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Tragedy at Marine Corps Housing

The military spouse community is today mourning the loss of one of its own after an explosion at an off-base military housing unit killed one spouse and seriously injured two other people. From the Military.com story: A woman killed in a propane gas explosion...

Published Sun, Feb 05 2012 7:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

AUSA Day Three: Interview with Joanne Steen

The first time I heard of Joanne Steen was from a Chaplain at our last duty station. My husband’s unit had spent several months downrange in heavy combat and had lost many amazing soldiers. Those soldiers left behind a lot...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 1:47 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ

AUSA 2010: A Comprehensive View

SpouseBUZZ provided wall-to-wall coverage of the Family Forums at AUSA's three-day conference. The forums were informative and beneficial for Army families. They provided that rare opportunity for attendees to come face-to-face with Army senior leadership...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 6:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support, Marriage & Family

One-Upped By Daddy

Last night my husband and I popped in a DVD of the Halloween episode from the show Freaks and Geeks. In the episode, basically the night gets ruined for everyone in the family and towards the end, the dad deadpans,...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 7:10 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Humor, Marriage & Family, Military Life

Devastating fire in Germany

97 military families in the Stuttgart area have lost their household goods to a massive warehouse fire. As one friend put it, "We have no permanent homes, so the things that we collect from one place to another make plain...

Published Wed, Nov 03 2010 6:13 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Girl Power: Ninja Assassins

Is there anything about the idea female ninja assassins that doesn’t make you think “heck yes?” Now, what if they hailed from, say, Iran? I ran across this link on Facebook this morning during my daily time-wasting extremely important...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2012 4:13 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Videos

Wallpaper Wars: The Trials and Tribulations of Homeownership

You know what is awesome about military housing? You don’t feel compelled to “fix” it. Oh you may want to, and want to with a desire something fierce, but it is understood that whatever you do to the house, you must also undo prior to...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 9:37 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, houses, wallpaper, decorating

Milspouse Stand Down Day

Considering the tone the milspouse internet world has taken over the past 3 or more months, it would be refreshing to have a stand down day. Just one day of pausing at the keys before typing words that do nothing to better ones self or someone else. Obviously...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 10:50 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

New Week, New Stuff: Love is in the Air

When I dwelt in the land of the Singletons I dreaded, dreaded, dreaded Valentine’s Day. Why would the world be so cruel as to have a day specifically there to highlight my loneliness? Now that I am a military spouse, but still often alone on Valentine...

Published Sun, Feb 12 2012 2:00 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Military Life

We Like Free Stuff! A Military Life Handbook

While SpouseBUZZ was down for maintenance, we posted to our Facebook page a link to information about this neat sounding new military life handbook from the Defense Centers of Excellence. Since then we managed to get our hot little hands on one and are...

Published Tue, Dec 07 2010 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

“I Think He’s a Hero” – Interview with Jennifer Giunta

Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta recently became the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor in almost 40 years. It’s the highest honor that can be bestowed on a member of the Armed Forces and, like we’ve said before, a very big deal. Several...

Published Thu, Dec 09 2010 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Creative Decorating on a Military Budget

If it were socially acceptable, I’d leave my Christmas decorations up until March. I love the warm glow created by Christmas lights and the feeling of coziness which comes from being surrounded by festive decorations. When I’ve had a long...

Published Fri, Dec 10 2010 11:24 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Emergency Funds

Common wisdom says that a family should have a few months of pay in emergency savings, just in case. My husband and I used to say that we military families had fewer “just in case” scenarios than civilian families. We have more job security...

Published Sun, Dec 12 2010 6:36 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Legal & Financial

Military.com and Homefront Heroes to Feature Stories of Wounded Warriors

Military.com is teaming up with Homefront Heroes to tell the stories of the Wounded Warrior community through ten webisodes hosted on their website: homefrontheroes.com. Homefront Heroes is looking for wounded warriors, their family, friends, caregivers...

Published Tue, Dec 14 2010 5:31 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

Lost and Not Found…Yet

We’ve all done it: Misplaced something and thought, “I KNOW it’s around here somewhere.” It’s just a matter of remembering where and when we last saw the item in question. My problem is the last time I saw the things I’ve been looking for was 3 PCS’s...

Published Wed, Dec 15 2010 12:03 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Uncategorized

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