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When Will I Hear from My Soldier at Army Basic Training?
Very few people are familiar with the level of patience required to wait for a letter from boot camp. Hollywood Walk of Fame status patience. Phone calls are possibly even harder to wait for. And yet year after year, thousands of American families, spouses, parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. find themselves checking the mail constantly and…
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10 Cheap and Quick Ways to Make Military Housing Home
I have had the distinct joy/pleasure/utter confusion of turning a blank, empty, sterile, foreign house into my very own home. 12 times. Not including college dorm rooms. Which would tack on an extra 5 living spaces. It can get expensive. But it doesn’t have to. It can be time consuming too. But it doesn’t…
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One Detail Every Military Family Should Know About Their Own Family
Have you ever taken a personality test and had the results *emailed* to you? Meyers-Briggs, Kiersey Personalities, Enneagram, Spirit Animal…everyone’s taken a million tests (at least I have) to try best define their personality. Personally, I love reading the results. And for a long time, that was the extent of my research. I basically researched myself…
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How the Army Helped Pay for My College: Scholarships for Military Children
I feel like every time you google “military scholarships” the first results are always for people looking to join the military, or for military members who want to receive a higher education. Which is totally fine. But what about military dependents? Sure, some of us qualify for the GI Bill (and that helps a TON). But some of…
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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…