are a lot of unanswered questions from the family front. And while the major news outlets are focused on the mission, you know I’m worried about the nitty gritty. What about...

Published Mon, Nov 17 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

The Truth About That ‘Crazy Serial Killer’ Army Guy

I have a confession to make: I can be pretty judgmental. It is something that I have really tried hard to control over the past few years; working so closely with the military spouse community has made me overly sensitive about people who judge others...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

DoD: Military OneSource is an Answer to Cuts

In the face of more potential budget cuts despite increased deployments to at least Iraq and west Africa, Defense Department family policy officials are trying to figure out how to stretch the dollars they have to meet the needs that not only still exist...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

How Do You Stay Calm in a Crisis?

Calm in a crisis does not come easily to me. Anxiety comes easily to me. If there is nothing actually wrong, gimme a second and I can point out 20 impending signs of doom. It’s a little gift. So you would expect that when my wheel (not the tire but the...

Published Sun, Nov 30 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Fake Homeless Veterans: What Do You Do?

I spotted him from across a busy intersection near the White House. Surrounded by bags and backpacks, he held a creased cardboard rectangle with the words “Iraq Combat VET” scrawled in Sharpie. He was homeless veteran begging for money. It never occurred...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, transition

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Veterans, We Are Your Biggest Fans!

Are You Teaching Your Children to Appreciate the Military?

Gold Star Parents Look to Honor Vets With Healing Retreat

Commissary Adding ‘Value’ Tags to Generics

21 Things Only MilSo’s Understand

How Do Military Wives Make Friends (Without Kids!)?

Spiritual Reboot: PTSD Recovery Course Helps Spouses, Too

Dear School Principal: Why Are You Against Veterans Day?

Warrior Care Month: Choose How Tragedy Changes You

Too Judgey Against Geographic Bachelors?

Ebola Troops and Emergency Leave, R&R, Care Packages

The Truth About That ‘Crazy Serial Killer’ Army Guy

DoD: Military OneSource is an Answer to Cuts

How Do You Stay Calm in a Crisis?

Fake Homeless Veterans: What Do You Do?