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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! 

If You Had a PCS in 2021…

If You Had a PCS in 2021…

by | Aug 5, 2021 | , , ,

If you read that first line and thought, “Ooh, I have to see what this says,” then you probably PCS’d in 2021. 

If you didn’t PCS this year, you probably still know the hardships that this year was for military families around the world.

A tight housing market and shortages within the moving companies threw many of us for a loop.

The excitement of viewing homes on realtor.com quickly turned to dread, and even fear, as fewer and fewer options became available. 

Bidding wars started on houses where, in the past, none would have existed. 

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Milspouse Life, A Better Me

Milspouse Life, A Better Me

by | Jul 31, 2021 | , , , ,

Like many spouses of military servicemen and women, I get caught up in all the reasons why it is not fun to be a military spouse. From deployments, having to spend thousands on hidden costs like the new pinks and greens uniforms and PCS season where essentially everything you own is scooped up into a giant washing machine. And, like a washing machine, everything gets tumbled around, sometimes things are destroyed, and sometimes things are lost (like that one sock).

But while out for a run the other morning at our new duty station, Fort Lee in Virginia, I had time to think about the positive changes military life has brought to me.

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The Uncivil Civil War: Brothers in Arms

The Uncivil Civil War: Brothers in Arms

by | Jul 30, 2021 | , ,

Percival Drayton, captain of the USS Pocahontas, was saddened that not only had the country become so divided, but this divisiveness made its way down to his family unit. His older brother, Thomas, loyal to his native region of the south, took up arms against Percy’s formidable northern charge for freedom for all. Although the brothers met as enemies at Port Royal, November 1861, they both survived the battle.

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A Decade With You

A Decade With You

by | Jul 23, 2021 | , , ,

I recently hit a big milestone. The United States Army has now owned a piece of my heart for 10 years, a whole decade—and I never even signed the papers to join. Well, actually, I did sign a paper. I signed my wedding certificate.

My husband and I just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We commemorated it with a small but delicious meal he cooked us at 9 p.m. when he was back from one of many days of training exercises. And, I offered him some new treats I attempted to create, where my skill level was that of our children.

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A New Life in Recruiting

A New Life in Recruiting

by | Jul 8, 2021 | , ,

We’ve been deep into the recruiting world for a few months now, and so far, this transition has proved to be one of the most challenging of the many years we’ve lived in the military world. Not only has the transition back into a mostly civilian setting presented a number of difficulties, add in a global health crisis and things seem to find a way to get intense.

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