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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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10 Popular Military Family Mindsets I Don’t Share
There are some military cliches you here about that are actually pretty true: we are good at moving, our kids switch schools multiple times throughout their education, and our laundry piles are bigger than most civilian households. But then there are some stigmas that only ring true for some of us, like the fact that some of…
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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…
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Army Basic Training: Phone Call Rules
I remember as a kid riding past one of the Basic training areas on Ft. Knox (back when there was a bootcamp there) and seeing lines of soldiers standing at a series of pay phones. It was a moving image of just how much the soldiers wanted to check in with home. They would stand and stand and stand…
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An Open Letter to the Girl that Just Said Goodbye to her Future Soldier
saying goodbye to your future soldier – an act of love It was the hardest hug we ever had. I know we hugged, I’m sure we kissed, but the entire goodbye was so shaking that it was an instantaneous blur. The moment his arms slid off me, my heart crumbled into a million pieces. I got back in the car…