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FRG Leaders! Ombudsmen! FROs! Let SpouseBuzz Help You

At SpouseBuzz, we believe in military family professionals. All of you Ombudsmen and FRG leaders and Family Readiness Officers and Key Volunteers and Fleet and Family counselors and Marine Corps Community Service folks and … and … and —...

Published Sun, Jan 27 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE, FRG/Spouse Support

Oprah’s Life Class Saved My Military Marriage

My husband and I reached that point where we were tired and worn down by the military lifestyle. We had let it affect the bond we had,. Communication between us fizzled away. My husband’s commitment to the mission left me feeling second best. In attempt...

Published Sat, Jan 26 2013 5:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Marriage & Family

Gay Military Spouses and Acceptance in Your Unit

It’s been more than sixteen months since Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed and openly gay service members have been allowed to serve. According to military officials the change has gone pretty smoothly, with little of the feared negative...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Poll: Should Combat Jobs be Opened to Women?

Like Jacey wrote the other day, here at SpouseBuzz we are on the Girl Team. We like the idea of the ban on women in combat being lifted, because we think that women can and should be able to reach whatever heights in whatever profession they choose —...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 4:27 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News, Poll

Please Don’t Judge me by What My Child Is Wearing

My daughter is a spitfire. She’s a master tantrum-thrower, a repeater of curse words and an instigator of sibling rivalry. She’s five-and-a-half years of naughtiness and unbridled energy rolled up into the cutest little blonde diva you’ve ever seen. She...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

Women in Combat: Make Me a Sal Giunta

I have always been on the Girl Team. I was raised on School House Rock, Cosmopolitan magazine, and the gospel according to Helen Reddy. So when I saw the announcement that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is removing the military’s ban on women serving...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

YDU: I’d be Sad When the Uninjured Soldiers Came Home?

The flight that my husband’s friends come home on is this weekend. This would be my husband’s flight if he hadn’t been hurt during his unit’s deployment to Afghanistan over last year. He was shot through the knee by an Afghan in a Green on Blue incident...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Military Life

Military Divorce Rates Aren’t as High as You Might Think

The Pentagon released it’s annual updated military divorce rate statistics to me yesterday. In 2012, according to the report, 3.5 percent of those across the entire military who were married at the beginning of the year fiscal year divorced by the...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 5:21 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

5 Tips for Dealing With Military Memorabilia

I’ll admit it: we’re in possession of three trench knives. There’s a sword, a tomahawk, a very-important non-trench knife knife, and a bunch of other weapons I’d be hard pressed to name and am even harder pressed to find a home...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

Should all Military Retiree Pay Rates be Equal?

There was an interesting article in last week’s Washington Post concerning the unaffordability of the all-volunteer military. Some of what was written was not a surprise: the current retirement pay beginning at 50 percent for the rest of retired...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Legal & Financial, government, pay, retirement, transition

Army Senior Enlisted? Better Transfer that GI Bill Now

As the war in Afghanistan draws to a close, the talk among the service branches has focused on “trimming the fat” in order to downsize their forces. Specifically, the soldiers who have engaged in the last 11 years of multiple warfronts and a continued...

Published Mon, Jan 21 2013 10:58 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education, Spouse & Family News

The Heartbreak of “Not Fit for Duty”

We’ve been living with my husband’s (who I’ll call Doc to protect his identity) TBI for three years now. We spent more time than we should have hoping he would just get better. He sought out treatment whenever he could, he was even turned...

Published Mon, Jan 21 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

Military Wife Quote: Be Angry About This

I have been spending a lot of time at the gym. Over 10 months after having my second child, I’m more than ready to be back in the comparatively amazing shape I was in pre-pregnancy. I’m tired of the jiggle. I give forlorn glances to my favorite jeans...

Published Sun, Jan 20 2013 5:28 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Quotes

Top Ten Ways To Get Your Man/Boy To Move Out

We think of military kids as little. We think of newborns meeting their dads for the first time at Homecoming. We think of cute little preschoolers waving their tiny flags as a ship pulls into port. We think of sweet elementary age daughters writing heart...

Published Sat, Jan 19 2013 5:29 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

Confession: I’m Jealous of Your Normal

OK, that’s probably a lie. Your normal is probably pretty much the same as my normal. And I am not jealous of that at all. You’ve got deployment, reintegration, sudden change of plans, unplanned injuries, PCS’es, TDYs and the rest of the alphabet...

Published Fri, Jan 18 2013 9:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Civilians, Military Life

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