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How Common are Military Contract Marriages?
Contract marriages are one of the great myths of the military that is actually a little true but we don’t like to think about it — kind of like the broom on the porch myth or the myth of block leave (I kid about that last one … sort...
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Wed, Sep 09 2015 5:00 AM
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What Every Military Mother Sees: Gold Star Moms
The Marine pilot chuckled when I showed him the picture my Army son sent me of himself with a giant weapon and a threatening expression. “I have a picture of myself at the same age exactly like that,” the Marine said. “Everyone does.” I’m sure those guys...
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Tue, Sep 22 2015 5:00 AM
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Poll: Would You Choose the Military Again?
Military recruiters are having a hard time meeting their goals. And they are blaming all the bad PR caused by the loads of challenges faced by the current force — things like PTSD and the VA backlog scandal. There’s not enough light shed on...
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Wed, Sep 23 2015 5:00 AM
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7 Things You Think During Military Transition
Getting out of the military brings a lot of crazy emotions. On the one hand — YAY. On the other hand — OMG. That’s because we all know that while we sometimes love to hate the military, we also love to love it. Are you in the military...
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Thu, Sep 24 2015 5:00 AM
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How to Update Information in DEERS
Need to update your information in DEERS? It should be pretty easy, right? After all, you’ve done the hard work by registering to start with. Your kids are already registered, too. This should be simple. (Haven’t registered you or your kids...
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Tue, Sep 01 2015 5:03 AM
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Volunteering Gets You a Job? Yes!
Nine years ago we decided I would leave my job and stay home with our children. At that time I knew my unemployment wasn’t forever and that someday I would return to work when the time was right. We didn’t really have a plan because I knew that I wanted...
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Sat, Sep 05 2015 5:00 AM
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3 Ways We Can Work to Fix Mental Health Help
It isn’t that he doesn’t want mental health help … sort of. It’s a combination of problems. He wants to be manly, so he doesn’t want to admit that he needs help. He’s worried about his career, even though there are...
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Fri, Sep 18 2015 5:00 AM
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MilSpouse Project, Play Connects Generations
Years of military moves, deployments and holding down the home front had left Army spouse Amy Uptgraft exhausted. But then she was hit with a new idea — a way to soothe her mind while doing what she loves on stage and bringing communities together...
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Sat, Sep 19 2015 5:00 AM
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How the New 2016 Defense Bill Impacts Families
We’ve been telling you since early this year about proposed changes to the Defense Department. For all those months the changes have been making their way through Congress where lawmakers squabbled over them, voted in some and rejected others. And...
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Wed, Sep 30 2015 11:13 AM
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How to Host a Military Retirement Party
One of the questions we regularly get on SpouseBuzz is how to throw a military retirement party. Are you supposed to plan it? Does someone else? What is it supposed to be like? What kind of food is expected? Who are you supposed to invite? And we know...
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Fri, Sep 04 2015 5:00 AM
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How To: New Online Red Cross Emergency Message Tool
The Red Cross has rolled out an awesome new online emergency message tool. And we know how to use it. Red Cross emergency messages are the only official way to get an urgent message about injury, death or the birth of a child to a service member. Because...
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Thu, Sep 10 2015 4:16 AM
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Why Does Getting Out Feel Like Quitting?
I think I’m a strong person. I’m an Army wife, after all, with a backbone forged in the fire of deployment, separations, solo birth and dramatic emotional burdens. That makes me strong, right? I don’t give up. I don’t give in....
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Wed, Sep 02 2015 5:00 AM
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If You Could Ask Two Top Spouses Anything …
If you could ask two of the military’s most senior spouses anything, what would it be? So much of military life is about building on the advice of those who have been there and done that. Sure, there are military life advice books and plenty of...
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Tue, Sep 29 2015 5:00 AM
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Immigration Rule Change to Help Foreign-Born Spouses
Instead of forcing foreign-born military spouses to wait as long as a year to be able to join their service member stateside and live and work in the U.S., a new rule should make the process must faster. The rule change, this story reports, could shorten...
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Wed, Sep 30 2015 5:00 AM
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This is Why Commissary Shelves Are Often Empty
Ever notice that commissary shelves are often mysteriously empty? It’s one of the top complaints I’ve read from commissary shoppers. Items – regardless of whether they carry a special price that day or not – are just gone. Where...
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Mon, Sep 28 2015 5:30 AM
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