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Military Love: The Secret to Not Over-Adapting
The most common piece of relationship advice you’ll here in military circles: Adapt. Everyone agrees that the military life requires a great deal of adapting, especially if you were a couple before your significant other joined the military. Especially that. But on your journey of adaptation…how do you keep from going too far? Is it possible to over-adapt? I…
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Best Places to Find MilSpouse Friends at a New Duty Station
If you’ve been a dependent for any length of time, or PCS’d to a duty station that wasn’t your hometown, you may have been faced with the an incredibly daunting task. And I don’t mean unpacking your household goods. I’m talking about the one of the hardest parts of adulting: Making friends with other adults. If you live…
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Military Love: 6 Secrets to Making It Work
For some reason, military couples sometimes come under fire from the world as being “risky.” Some like to think military couples struggle more than most couples. (This is not true, for the record). But maybe some military couples feel like they do struggle more than most of their friends…and maybe they feel like the military is a…
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Can I Visit my Soldier at Army Basic Training?
It’s hard enough saying goodbye to your loved one. But when the question of if you’ll ever see them again begins to swirl in your mind…it can be tough not to worry. You will definitely see them again. Will you get to see them while they are training at bootcamp? The most simple, most likely answer is:…
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Military Love: Maximize Your Military Love Life
In honor of St. Valentine’s Day, today’s post is all about love. Particularly, ways to maximize your love life while living the military lifestyle. Because loving in the military life sometimes looks different than loving in the outside world. It’s beautiful in it’s own kind of way. Military love is so often criticized or pitied because of the…