It wouldn't be the days leading up to New Years without some cliches. After all, New Years is the perfect time to get a head start on being in the best shape ever, or reading that book you've been … [Read more...]
Is the Commissary Really Going to Close?
Rumors that the Defense Department will be getting rid of the commissaries have been flying all over the internet since a November report from one Senator’s office labeled them as one more thing the … [Read more...]
Are Military Childcare Workers Abusing Your Kids?
When my bossman first called me Wednesday night to tell me about the childcare workers on Fort Meyer who had been fired and accused of child abuse, my first reaction was a mixed bag of "that's an … [Read more...]
Report: Improving Spouse Employment Programs
A new government report says what we've suspected all along -- that the DoD is duplicating efforts among spouse employment programs and, by and large, cannot prove that their military spouse … [Read more...]
Money in the Bank? 2013 BAH Rates Out
It’s that time of year again – the Defense Department yesterday released the magical list of who will getting more and less Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) in 2013. Overall, the news is good … [Read more...]
OWN Jilts Army Wife Show
The Oprah Winfrey Network has decided to no longer run episodes of their Army spouse reality show Married to the Army: Alaska on a weekly basis, and has instead pushed the final three episodes to a … [Read more...]
Spouse Clubs and the Problem With Being Exclusive
Should gay spouses – who cannot be military dependent ID card holders, but who do support their servicmembers the same way anymore military spouse does – be permitted to join on base and post … [Read more...]
I Don’t Know What to Tip the Commissary Baggers
I was reminded by a recent magazine article to not forget my helper-people during all of my holiday gift giving. You know the ones I’m talking about. The mail man. The garbage guy. My kid’s … [Read more...]
Little Passports: Great Gift for the Traveling MilKid
There’s no doubt about it: military kids get around. Even my 3-year-old has lived in four states in his short life and driven through at least 22 in his travels between duty stations or while … [Read more...]
How About a Little Ecstasy for Your PTSD?
A new PTSD treatment has been found to have a long term, lasting positive impact three years later in two-thirds of the 19 people tested. What’s the therapy, you ask? Why, it’s the love drug, … [Read more...]
When Deployment Falls Through
The last three weeks have not been fun. The day before my soldier was to get on a plane for a nine month stint in the ‘Stan, doctors finally figured out why he’d been having chest pain for several … [Read more...]
My Husband Wants a Gun in the House
A controversy is raging in household Bushatz, and its name is “gun ownership.” Servicemembers are, by and large, weapons people. And why shouldn’t they be? If anyone knows how to use a … [Read more...]
Your Military Life on the Fiscal Cliff
When we asked our Facebook fans last week what topics they think we should be talking about here on SpouseBuzz, a whole hill of people responding “budget cuts.” And why wouldn’t they? When … [Read more...]
“Deployment Sex Pacts” are a Myth (Updated)
When I married my smoking hot military man, I promised to stay faithful to him no matter what – and he promised to stay faithful to me. There were no ifs, ands or buts. There was no “unless you … [Read more...]
The Deployment Christmas Gift Conundrum
Sending Christmas gifts downrange is a bit of a Catch-22. On the one hand, you want your spouse to know that you are thinking of him lotsandlotsandlots, so you want to buy and mail him a Christmas … [Read more...]
Let’s Ban Celebrities From Military Balls
In my view you’ve got to be one lucky servicemember if you can not only get the attention of your celebrity of choice but also convince that person to attend a military ball with you. Then again … [Read more...]
Should Spouses use Military Discounts?
I remember the first time I heard of a military discount. “Are you military?” the little clerk folding clothes into my bag at the store asked. “Yes,” I said. “If you show me your ID I can … [Read more...]
A Christmas Book Every MilKid Needs
My 3-year-old is a bookworm, leaving me constantly on the hunt for great children’s picture books. My favorite ones, of course, are those that lend our military life a sense of normality. If it’s … [Read more...]
