The television is my company when my husband is deployed.
After my kids are in bed, and my dishes are done, and I’ve answered e-mail and written my husband, the television is background noise. It helps me feel like I’m not really alone in those waning hours of the day.
There is an unwritten rule among military spouses: don't wear your service member's rank.
However, spouses in the workforce and volunteer positions may find there are people who are breaking this rule, a lot. So how do you handle a situation in which you are a manager to someone whose service member outranks yours, especially if it causes friction?
There's a lot being said, written, assumed and even shouted since Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed after serving as the longest-held American military prisoner since Vietnam.
He's a traitor. He's a hero. He walked away. He was scared. He wanted to join the enemy.
I must be honest and admit I have struggled to write these blog entries lately. Not because life has slowed down any and I am lacking in material, but because I feel guilty that we are in a pretty normal routine lately.
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I had coffee with a friend last week.
She’s a lawyer, married to a businessman, but she grew up in the South just like I did. She was discussing how it feels working for the old boys’ club, as a woman.
Then she paused, and kinda laughed.
“No one has anything on the military when it comes to the old boys' club, though,” she said.
PCS moves, inevitably, cost military families money.
Yes, the military pays to ship your household goods, your car and, eventually, will reimburse you those hotel charges.
But what about eating in restaurants for a week? What about replacing many of the non-moveable items like spices, food and cleaning supplies.
Prepare to become angry.
The military has shutdown a military spouse entrepreneur, put her employees out of work and ended an accessible, affordable fitness class being held on a Hawaii base to make room for an outside vendor - who charges more and offers less.
Recently, I cleaned out a lot of textbooks. An entire shelf that included tomes on everything from American history to nutrition. Out of curiosity, I googled the phrase “book buyback” and each book’s ISBN (International Standard Book Number).
Bam. There is money to be made here.
It's PCS season which also means a lot of you may be in search of a new job. What better place to start than at a local job fair.
Check out the list below of job fairs tailored to military families that are being held around the country throughout the month of June.
June 4
Roseburg, OR - Hiring Our Heroes
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