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100 Ways You Might Be A MilSpouse: Part 2
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Military Life
Oh… Military Life! This is likely what brought you to Mission: Milspouse in the first place. It is what binds the military community together with its wildly unique lifestyle.
Whether you are here to learn how to better live in this military life, how to support a loved one who is living the military lifestyle, or to see if this lifestyle is something you may like to be a part of, you have come to the right place.
Here at Mission: Milispouse the military lifestyle is what inspires us, drives our home lives, our moves, and our service member’s career, and gives us a camaraderie like no other. So welcome friend, take a seat and read more about all things that make us who we are and make the military lifestyle a life like no other!
The Pros and Cons of Living with In-Laws
When military spouses are faced with a long separation from their service member, either due to deployments or training, we then have to decide whether to stay at the duty station or move home with family.
For the first three deployments, I remained at the duty station, even when my daughter (Avalyn) was born and a week later my husband, Alan, deployed to South Korea. But when my husband both received a transition MOS and a new duty station, I was given the decision to remain in Fairbanks, Alaska, or move home with family in Ohio. This time I took the leap and moved Avalyn and myself home while we wait for Alan to finish school.
Expect the Unexpected
Life is funny sometimes. You assume one thing and end up with something entirely unexpected.
You would think after being a military spouse for more than eight years and dealing with the military for close to 11 years, I would know better than to think that things would ever go the way I expected they would.
My Journey to Embracing the No-Plan Plan
If you ever meet me, you will know in about the first 14 seconds that I am a planner.
Most of the time, that’s a good thing. I get stuff done in the most efficient way possible.
But occasionally, it gets me in a bit of trouble and causes some stress in my life. Especially as milspouse.
Preparing for Separation—Again
We are military families. Deployments are what we do, especially for the last 15 years, and we know it. We also do TDYs, schools, trainings, and unaccompanied assignments. Plenty of separation.
Some of us do them with grace and class, like my friend who hosted an event for the company she works for with 25 parents and many small children, in her house, which looked spotless. Catered food, a mother’s helper, her hair was perfect, and we had all sorts of fun. All while on the tail-end of her spouse’s deployment, no less. She killed it like the rockstar she is, and everyone had a wonderful time.
The Invisible Scars
Recently, my husband and I began the series Band of Brothers. As I was watching the struggles, laughter, tears, and journey that WWII Army Airborne soldiers went through, it wasn’t difficult to pick up on the representations of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. My husband made an off-handed comment that feeling guilty about coming home after deployments while buddies are still fighting is common.
I began to wonder if he and others around me had suffered from PTSD.
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