Moving is the one constant about military life. It’s something we all know will happen every two years or so, sometimes a little sooner, sometimes a little later.
And when that time comes, the military tells us where to go. Sure, maybe we have a say in it, an option to pick the top two or three choices. But, most often, we don’t put much thought into it.
The military issues orders, packs us up and ships us off to the new place.
Some of us plan military retirement from the very beginning, with our goals firmly set from day
one of the start of our military lives.
Others wait until 20 years later, when the last day of active duty is staring us straight in the
face.
No matter what path takes you there, retirement is a lot to digest. Among those thoughts that
might keep you up at night: Where will we live? How will we get jobs? Will we have enough
money? What about life insurance, health insurance and investments? How quickly will we
Can’t decide on a field of study? How about studying a field with plentiful jobs?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks careers, salaries and trends in the workforce. The bureau can also track what fields are hiring more employees and which are cutting manpower numbers.
For students earning associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees there, surprisingly, is not one overwhelming, clear leader in employment for 2018.
Every degree field runs the gamut of health services, teachers, tech work, teachers and even clery.
Tired of carrying around your husband DD214 forms to prove he is a veteran?
Your veteran spouse can soon receive a veterans ID card. The Veterans Identification Act of 2015 ordered the VA to issue ID cards to all honorably discharged veterans for free. Recent reports say the cards will finally be available in November.
Currently a handful of states allow veterans to have their military service noted on their driver’s license. The new ID will be issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and is expected to include a photo, date of discharge and military branch.
Looking for extra money but not necessarily a commitment to a long-term job?
Fall is the season of everything pumpkin spice but it also marks the start of interviews for seasonal jobs. Even large, national retailers who need extra help stocking shelves for Christmas and managing long Black Friday shopping lines begin their employee search now.
By Allison Marlow
Mommy zombies are everywhere.
School has barely begun and already my friends are bleary-eyed, hunched in defeat as they drive from tumbling to cheer to scouts to tutoring to here to there to everywhere.
This kid needs money for homecoming. This one needs band shoes. That one has the wrong color folder for science. Another can’t find the three brand new uniform shirts we purchased in July.
By Salute to Spouses Staff
Nature strikes. After the tears and the destruction, it is time to pick up the pieces and start again.
For military families who move between states, and climates, knowing what to do after a natural disaster can be even more difficult. They didn’t grow up learning about tornadoes, hurricanes or mudslides. Every piece of information is new information.
Military spouses around the nation have been sharing - and adding to - a list of things “to do” after disaster strikes. It is the culmination of decades of experience of hundreds of women.
By Jenna Moede
I already told you all one of my secrets that I keep locked away - that I messed up my first go-round on my Master’s degree. Coming from the top of my class in high school and a Dean’s List student in college, it hurt, but I also learned how to choose a path that, this time, will help me reach my goals.
I realized that when it comes to choosing a degree, I didn’t have to see all my high school and college friends as competitors. Instead, they could help me and guide me.
By Amy Nielsen
Today was the last booth of our season for our local grass roots community flea market. Once a month I have been setting up a little booth there to get my name and face out and about in the community. I decided in the spring that I needed to find a way to study my community, to see who really lives here and who comes in the summer. This was one of the ways I chose.
By Christine Cioppa
We all choose online learning for different reasons. Behind that decision is a motivating factor, most often a career-related one and sometimes a personal one.
Experts are studying why some of us gut it out, and why some of us quit or put it off -- for what seems indefinitely -- until we finally stick it out and achieve completion in our certificate or degree program.
What is known, though, are things to watch out for – things that can shake our motivation to the core or throw us off track.
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