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We were stationed in Stuttgart, Germany for two years. The plan was to be there for three, but of course, plans are for losers. It took awhile to adjust. I arrived six months pregnant and was suddenly not working. Then...

When we first found out we were being stationed at Aviano Air Force Base in Italy, I felt both excited and overwhelmed. As many of you know, PCSing to an overseas location brings with it many trials and headaches....

One of the most stressful decisions we make as parents is where to send our children to school. If you are a military family, you do it more often than our country holds presidential elections. Our children start a new...

If you’ve recently moved with kids to one of the military bases in the St. Louis area, such as Scott Air Force Base, you’re in luck. There are so many fun things to do that are low-cost or free...

  "Ohio? You’re moving to Ohio?!?" "Aren't you going the opposite way?" "Is there even a highway to get from here to there?" You can imagine my anxiety as people made these comments when I told them we were being stationed at Wright...

Moving to a new assignment means it's time to say goodbye to your comfortable house and familiar belongings and head to the base or local hotel. It means living out of suitcases for a few days (if you're lucky)...

Moving away from your tribe is arguably the hardest part of a military permanent change of station (PCS). You spend between two and five years (give or take a year or two) building relationships, finding those people who are...

When I was young, I always knew I wanted to be a mother and a wife, but I never imagined I would become a spouse to a member of the military. The traveling, the uprooting, the long periods of...

Unless you've been living under a rock (pun totally intended), you've probably heard about or seen The Kindness Rocks Project (or one of its MANY offshoots) in action.  The concept is simple -- brighten someone's day by painting rocks, hiding them...

A long time ago, I was told that I was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. I wanted something in my life to go a certain way and, well, it just wasn't. As a particular...

This past Wednesday, senior advisor Ivanka Trump held a listening session at the White House with a group of military spouses. The topic was employment, or rather, the challenges military spouses face in finding and retaining employment. According to CNN...

In terms of military assignments, I’ve been pretty fortunate. Even for some locations with mixed reviews, I have always found something positive about my time there. Bloom where you’re planted and all. What I never expected was to instantly and...