Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Fraudulent TRICARE For Life Text Message
The DHA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and TRICARE For Life (TFL) contractor have been informed of a text message phishing scam (also called “smishing”)
A Personal Account of My Life with Two Children
Motherhood is never easy. I thought I was struggling with just the one kid at first. I wasn’t very confident in my “mommy skills” and felt as if I was messing up constantly. I was a new parent, but I felt as if I should have been doing more.
One Last Goodbye
How many goodbyes have I said? I’m guessing the number is in the thousands. It started when I left home at 17 for my first year of college and will continue long after you read this. When we married, you had eight years of military service under your belt, and I had no idea what I was in for as a military spouse. I learned quickly. I learned that military families are used to saying the word goodbye. You were gone as much as you were home the first five years of our marriage, and while it was never easy, we found a way to make it work for our family.
News 6 Mashup: March 29, 2021
Here are the top stories for the week of March 29, 2021, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• Students Encouraged to Apply for DAF Summer Jobs
• Utah Exempts Taxes on Military Retirement Pay
• UExchanges Offer More Shopping Options
• This Week in History
What I Will NOT Miss About Germany
My wife Jules, myself, and our three children Hunter (12), Eva (10), and Acadia (8) were scheduled to be stationed in Germany for three years, and the way my wife’s Army career was looking, it was possible we could squeeze in a fourth year. Then the military does what it always does, and our world was turned upside down. Jules was selected for a position at Fort Lee in Virginia and our three or four years living and traveling in Europe was cut short to two.
How do I help the children cope with learning that, at 18 months and in six more months, they will once again have to pick up their lives and move? How do I cope with picking up my life and moving at the two-year mark?
How I Became an Army Spouse: Alika Schwartz
I grew up in a military household. I learned early that “Home is where the Army sends you.” Although I didn’t have traditional stability, I am fortunate that many of my dad’s career assignments included repeat stops in Oklahoma, Virginia, and Washington, where I grew accustomed to some familiarity with my surroundings. Nevertheless, shopping at the commissary, the post exchange, and even attending church at the main post chapel seemed normal to me, not Martin’s, K-Mart, or the local Baptist church. The Army Wife lifestyle is something that I always thought about: traveling, Hail and Farewells, deployments, and even the frequent PCS.
However, my journey to become an Army spouse didn’t happen exactly as I imagined!
Find Support With Make the Connection
If you are a veteran, or family member of a veteran, facing challenges in your everyday life, you are not alone. There are millions of veterans and family members who have reached out for support during tough times. Their lives got better. Yours can too. There’s a resource just for you: MakeTheConnection.net is an online resource designed to connect veterans, their family members and friends, and other supporters with information, resources, and solutions to issues affecting their lives.
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