Do you carry something from your sailor or Marine during deployment? Is there something extra in your pocket or in your purse that you don’t usually have when your soldier or airman or Coastie is … [Read more...]
Out-the-Box Prep for Every Deployment
If my soldier were to deploy tomorrow I would not know what was going to be on TV. He is my TV guide. Sure, there are shows I hate to miss but have so much running through my mind, keeping track of … [Read more...]
YDU: Remind Me That I’m Not Alone
Why didn't you tell me that I would need my friends more than ever? As much as the Leo in me would like to believe my wonderful friends think about me every day, I am a realist. It just doesn’t … [Read more...]
Top Ten Comfort Foods for Military Spouses
Cooking Light magazine had the audacity to ask their audience for a list of their comfort foods. Bananas do not strike me as a comfort food. Carrots (unless they appear in a cake covered with … [Read more...]
Do You Play the Deployment Card too Much?
I asked the delivery guys to help me lift the replacement TV onto the wall mount. “I can put the brackets on myself real quick, but I can’t really lift the TV alone,” I told them. “Could you … [Read more...]
Deployment Details: Better Left Unsaid?
"We didn’t have to talk about it. It was just best unsaid." That’s what Sal Giunta, the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War, thought about talking to his family about … [Read more...]
The Deployment Effect: Pet Edition
My husband and I took home a special little dog from the local Humane Society on Halloween, 2011. Ziggy (who we expanded to Ziggy Stardust in honor of my husband’s love of David Bowie) was a 15 … [Read more...]
YDU: It’s Not ‘Our’ Deployment?
Everyone seems to have an opinion lately about how military wives should act -- what they should say, what they should wear, and what they should put on their cars. Most of the time I ignore it … [Read more...]
3 Everyday Easy PERSEC Rules
When our spouses are deployed, what is one of the major things talked about and stressed to us most? OPSEC or operational security. Operational security. As my husband's CO always says in his … [Read more...]
Does Deployment = Shopping Frenzy?
I don’t think the ship broke suction with the pier before the emails about car shopping started: You know we could save thousands! It’s the last model year for this vehicle! The overseas car … [Read more...]
Video: Depression and the Male Military Spouse
Thousands of military spouses suffer with some degree of depression, but I believe male military spouses could be at greater risk simply because we're men. Relax ladies, I'm not trying to start a … [Read more...]
Top Ten Ways To Get This Deployment Party Started
Every time my husband deploys, I catch myself lingering in front of the local news. The TV reporters always interview those few folks who gather at the pier to watch the ship depart. I am … [Read more...]
What Happens In The Field …
What happens in the field doesn't stay in the field. An experienced Army spouse recently told me that what happens in the field is a pretty good prediction of exactly how a deployment will go for … [Read more...]
The Sixth Sense of PreDeployment
How does anyone go through a deployment without friends? This week I was totally going off on my workfriend, Rachael. Other people “go off” by losing their cool and getting all mad and … [Read more...]
“Umbrella” Saves Military Spouse
When it rains in military life, it pours-- so you better go find an "umbrella." When my husband deployed, I was faced with a family crisis. We had just moved from Maxwell AFB to a nice little … [Read more...]
Cancelled Deployment? What You Need To Know
It’s one thing to wish the deployment would never come. It is quite another to have that wish come true. When the carrier Harry S. Truman cancelled deployment within days of departure due to … [Read more...]
YDU: Why Didn’t You Tell Me You Signed Up Again??
My fiancee signed up for the Reserves in March without asking my thoughts on it first. “It’s only once a month," he told me. "I have a waiver that will prevent me from deploying for two years. … [Read more...]
Top Ten Reasons No One Calls You (Or Me)
Our SpouseBuzz readers are always kind of surprised when no one from the command calls them. A reader recently noted: I am a pretty new Army spouse (we have been married less than a year). I have … [Read more...]
