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Do You Carry On The Culture?

Many places, people and cultures. It’s easy to carry some traditions back to ‘the world’ for years or for life. Foods and products that we loved while abroad can still tickle our fancy. Do you remove your shoes at the door from time spent on the islands...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2011 8:35 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Touching the Third Rail

In political circles, it's often said that social security is the third rail. Touch it at your own peril. If there were a third rail with respect to military life, I'd venture to say it would be the issue of...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 8:24 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Marriage

DoDEA Virtual Schools

I became really excited for my children when I read an article title. I do truly know better than to let a title get me excited before I understand the program details, but I got excited anyway. I did the...

Published Sun, Aug 29 2010 8:44 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Education, Military Brats

The Spy’s Wife: Written by a MilSpouse

Here at SpouseBUZZ, we’d like to congratulate airforcewife on the recent publishing of her first novel, The Spy’s Wife. This has been a labor of love for airforcewife. All of her research, hard work and seclusion has definitely paid off. She’s...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2011 12:23 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Military Life

Gift Idea: MilDad Manual

Ever wish you could just hand your spouse a book on how to balance fatherhood with military life and deployment? Handing someone a book is so much easier than trying to talk to them about it. I’m not the only person out there who thinks that way. At least...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 6:03 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Resources, Marriage & Family

Giveaway: Ergo Baby Carrier

We are excited to bring you yet another great giveaway from our military mama (and Daddy, too!) must-have list. Our last giveaway was a huge success, with over 140 people entering and the prize, a fantastic, brand new Alpha Omega Elite child car seat...

Published Mon, Dec 05 2011 5:02 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: I Love This Product, Military Life

When Do You Tell?

Some times it is tricky to know when it is the right time to share personal things with other people. Whether you are expecting a new baby, or have finally picked up that great promotion, or have just discovered that you have a winning MegaMillions ticket...

Published Fri, Jan 20 2012 2:28 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Military Life

The People Behind the War

Every year my husband has been home at this time, we make it a point to visit Red Lobster once for their Endless Shrimp special. It's like a holiday of some sort for us, "Shrimp Christmas". We look forward to...

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 1:10 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Civilians, Reintegration

Make New Friends, But Keep the Old

When I graduated from high school, college and law school, I had a core group of good friends and we sacredly swore we would maintain contact and make it a point to see each other face-to-face. But, life happens. People move away both literally and figuratively...

Published Mon, Jan 23 2012 10:03 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Some Things Never Change

Some things just do not change. Last year while hanging out at the pool, a friend and I observed how there seems to be a hotbed of close personal activity between members of the opposite sex and one specific location of the pool. Each summer, couples...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 10:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Humor, Military Life, base pool

Will I Ever be an Expert?

At first, I wasn’t quite sure if I’d heard the question correctly. The restaurant was noisy, after all, with the particular cacophony that any gathering of naval aviators and naval flight officers inevitably induces: much talk of flying, punctuated...

Published Thu, Jan 26 2012 5:22 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Families Safe in DoD’s new Budget

It looks like most Defense Department military family program spending is safe for now, according to 2013 budget details released by the Pentagon this morning. (Do you hear that noise? That’s a collective sigh of relief from military family programs users...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 3:18 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Bragg Infant Death Saga Continues

For those who have not been following the sad story out of Fort Bragg, here’s a brief recap: over the last three years 10 infants have died suddenly in Fort Bragg housing. Two of those died in the same home...

Published Fri, Nov 05 2010 12:54 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Feeling left out?

It's a familiar story: Military family PCS's, this time from overseas, gets settled and the spouse starts looking for a job. This time, though, the spouse has encountered more than just a few bumps on the road to finding employment:...

Published Tue, Nov 09 2010 3:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ

The Best is Yet to Come

Last week, I posted that, thanks to Sears, I was given the chance to attend the benefit concert Stand Up for Heroes, which is put on by the Bob Woodruff Foundation to benefit America's Wounded Warriors. It was amazing. There...

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 3:09 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Entertainment, Civilians, Resources, Wounded Spouse

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