Our life has been such a transition over the past year. Not only did we have a PCS, but I also went back to work full time, for the first time in a long while. We are thankfully on...
My husband and I have been talking about when he will retire for good. He retired from the Navy in 2008, and now we’re looking forward to permanent retirement.
That sounds intimidating and a bit scary – “permanent.”
I remember when...
“Why do we have to move again?” my 10 year-old asked, demanding an answer.
“Well, because the Army gave us orders to move to Germany,” I calmly explained.
“I’m not going. I refuse to move to Germany,” she stated...
The MilMB Real Estate Guide is a resource we have carefully curated with the distinct needs of military families in mind.
Military families tend to be experts at moving, but that doesn't make a permanent change of station any less...
My daughter just turned one, and I keep crying about it.
It’s been a year since this little one came careening into the world two days overdue. After the drawn out births of my first two children, I expected hours...
The term “Key Spouse” (or even just "spouse") can sometimes bring up some unfavorable feelings.
But how many of us really know what a Key Spouse is? And are they important? Or even necessary?
These are all common questions surrounding the...
For some military members and families, retirement can be a scary or bad idea. Others find the idea amazing and exciting. Our family wholeheartedly associates with the latter.
At the risk of sounding cheesy, when it comes to counting down...
There is a famous African proverb: It takes a village to raise a child. Well for many of us, that is going to be a problem.
Military families flit from place to place every two years or so (or...
Ship day is the date an Active-Duty soldier’s contract begins. This is a day that family members will never forget. This is the day my 19-year-old son left to join the world’s greatest Air Force and left behind a...
When I fell for him in college -- his feet were bare, he had a beard and a crazy mop of hair – I never dreamed he’d become a doctor, much less a doctor in the Army. So when...
We moved to a new city right after spring break last year. My kids were almost done with their school year, and they had to begin again at a new school. It was particularly rough on them. My sixth...
November is the Month of the Military Family. I have been a part of a military family my whole life. My dad served in the Army for 30 years and retired the month after I graduated from high school....
Military Lifestyle
Chow Runner, Flight Guidon, Element Leader – OH MY!
While attending BMT for the world’s greatest Air Force, trainees find themselves assigned to certain job duties – Chow Runners, Flight Guidon, or Road...
