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YDU: What it’s Like to be a Individual Augmentee (IA)?

Individual Augmentee: A Sailor who is given orders to embed with an Army unit in Iraq or Afghanistan due to their specific skill-set; typically referred to as being in the “Narmy.” We volunteered for an IA–Individual Augmentee assignment...

Published Wed, May 30 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, IA, Individual Augmentee

Are Spouses the “Must Have Parent?”

All parents are “must have” parents. I think we would all agree that kids need their moms and dads to love them and protect them and help them make their way in the world. But lately I’ve been wondering if military families (and many civilian families...

Published Mon, Feb 03 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

I Love This Product: SmileShow (Holiday Military Discount)

I previously posted about this product and how much I enjoyed it. SmileShow is now offering military families a holiday discount on their products. You can receive $3 off of your purchase by using the coupon code BUZZ. The code...

Published Mon, Nov 30 2009 4:34 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: I Love This Product

Call Both Phones

Dear Husband, We have been over this a thousand times. If you call the cell phone and there's no answer, either call back in two minutes or call the house phone. But if you leave another message on my cell...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 9:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

The Results: Military Appreciation Doesn’t Matter

When we asked readers early this week if they would still serve in the military if the American public didn’t appreciate them, I suspected I knew what the overwhelming response would be. After all, we frequently hear people say that service is a higher...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Poll

If Your Spouse Behaved Badly, Would you Turn Him In?

Pause with me, if you will, and imagine the unimaginable – your servicemember spouse in embroiled in an activity that falls somewhere between “moral grey area” and “downright wrong.” Misusing funds. Selling on Ebay that thing he forgot to turn in at work...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 12:43 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Spouse & Family News

Poll: How do You Celebrate Flag Day?

OK, so we’ve never really “celebrated” Flag Day either. But we do like to take a second to recognize the Stars and Bars on June 14, its own special day of the year. Whether it’s by obnoxiously humming flag songs all day long or by playing flag police...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Poll

How To Celebrate a Military Wedding Anniversary

Once upon a time, I was a bride. That was a long upon-a-time ago—25 years ago today. Not did I marry him while he was fresh and hot, but I got very, very lucky. The guy is military. The rest of the world doesn’t think that marrying military is such a...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

“Yes, Ma’am!”

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 3:32 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, spouse, military courtesies

Army to Give Soldiers 24 Months Dwell Time

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 9:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Hi, My Name is She of the Sea, and I Am An Internet Addict

Published Sat, Mar 05 2011 2:40 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Entertainment, internet, communication

New PCS Rule Gives Users More Power Over Movers

Have a really bad moving crew? Starting in May 2014, a new rule gives you a bigger say in whether or not they get to keep working for the government. But to make it work, you’ve got to fill out the survey. Under the current plan what you turned...

Published Thu, Mar 20 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Military Kids: Resilient or Masters of Deception?

Why couldn’t my son say, “Mom, I’m not OK?” After my son attempted suicide 16 months ago, one of the things I asked him was how I could have NOT known how bad things were? He looked me square in the eye and said, “Mom, the only way you could have known...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids, military teen, military teen suicide

YDU: I Got All My Sisters With Me

Why didn’t you tell me that with each mention of a deployment getting underway, my heart would rip out of my chest. I know that pain. Why didn’t you tell me that every homecoming would bring tears of joy to my eyes. I know that joy. It’s hard not to put...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Top 10 Things I Had To Learn About Military Marriage

Last night while I was waiting for my two-year old to stop crying after being moved to her big girl bed, I realized how far I’ve come since I was a military bride of 22…and how much I have stayed the same. Now, at my ripe old age of 38 with a spouse with...

Published Sat, Mar 29 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

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YDU: What it’s Like to be a Individual Augmentee (IA)?

Are Spouses the “Must Have Parent?”

I Love This Product: SmileShow (Holiday Military Discount)

Call Both Phones

The Results: Military Appreciation Doesn’t Matter

If Your Spouse Behaved Badly, Would you Turn Him In?

Poll: How do You Celebrate Flag Day?

How To Celebrate a Military Wedding Anniversary

“Yes, Ma’am!”

Army to Give Soldiers 24 Months Dwell Time

Hi, My Name is She of the Sea, and I Am An Internet Addict

New PCS Rule Gives Users More Power Over Movers

Military Kids: Resilient or Masters of Deception?

YDU: I Got All My Sisters With Me

Top 10 Things I Had To Learn About Military Marriage