How to Host Family Visitors in Base Housing When you live on base, it can be tricky to invite family to visit. They will want to know if you are allowed to have visitors in base housing. The short answer is yes, but you must prepare paperwork in advance. And you might...
How to Handle Military Life Stress as a Military Spouse The problem: military life can be really, really stressful. Why you should keep reading: because you know you want a laugh and need to unload some of your military life stress too! The heavy burden of military...
What are RED Fridays and what do they mean? On Fridays, military spouses and loved ones wear red. The idea of R.E.D. Fridays has been around for a while, but you may not have heard of it until your loved one deploys for the first time. R.E.D. stands for "Remember...
Open When Book Encourages All Military Spouses There are moments in military life where we all need encouragement. What if there was an Open When book for spouses to read whenever they needed support? Now, there is! Military spouses face constant challenges. Some are...
Along with a large team of volunteers, I was helping to clean and prepare barracks rooms for service members returning from deployment. And boy, did it give me some flashbacks of my college days!
I get by with a whole team of friends. When we move, I have to start my team all over again. No matter your season of military life, you will want these friends on your team too!
Deployments and PCS moves put the stress in military life. Use this strategy to stay calm. There are many levels of stress in military life. Sometimes it is surprise orders to another state or country. Other times it is a surprise deployment. Or a deployment that...
This guest post is part of the #ThisisDeployment series, where a variety of military spouses share their deployment lessons and experiences. Here, Julie Martinez shares her first deployment tips learned during her Army fiancé's deployment. My husband and I got engaged...
Every military spouse handles their sacrifices in their own way. In a typical military spouse community, there are three different ways that military spouses handle the struggles and daily inconveniences of military life.
Learn about the OPSEC rules and PERSEC guidelines that will keep your family and your service member safe wen posting military information online.