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What Does Kicking Out Service Animals Say About Us?

The story went viral. A young soldier who suffers from PTSD, was asked to take his service animal home from church and return without it. While Spc. Kristofer Magstadt says he was asked to leave, the church views the story differently. However, if you...

Published Fri, Aug 23 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

Why You Should Be Prepared for PTSD

Do you have any idea that the one you tearfully bid farewell may never be in your arms again — at least not like you remember them? If your servicemember has experienced any level of combat, he could come home wounded in a way you can’t see – with...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

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

YDU: Struggling To Find Friendship As A Military Spouse

As a military spouse, I have struggled with acceptance, friendships, and being a wife to a service member. I did not know what it entailed to becoming a military wife in such a large community of people. Where would I fit in? How do I build community...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Galley Gourmet: How to Feed Your Deployed Spouse

Is your servicemember sick of MREs? Over instant coffee overseas? Ready to eat something approximating actual food again? Salvation is nigh! We’ve figured out how to eat like – well, like humans – in the badlands, the barracks, and everywhere...

Published Tue, Aug 20 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Lifestyle

What Not to Do at a Military Ball (By a 1SGT)

We spouses like to bicker about what our husbands’ leadership must think about the attire of spouses, girlfriends, partners and Milsos at the ball. This time we decided to ask. Here, straight from the source, is one Army First Sgt.’s (E-8...

Published Tue, Aug 20 2013 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

If I Ever Forget What Happy Looks Like

If I ever forget what happy looks like, please take me to the international arrivals gate at the airport. I won’t be like Hugh Grant in Love Actually looking for evidence that love is all around. Take me to the airport because the people at the...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2013 11:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Reintegration, Military Life

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

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 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

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

Adios Friends, I Don’t Need You Cuz Deployment Is Over

Am I a bad friend just if I disappear after homecoming? Since my husband is coming home in a few days, I’ve noticed that all of my friends have been dropping verbal notes of goodbye into our conversations. Oh, Brad is coming home. Well, I guess I won...

Published Thu, Aug 15 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Reintegration

Smarter Than A Worksheet? Think Again

I am far too smug to use a worksheet to get ready for deployment. So when Blue Star Families asked me to try out the worksheets in their new free eBook Everyone Serves, I was a little blasé about the whole thing. Worksheets are for babies. Who needs a...

Published Thu, Aug 15 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

YDU: The Tower of Babble

Why didn’t you tell me that the military would turn me into a babbler? After all, the nice man behind the counter just wanted to know what had brought me to the area. I suddenly developed some kind of speech disorder “I’m, no, not me…we are, my...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com