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What to Expect at Army Basic Training Graduation Day
This is one of the most defining moments in your soldier’s career. Even years down the road, when the freshness of his blues uniform has faded and the creases are gone, the effects of the day won’t have changed a bit. Becoming a US soldier is an enormous accomplishment, mentally and physically. This is the day where your soldier…
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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…
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What to Expect at an Army Basic Training Turning Blue Day
Today marks the 3-year anniversary of my husband’s “Turning Blue” ceremony! <3 For anyone wondering what that might be, or who may have a soldier preparing for one…keep reading! Note: This might have quite a few cross-overs from my What to Expect on Family Day at Army Basic Training, but that’s just because visiting your training soldier has…
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10 Things I Learned During Our First “Real” PCS
After moving 10 times (Army brat life), I thought I pretty much had the whole PCSing thing down pat. (For non-military fam readers, PCS means Permanent Change of Station, and it’s the military term for moving from place to place). Then I made my first official move as an Army wife and learned that I didn’t actually have it all…
