If you are PCSing this year, then you’ve come to the right place!
Here at Mission: Milspouse, we’ve faced our fair share of relocations, DITYs, government moves, overseas stints, and everything in between. We’ve been there and done that, and we have the stickers to prove it.
With all that experience, we know how stressful it can be. Packing and loading mean moving all of your belongings—special things, irreplaceable things—and none of us really want things broken or damaged. While we can’t ensure there won’t be casualties of PCS, we can help you prepare to make the move a little smoother.
Check out all of our blog post pertaining to all things PCS. Get ready for some practical tips AND insight into experiences of those who have been there, moved that.
We talk a lot about the risks and rewards of home buying and home selling. We don’t focus as much attention on renters and the risks associated with renting a home. And as military families, renting property is a pretty common thing as not all of us can or want to commit to buying a home at each duty station. So, let’s take a minute to talk about things we should be avoiding when renting.
Here are nine mistakes military renters make:
he pause in the moving schedule is pushing PCS stress up a few levels; the unknowns certainly outnumber the definitives. On the bright side, however, remains the excitement and anticipation of furnishing your next house. These feelings don’t change due to an extended schedule. Just the thought of moving into a new home with fresh possibilities is enough to get the Pinterest searches revving into overdrive.
While the extra time staying put isn’t ideal, it can provide an opportunity to focus on what your family really needs and wants to be comfortable and productive at home.
The same questions surface every couple of years when it comes time to PCS. One of the biggest ones is whether or not we should buy or rent a house at our next duty station, but that question can also be one of the hardest to tackle.
The answer can differ based on the location. But how do you make that decision? How can you definitively say that one choice is better than the other? With a pros and cons list, of course!
So let’s talk about what makes home buying a great option for military families and what might point you to renting.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord (or JBLM to the locals) is a joint Army and Air Force Base that boasts being the fourth largest in the world, with more than 200,000 folks living and working on it. It has three main areas: Lewis Main, Lewis North, and McChord Airbase, and also the Yakima Training Center in Eastern Washington. This PWTM will focus on the Army side of the installation.
I love spring! Seriously, when the temperature gets above 45 degrees, I have my windows open to air out the house. Can you tell we lived in Alaska? But spring also means another thing in this military gypsy life: PCSing!
It always sneaks up on us, leaving us to ask, “Wait, didn’t I just get here? It’s too soon, right? How am I going to get all my valuables onto the truck and stay within our weight limit?”
Cue the spring cleaning fairy. Oh wait, there isn’t one. When will the military start providing that service? They seriously need to get a contract with Marie Kondo.
‘Tis the season of love.
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it is the perfect time to tell you about Juliet. Yeah, that Juliet. You know, Romeo’s gal? The one that committed double suicide with her young lover because her parents didn’t approve.
Eek…. I guess that escalated quickly, so let’s scratch the ending and focus on the loving part, shall we?
One of the really neat things about being stationed in Europe is that you can find the lesser-known things. When you come for a 10-day trip from the United States, you tend to want to capitalize on your time and your money, so you stick to the really big and cool places: Rome, Venice, Milan, anywhere in Tuscany.
Living here, however, you get this incredible opportunity to spend a day in some of the lesser known cities and pay a fun visit to Verona.
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