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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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25+ Best Military Gifts for your Soldier
Whether it’s graduations, deployments, homecoming, promotions, etc., if there is a soldier in your life then you’ll probably be in the market for a military-themed gift this year. Unfortunately, you can’t just go into any random store and find a military-specific gift. So today, I’m rounding up my favorite ideas. Below are my top gifts divided into three…
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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…
