I didn’t plan on being a military spouse.
But who am I kidding? I didn’t plan a lot of things in my life but couldn’t have asked for a more blessed calling.
Hooah & Hallelujah
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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!
5 Tips for the Deployment Half
A few weeks ago my service member and I celebrated the halfway point in his overseas hardship tour! In between working and trying to plan a trip to Korea to visit during his leave time, it snuck right up on me, but here it is, and now the rollercoaster can start making the descent, back to the safety of the corral it came from, back to a (somewhat) normal life together!
For the Love of 550 Cord
I did not grow up in a military family. My dad was drafted during Vietnam but was out of the military before I was born. I lived in the same house for 18 years, all the way until I left for college. I didn’t know any military families growing up.
Breaking Molds
I have a secret which is the worst-kept secret in the world.
Yet when my secret inevitably gets out, the usual response is, “I had no idea!”
Feeling Settled? Great, Let’s Move!
We moved from Fort Carson in the summer of 2012. In the middle of a deployment. After being evacuated from our home because of the wildfires in Colorado that summer, which is a whole other story.
Retirement: Location, Location, Location
In my first blog post about retirement that was posted back in September, I talked about the priority pyramid. This is one of the ways to visualize your priorities, in which you choose four main priorities (I arbitrarily chose location, school/career, family, and income as my headings; feel free to change those up) that you want to consider for goal planning, and stack them in order of which is most important to you.
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