Relationships

When I got married to a young Marine at 22, we were both as “boot” as boot gets. Now, almost...

Supporting both the academic and emotional side is the next best thing to having parental super powers. It’s the first...

From the Huffingtonpost.com No, not that "Force"... the "Force of the Future", a hot topic recently within DoD circles, as...

We are High School sweethearts who have tried for a family but to no avail. Now we are going to...

Deployments, TDYs, the push and pull of “hello” and “see you later:” this is the military life to which we...

As a military spouse one the most common questions I am asked is, “Isn’t it hard making new friends all...

Deployments come and go, no two are the same and no three milspouses learn the same lessons during them. Over...

1. It makes you stronger “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, “the strongest things in life are forged through...

Dear Civilian Friend, You are more important to me than you could ever know. It feels no longer than the...

Has the pendulum swung too far from face-to-face communication among military spouses? The youngest spouses have been raised on social...

When you are a part of the military community you learn quickly to adapt to change. Maybe you got orders...

There are so many wonderful reasons to love being a military spouse, not least of which are the exotic duty...

h/t “TCKs are the prototype citizens of the future.”        -Ted Ward, sociologist, 1984 1. The question where...

Shared from homeschoolstrong.blogspot.com We made the choice to home school 5 years ago but continuing to home school has not...

Military-connected children have educational rights. They may not be called educational rights in any law or policy, but the intent...

1. What is the Military Student Data Identifier?  Currently, there is no reliable and consistent data available on the academic...

Somewhere out there is a military spouse outraged at the next step in my husband’s career. And the outrage is...

Sometimes it can feel like everything about the military lifestyle is designed to sink your marital boat. From the constant changes...