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Day one of your spouse being away from home, no matter the amount of time they will be away, no matter the distance they will travel, is just sucky. After five years, several deployments, and many trainings that require saying, "See ya later!" to my partner, I've...
Whether you’re embarking on your first PCS move or your tenth, finding a rental home at your next duty station is the same: you’re in uncharted waters. You’re moving to a new place, with new people and a new culture. As unfamiliar as each move may feel, each one...
We're still in the middle of our PCS. For the last several weeks we've been visiting our families before we head to the next duty station. In some ways, I find this PCS mentally jarring. Part of me expects to jump on a plane and fly back to Washington even though I...
Trigger warning: This post discusses infant loss. I don't know what it is, but I have a really big issue with lying—at least when the lies, great or small, come from me. It's hard for me to "fib" to my daughter about why she can't have a piece of Mama's fancy...
Welcome to AWN’s Monthly Recon Rendezvous link up! We're so glad you are here. As the name implies, Recon Rendezvous is a place of community and connection. It's an opportunity to explore and learn about our fellow military supporters’ lives, victories, trials, and...
At a friend’s house some years ago, I noticed several rooms in her house were empty and taped off like crime scenes. Curious, of course, I wondered aloud about it and was informed these rooms were packed and prepped for PCS and now off limits. The family was down to living in just a couple of rooms in the house.
While this might sound extremely organized, the strangest part to me was that, while they had orders in hand, their impending move was six months away. Six months!
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