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The Spouse License Problem and How You Can Help

Many working military spouses (or those trying to work) know that finding a job after a move to a new state is low on the totem-pole of career problems compared to one major sticking point: landing a new professional license. Necessary? For more than...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 6:19 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education, Spouse & Family News

How To Beat A Mean Red Military Depression

During deployment, I expect to wake up with the blues sometimes. But I am never ready to look up from my dinner and find that I am sitting with a case of the Mean Reds. In the classic Audrey Hepburn movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Holly Golightly explains...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 1:00 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Life

Three Smart Phone Alarms for a Happier MilLife

My iPhone could be my best tool for having a happier military life. Not only do I have the fun of checking my email 600 times a day hoping for a message from my husband, the alarm feature alone reminds me to build a whole lot more happiness into my life...

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

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

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

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

The Surprise Rough Times of Reintegration

Before my husband came home from deployment last year, I attended all of the reintegration briefings, read all the pamphlets and handouts that were provided and attempted to prepare myself for that last phase in our deployment — homecoming. Everything...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration, Military Life

A Virtual Career Fair?

I’ve never been a huge fan of career fairs. Interviews make me nervous, and a career fair is essentially a bunch of mini interviews in a row. Plus I interacted with a terribly rude recruiter at the last career fair I attended on post and was left...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 6:08 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education, milspouse, employment, career fair

4 Tips for Getting a MyCAA Free Degree

Multiply 712,000 military spouses by $6000. Now you know why the part of the MyCAA program that allowed active duty spouses to seek a bachelor’s or graduate degree is dead, dead, dead. While MyCAA once offered military spouses the degree we wanted, the...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

Why Can’t Military Recruits Wear Honor Cords?

Military recruits in Fairfax County, VA, won’t be wearing red, white and blue honor cord to high school graduation as a symbol of their commitment to military service. Instead, principals at each school in this district outside Washington DC have been...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 8:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Monday Funny: Stuff Civilians Say …

There’s a pretty good chance that you’re guilty of saying some of this stuff accidentally once in a while as well … or perhaps said it before you were a military spouse. It’s not like I don’t know what an IED is (perhaps...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 3:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Humor, Videos

ArmyFit: Frustrating, Then Surprisingly Empowering

I don’t recommend resources to military families without trying them myself first. So a few weeks ago I sat down to log onto ArmyFit and take the new GAT 2.0 (Global Assessment Tool). According to the webiste, the GAT 2.0 is a “survey through which...

Published Fri, Nov 07 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Resources

Female Air Force Vet Offers MilSpouse Inspiration

I called Jen Griswold because I had just quit my job. I had fallen into the trap so many spouses do of underemployment. I needed some inspiration, and through her, a fellow Air Force wife, I found it. Jen pursued her passion and turned it into a career...

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

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Prince Harry: Looking For An Army Wife

If you haven’t found a service member of your own, Prince Harry says he is looking for a good Army wife. According to this story in the Mirror, Prince Harry, 30, is worried that he might get passed over for major if he doesn’t get married. “I’ll have...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Top Ten Things To Enjoy Before Kids

Nearly one in five married military members do not have children. At our SpouseBuzz LIVE event at MCAS Miramar, many of our participants described themselves as “pre-kid.” These young military couples want kids in the future, but for now they are working...

Published Sat, Oct 13 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

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