During the summer, I am often trying to find fun low-cost activities to keep my kids busy and have fun as a family. This summer, I found out about an amazing offer to military families. An organization called Blue Star Families has an initiative with the National Endowment for the Arts that provides free admission [...]
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It is known that dealing with a deployment can be an huge source of stress on families. It is also commonly known that exercise is a fantastic way to reduce stress. So, it makes sense that going to the gym while your loved one is deployed can be not only be great for your body [...]
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What do other army wives suggest during a deployment, staying or moving back home? I am weighing my options right now and I would like to know the pro’s and con’s.I have to seriously consider it because I was offered a job where I am from. Also,my parents offered to let me live rent free [...]
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One of the major benefits of joining the military as an active duty soldier is the family medical coverage through Tricare and access to zero cost prescriptions at any Military Treatment Facility (MTF). In addition, any time a National Guard or Reserve soldier is on orders for thirty days or more, he or she is [...]
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Since starting Married to the Army in 2004, I think I’ve been through five site redesigns. FIVE! The first three of those had all hand-coded pages and I thought I was going to lose my mind. Now that I’m using WordPress, changing the design isn’t near as difficult. No worries though – it is far [...]
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My daughter is 18 years old and was talked into marriage by a guy serving in the army. He was in Afghanistan. She stayed by the computer everyday just to speak with him. He is getting back to Tenn. January 4, 2011 and yesterday morn. calls her to say he doesn’t want her to come [...]
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