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Bragg OSC to Issue “Special” Membership to Gay Spouse

Board members with the Fort Bragg officer’s spouse’s club late tonight announced they are willing to issue gay spouse Ashley Broadway a “special Guest Membership” to their club after originally denying her admittance because she...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 7:49 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support, Spouse & Family News

Why You Should Hit the MOAA Spouse Career Event

Remember that stay-at-home mom business? It ends. My first born is heading off to college and my second will be a junior in the fall. My servicemember is looking at PCS orders again. We will move this summer. I, like many other military spouses, will...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

5 Ways Disability Has Made Me A Better MilSpouse

Growing up with a rare form of dwarfism, one might assume that I’ve gone through life with a disadvantage. After all, everyday tasks were much harder for me than for most people. Reaching the third shelf in the refrigerator, opening heavy doors...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

YDU: Give Up The Planner!

I like to know things. I like to be prepared. I like to have a plan. In college, my planner was my Bible. Everything was written down followed by little check boxes, so I could track my progress. Planning allowed me to be in control. And I like control...

Published Wed, Jan 16 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Valentine’s Care Package

Thinking of a sweet box for your military sweetheart this February? We’ve got all the best ideas for putting some heart into your Valentine’s Day military care packages. You see, I’m a hopeless romantic. And I really love holidays. And...

Published Wed, Jan 16 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Dream Tax: When Is It Your Turn?

Military spouses are always surprised when the Dream Tax cometh. We marry into the military figuring that we are smart enough and determined enough and creative enough to get around the very real obstacles to a military spouse career. Then reality sets...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Career & Education

Does the Horror of Pet PCS Keep You Down?

Our dog Gunner and his girlfriend Abby recently had puppies. In lieu of a stud fee, Abby’s owner offered us pick of the litter. When the pups were ready to venture out on their own, my family played with each one and brought home the cutest little black...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 4:38 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Poll, Pets

Death Star a No Go, But What About Social Activism?

Perhaps you already heard, but if you’re a Star Wars fan I want to break it to you softly: just because you believe in the ultimate defense system, neither the DoD or the American Government will be building a “Death Star”. Crushing...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 11:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

MilSpouse Ink: How Many Tattoos are too Many?

I have two tattoos. They’re small and hidden away in locations that can’t be seen by the public eye, and although I could probably do without the first one, I love my second one and the meaning it holds for me. I can’t exactly pinpoint the motivation...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

Military Wife Quotes: Never Contemplate Your Life On Sunday

I would like to eliminate Sundays during deployment, please. Oh, I will still keep holy the Lord’s Day. I just want to take the hours of Sunday and tack them on to other days of the week when I need those hours more. Because a Sunday during deployment...

Published Sun, Jan 13 2013 5:57 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Quotes

Top Ten Ways To be a Military Work/Life Balance Ninja

Does anyone believe that work/life balance is possible in the military? Surely that kind of even-stephen life is only for couples who work 9 to 5 and live near the grandparents and never, never move. Balance isn’t for people like us. Or is it? I...

Published Sat, Jan 12 2013 5:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

What Does a Spouse Deserve at Military Retirement?

I know military spouses don’t have an actual retirement from military life. However, there is this place during a military retirement ceremony where the contribution of the spouse is supposed to be mentioned. What does she deserve then? Personally, I...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 10:19 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: retirement, transition

Welcome to the Commissary, Rodents

Where you have food you will inevitably also have pests – or so I have been told. That, at least, has lately been the case for several commissaries overseas which have been struggling with vermin problems. According to an email we received, the Patch...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

DoD Anti-Discrimination Policy Must be Updated

With the news yesterday that the Marine Corps is ordering all spouse clubs on their bases to either accept gay spouses or take their business and operations off post, the service took a step in the direction of spouse equality that no other service or...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 5:09 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

8 Tips for Healthy Eating on a Military Budget

Military families have tight budgets. Sometimes BAH doesn’t cover it all. Sometimes it’s hard for us as spouses to keep working through multiple relocations. Sometimes unexpected (and expensive) things happen. And with urgent bills and expenses...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Health & Fitness

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