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Seeking Help

October 01, 2007, in Resources by

Over the past few weeks, the SpouseBUZZ team has been inundated with requests from milspouses seeking help and advice on everything from financial matters to child custody matters to marital problems. While we are sympathetic to everyone’s plight, whatever it may be, we are not professionally trained to deal with these complex issues, and we certainly can’t dispense legal advice.

What we do in situations like those mentioned above, is to point milspouses in the right direction. We turn them over to someone who has the means, know-how, experience, training and resources to help. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that means that we recommend Military OneSource. Military OneSource offers free, confidential counseling and they are available 24/7. Their motto is: "You Name it, We Can Help." I can’t stress enough how helpful this resource is for military families. If you need it, use it. Military OneSource is there for you, no matter how large or small you think your problem is.

If you do anything today, bookmark this link and write down this number: 1-800-342-9647. Keep it with you at all times, you never know when you may need it.

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About Andi

Andi is married to an active-duty soldier and is the founder and former editor of SpouseBUZZ.

She is the founder of the Annual MilBlog Conference. The MilBlog Conference is the premiere event of the year for military bloggers. President George W. Bush, U.S. Representative Adam Smith, GEN David Petraeus, LTG Mike Oates, LTG William Caldwell, RADM Mark Fox, MG Kevin Bergner, MG David Hogg and The Honorable Pete Geren have addressed previous conferences.

While living in Washington, DC, Andi was the Ambassador to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Sew Much Comfort, a non-profit organization which makes and delivers, free of charge, special adaptive clothing for wounded service members. Andi has worked with several non-profits to help our wounded heroes and their families. She finds that work to be the most rewarding and meaningful of all.

Andi strives to find humor in the good, bad and ugly of life and is a firm believer that laughter has the ability to cure most ills.

Comments

  1. Mr Phillips says:
    October 25, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    I myself am eligible for 9 months of Post 9-11 Educational Benefits. I went through 9 months of Med Hold
    Hell over a Condition that I was born with that cannot be changed but gives me alot of Grief. I Cannot serve in the Regular army anymore. I'm 51 years old. I can't find a U.S.Army reserve unit that wants me
    as a SSG. I can't pass my Educational Benefits onto my daughter who is of age. Too much RED Tape.
    I am Retired fron the ARNG. Thank God I still have my Good Health. I don't have time nor the abilities to
    attend School On-line for 9 months because I have a Full time job that takes me out of town, swing shift.
    She and her Mom have trouble finding full time jobs that pay well enough. We are just making it.