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Monday Funny: Nerf Gun is MilSpouse’s Best Friend

When I saw this video for the first time I thought “is this woman a military spouse?!” … and then spent the rest of the day thinking about all the awesome things I could accomplish if I had expert marksmanship nerf gun skillz. Sadly...

Published Mon, Mar 05 2012 3:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Humor

Not Interested In A Spouse Employment Handout Military Spouse Quote

Deanie Dempsey, wife of General Martin E. Dempsey the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, answered questions about spouse employment at the 2012 Spouse Summit. She recalled her own original quest to get in-state tuition when her husband was stationed...

Published Sun, Mar 04 2012 9:03 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

Top Spouse Pledges Vet Support

The Army must do everything it can to prevent an increase in the number of homeless veterans, said Deanie Dempsey, wife of the nation’s top military officer, Gen. Martin Dempsey, March 3. Gen. Dempsey “says, we can’t break faith with...

Published Sun, Mar 04 2012 7:08 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

What You Missed: Bad Text Messages, China and a Cookie App

Ah, the weekend. … or a short way to say “catching up on laundry, cleaning and all that other stuff that didn’t happy Monday through Friday.” Need a break from it all? Check out some of what you missed in MilSpouseDome (and otherwise) this week. Hint...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2012 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Did You Know

The Milspouse Facelift: Skypoplasti

I harbor the fantasy that I will always look like the fresh-faced girl in the polka-dot dress that may husband remembers waving goodbye to, but real life just doesn’t accommodate that desire and I’ve been shocked to see my own reflection staring back...

Published Fri, Mar 02 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Humor, Lori Volkman, sarcasm, wittylittlesecret

PCSing to D.C.? Here Are Some Must-Do’s

My husband, an active duty Marine, was stationed at Marine Barracks 8th and I in Washington DC from the moment I met him. I was a college student who met a handsome Marine through a friend of a friend who just went head over heels. 8th and I has played...

Published Fri, Mar 02 2012 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Did You Know

3 Tips for Dealing With Military Loss

Knowing what to do or say when a serivcemember is killed can be tricky and uncomfortable. You want to do and say the right thing – but what is that? And how do you do it? As we have seen recently, there is a wrong way and a right way to go about dealing...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2012 3:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Did You Know, Spouse & Family News

Can Anyone Talk To Their In-Laws About ‘What If’?

I can talk to my in-laws about the number of cavities my ten-year old will soon have if he doesn’t stop eating so many Pop Tarts. I can talk to my in-laws about the record lack of snow this year. We can talk about movies last seen in 1974. We can never...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 10:20 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family

Gold Star Wife Happy She Had That Gown Handy

You never know when you are going to need that ball gown. Gold star wife Kim Felts got the call on Monday that she would be having dinner two days later at the White House — and that she would be sitting next to Mrs. Obama. “It’s been a whirlwind,” said...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 3:33 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Spouse & Family News

Family of Text Messaged Spouse Speaks Out

The mother and aunt of Megan Born, the Army spouse who learned that her husband’s downrange death over text message, both left messages on SpouseBUZZ yesterday, offering some further explanation of just how this happened, praising the command at...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 7:15 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Spouse & Family News

The Theory of Relativity?

You know when you move to a new installation and your spouse hasn’t really settled into the job, and the CAC card hasn’t been programmed yet … and there’s not much for him to do so he comes home fairly early? Well I don’t...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 3:09 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

The China (as in plate) Debate

I used to be a reluctant military wife. I had to be pulled, kicking and screaming, to my first coffee and then didn’t attend another for four years. Prior to marriage, I was not only reluctant, but clueless, about all things military and didn’t...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 12:45 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Silence Can Be Golden

Recently after my husband returned from Iraq I fell off the earth. The thought sharing, internet reaching earth. Blogging during the deployment was an opportunity to ‘get things out’ and share with others experiencing or about to experience...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

That Military Family Life Requires a College Degree? YDU

Why didn’t you tell me … that the framed degree I have hanging on my wall would have nothing — yet everything — to do with my real “job”? Does that statement make you do a double take? My college degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 4:15 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Career & Education

Army: Spouses to Blame for KIA Notification Fail

The blame for an Army spouse learning of her husband’s combat death via text last week rests squarely on the shoulders of other spouses within the unit, not on a failure of the Army notification process, a Fort Stewart official told SpouseBUZZ today....

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 2:01 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Spouse & Family News

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