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Poll: Why Don’t You Exercise?

The evidence is hard to argue with: exercise is good for you. Research shows it increases physical health and lifespan. It has some of the same affects on your brain as an antidepressants. It also justifies the consumption of an entire pint of Ben and...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Health & Fitness

So we are not accompanying, now what?

As it happens, the needs of the Navy do not include a sea tour this time around. I won't lie. I am relieved. I have a bit more time to acclimate myself to the idea now. For a few reasons,...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:09 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Fighting Murphy

We’ve all been there. The days when Murphy decides to poke his head around and suddenly it seems like everything that can, is and will be going wrong. He especially likes to make his presence known during a deployment or...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 12:09 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Spouse Employment LinkedIn Discussions Are a Win

A series of relaxed online discussions with military spouse friendly employers and employment insiders could just be the key landing your next job. That, at least, is what officials with the Defense Department’s Military Spouse Employment Partnership...

Published Mon, Jul 27 2015 5:11 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

New, Free Red Cross Class for Kids Teaches Communication

Kids are tricky. You want to help them understand how to handle military life, but you have to do it in a way they understand — and in a way they will hear. Because there is a big difference between talking and being heard. As parents we know that one...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2015 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

The Daunting Double-Duty of Moving and Studying

Military spouses who attend school take all the precautions possible to ensure that they won’t be doing so while moving, on vacation, or during those tumultuous deployment and reintegration times. Of course, all the planning in the world can’t anticipate...

Published Sat, Oct 17 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Career & Education

10 Fabulous Military Halloween Costumes for Your Kids

Halloween is just around the corner and if your children are anything like mine, the focus of the month is what costume they’ll be wearing. This year, skip the Superman and Elsa outfits and help them dress like real American heroes: their parents. Halloween...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

Top 3 Ways to Help Someone Else’s Homecoming

It’s the month of homecomings here at Fort Campbell. The Brigade to which we are attached is on their way back from Afghanistan and droves of friends and acquaintances are getting hints at when the plane holding their soldier may return to US ground...

Published Sun, Jul 28 2013 8:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration

Poll: How Much Are You Willing to Pay for the Ball?

Just what is the value of a night out in a fancy dress with your spouse’s work buddies? That’s the question I started asking myself after I learned that it’s going to cost us $80 per ticket to attend out upcoming post-deployment ball … plus parking (...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 10:54 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

How YOU Can End Sequestration

It isn’t that we mind saving money – it’s the sloppy way we’re doing it. That’s because sequestration was never actually supposed to happen. It was supposed to scare lawmakers into action. But instead it did and instead of trimming the DoD budget in a...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 6:23 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

5 Things Military Spouses Could Learn From Their ‘Old School’ Sisters

Being a military spouse is not a new thing. From the camp followers of the Revolutionary War who followed the troops from location to location, military spouses have remained a fixture of our armed forces. And since we’ve been around for hundreds of years...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

DoDEA Furlough Days Canceled, Commissary Closers Reduced

If your kid attends a DoD public school we have good news — all of those furlough days scheduled between now and the end of the fiscal year have been completely canceled. And commissaries will no longer be closed on extra day starting the week of...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2013 1:09 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

6 Things the Marine Corps Taught Me

I’ve been a Marine wife for two years now and, so far, it’s been a crazy experience. I won’t lie –- I have days where I love this life, and then I have days where I’m ready to move on from it all and start our own life without it. But either...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Kickstarter Book Looks to Keep MilKids From Feeling Alone

A new book for military children funded through a Kickstarter project aims for one very simple goal: to make military kids feel like what they...

Published Sat, Apr 23 2016 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: kids

To the Spouses With the Understanding Eyes

I met you for the first time last night. After chatting about TV shows and where our kids go to the pediatrician we started talking...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2016 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Military Community

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Poll: Why Don’t You Exercise?

So we are not accompanying, now what?

Fighting Murphy

Spouse Employment LinkedIn Discussions Are a Win

New, Free Red Cross Class for Kids Teaches Communication

The Daunting Double-Duty of Moving and Studying

10 Fabulous Military Halloween Costumes for Your Kids

Top 3 Ways to Help Someone Else’s Homecoming

Poll: How Much Are You Willing to Pay for the Ball?

How YOU Can End Sequestration

5 Things Military Spouses Could Learn From Their ‘Old School’ Sisters

DoDEA Furlough Days Canceled, Commissary Closers Reduced

6 Things the Marine Corps Taught Me

Kickstarter Book Looks to Keep MilKids From Feeling Alone

To the Spouses With the Understanding Eyes