Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Prevention of Bug-Borne Illnesses
Warmer temperatures in the summer months mean more bugs—and bites and potential illnesses.
Seeking Spouses for a Life Less Ordinary
Author’s note: This post is dedicated to all the Army spouses who hesitate when someone asks the loaded, complicated question, “And what do you do?”
Those four little words can have a big impact on our psyche. It even prompted an Army wife in Great Britain to create an exhibit, “Not Just a Wife,” filled with creative art and testimonies from army spouses married to British service members.
“Not just a wife.” Four more impactful words loaded with untapped emotion, frustration, and pride.
It triggered a thought wave for me about recruitment slogans and which ones (if any) would be effective in recruiting spouses to marry into the Army. Bear with me, I was alone in my car with nothing but my thoughts for about four days and I became obssessed rather quickly.
News 6 Mashup: Aug. 10, 2020
Here are the top stories for the week of Aug. 3, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• Navy’s First Black Female Tactical Aircraft Pilot
* U.S. to Withdraw 12,000 Troops from Germany
* Most Underused Veterans Benefits by State
* Army National Guard: Reorganizing into Eight Divisions
• This Week in History
Dear Mrs. Employment Gap: I’m Rejoining the Workforce
Dear Mrs. Employment Gap:
Please accept this memo as notice of my resignation. I am no longer able to fulfill my duties as an uprooted professional.
During my time of service, I have gained much needed rest, downtime, and awareness. I’ve had the opportunity to further my skills of both patience and indifference. Thank you for your overall reprieve, which has led me to my greatest level of unaccountability in recent months.
While I appreciate this learning experience, I am happy to inform you that I must be moving on. At present, I have the wonderful opportunity of rejoining the workforce and am eager to accept my new daily habits, purpose, and routine.
New School Year Blues
Are you experiencing thoughts of anxiety, guilt, worry, doubt, uncertainty, or all of the above concerning the upcoming school year? Are you singing the new school year blues? Join the crowd because wading through the information, news, and daily COVID-19 numbers are enough to drive anyone to madness especially when it concerns sending our children back to school in this ever-uncertain environment we’ve been stuck in for the past several months.
News 6 Mashup: Aug. 3, 2020
Here are the top stories for the week of Aug. 3, 2020, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:
• First Woman Tasked as Commander of Army Reserve
* Potential Top New Cybersecurity Position at White House
* Push for Regular, Reliable Data in Military Spouse Unemployment Tracking
* This Week in History
Mother’s Memoir Tackles Difficult Subject of Military Suicide
My son Kieran, a medic in the Army, took his life on August 28, 2010, only months before he was due to deploy to Afghanistan. It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since his death. Or that this milestone anniversary is taking place during what can only be described as a year unlike any other.
Suicide is often called “the last taboo” and with good reason since it’s one of the few subjects that remain largely off-limits in our society. People know that suicide is a problem and that we need to be talking about it. And yet the very idea of someone taking his or her life leaves many of us feeling deeply uncomfortable. We don’t know what to say, much less what to do.
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