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When it’s time for your military family to transition to civilian life, having a plan can ease the stress. Discover resources as you navigate this new chapter.
My Milspouse Fear
I wanted to share with you a little secret and a fear I have as a military spouse.
Here it is.
I’m completely scared out of my mind that I won’t be able to continue my career at my husband’s next post, and more importantly, keep my current position as a public relations coordinator.
My Career: From Graduation to Google
This month at AWN, we were encouraged to write about our career and military spouse employment, and to say that this post has been a long time coming is an understatement!
Let me start at the beginning:
Steal the Moment
If you’re married to the military, chances are you know something about long distance relationships. Deployments, training, circumstances that prevent us from PCSing with our service members, there are a million different reasons we wind up separated from our other halves, sometimes by hundreds or even thousands of miles.
4 Tips for Making One Income Work
We have been a one-income family for seven years. In that time, we have moved five times, had two children, Big Sarge put another deployment under his belt, and he was also promoted twice.
The extra money from the deployment and promotions gave us a little more financial peace of mind, but I always have in my mind the days of “famine.”
The (N)everchanging Orders
My husband is currently deployed.
Before they left out, they received orders with a set number of days on them. It was put out that anything beyond those days would take the approval of a high-ranking officer. All of that sounds really great, and from my recent experience, soldiers have been returning in that originally publicized window.
However, I’ve learned that orders are nothing more than a piece of paper.
Prepare for the Unexpected
September is National Preparedness Month, started by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2004. They chose September because of the events of 9/11, and they encourage every American to be ready for disasters, whether natural or man-made.
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