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He Says, She Says
Over the weekend, a friend of mine copied me in on an email discussion. Her husband, a service member, was also on the email chain. His response to the subject being discussed was, “totally unsat.” I laughed. “Unsat” is such a...
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Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:14 AM
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Uniform Purses: Appropriate or Disrespectful?
I’ll be the first to admit, maybe I’m old school in my thinking. There, it’s out there. The other day I got an email from the wives email circuit at our base passing on a request from the other unit here. The email requested “unserviceable”...
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Wed, Jul 20 2011 8:31 AM
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Pet Surgery Must now be Done Off-Base
A change to on-base veterinary clinics that is reported as “temporary” means you’ll need to take your pets off-base for routine surgeries, at least for now. The command that oversees veterinary clinics on bases across all services has...
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Tue, Nov 25 2014 10:00 AM
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Who in the World is ‘Gunny Claus?’
Macy’s has the Real Santa. 1st Civ. Div. has a mall stand-in. But here in the Marine Corps, we have Gunny Claus. That’s right, Gunny Claus. 1st Reindeer Division, Marine Corps Base North Pole. I’m not even kidding. Who is Gunny Claus...
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Mon, Dec 22 2014 5:00 AM
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9 Things for Which Military Spouses Should Never Apologize
I swear I was just walkin’ here when that rude guy bumped into me. “Sorry!” I said automatically. Gah. Some days it feels like I’m sorry for this and sorry for that and sorry for everything under the sun. I am excellent at the automatic apology. Yet as...
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Fri, Dec 26 2014 3:00 AM
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Dear America: The Betrayal of ‘The War is Over’
Dear America — Did you hear the war in Afghanistan is over? You’re probably thinking that’s a tremendous relief for all of those military members who have been dealing with deployments for all these years and that constant, looming cloud of possible combat...
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Mon, Dec 29 2014 11:47 AM
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Military Wife Quote: A Loving Woman Is Indestructible
I spent the day building a wheelchair ramp to our front porch and thinking about how SpouseBuzz tried to describe military spouses in just one word. One word wouldn’t do it. I recalled a quote from one of my favorite authors, John Steinbeck. Steinbeck...
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Sun, Nov 18 2012 5:00 AM
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Why I Would Never Join the Military
I’ve always said I would never join the military. Nope. You’d never find me wearing my long hair in a bun, donning camouflage and lacing up combat boots. My husband is the servicemember, I am the military spouse. That arrangement suits me just fine. Years...
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Tue, Nov 20 2012 10:02 AM
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New Army Wives Show: Stereotype Fail
Before watching Married to the Army: Alaska, I’ll admit I was skeptical that reality TV could accurately showcase military family life. After all, this genre is notorious for sensationalized television and reinforcing negative stereotypes (the book Reality...
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Fri, Nov 23 2012 5:06 AM
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The Deployment Christmas Gift Conundrum
Sending Christmas gifts downrange is a bit of a Catch-22. On the one hand, you want your spouse to know that you are thinking of him lotsandlotsandlots, so you want to buy and mail him a Christmas gift so awesome that he cannot help be wowed! and amazed...
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Mon, Nov 26 2012 5:00 AM
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Military Service Dogs Deserve Our Thanks
The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams have been serving our country for nearly a century. From Sergeant Stubby to Coast Guard dogs that patrolled our shores to the 4000 Vietnam war dogs to Tillman, the Skateboarding dog, these animals spend their lives...
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Wed, Nov 28 2012 5:00 AM
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Top Quotes To Better Up Your Military Life
When we asked our SpouseBuzz readers about the one thing that would make their military life better, none of them mentioned having a ceremony “ending” the war in Afghanistan. (Read about how it ain’t ‘over’ when your partner is still deploying...
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Wed, Dec 31 2014 8:23 AM
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I’m in Marriage Counseling (But Shhh, Don’t Tell Anyone)
Eight years ago, a military spouse friend of mine confided that she and her husband were in marriage counseling. I was shocked. Part of my surprise stemmed from the fact that I always viewed them as the couple who had it all figured out. But part of me...
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Tue, Jan 08 2013 5:00 AM
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DoD Anti-Discrimination Policy Must be Updated
With the news yesterday that the Marine Corps is ordering all spouse clubs on their bases to either accept gay spouses or take their business and operations off post, the service took a step in the direction of spouse equality that no other service or...
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Thu, Jan 10 2013 5:09 AM
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Top Ten Ways To be a Military Work/Life Balance Ninja
Does anyone believe that work/life balance is possible in the military? Surely that kind of even-stephen life is only for couples who work 9 to 5 and live near the grandparents and never, never move. Balance isn’t for people like us. Or is it? I...
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Sat, Jan 12 2013 5:30 AM
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