Military Lifestyle

  I've never been extremely comfortable at the gym. For me, it feels a bit like visiting someone's house. Not really a stranger, but maybe a relative who has furniture you're not sure you can sit on. The machines can look...

We’ve all been there. That dreaded phone call. “Orders came in. Are you sitting down?” “Yes…” A prickly anticipation fills the air, like your foot falling asleep. You teeter between giddy excitement and a foreboding sense of dread, all wrapped up...

It's only March, but Permanent Change of Station (PCS) season will be here before we know it. This is the span from May 15-August 31 where the military experiences a surge of moves for members and families. According to...

I thought we daycare parents were in this crazy circus of drop-offs, pick-ups, and runny noses together. You know the drill; multiple times a week we smile and offer each other a quick hello while taking our children to...

  When my husband received orders to San Antonio, Texas, we knew it was only temporary. It happened to be one stop of many for his training. But because it required nine to twelve months of training, the Air Force allowed...

Saturdays mornings were my favorite as a child. My great-uncle would treat us to breakfast often. At times, the trio of us (my sisters and I) joined hands with Uncle Dick, promenaded ourselves out to the car and took a short drive around the corner to Denny's. There was something special about that time...

There I was enjoying a nice, relaxing shower. The kids were sleeping, the clothes were folded, and the floors were actually mopped hence I was enjoying a 10 minute shower instead of the typical hurried five minute one. Suddenly,...

Dear Space X, In a few short years, my husband will be retiring from the Air Force, and I will be throwing in my apron as a stay-at-home mom. He will egress from the cockpit of his fighter jet after...

I have been a runner for the past 16 years. By no means am I a professional or elite runner, but I have run over a hundred races spanning in distance from one mile to 50 miles. In the...

Since my first pregnancy seven years ago, I have come to relax … a lot. But first a disclaimer: The information included in this article is not directly supported by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (acog.org). Please consult...

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...

Dear Military Spouse, I wasn’t always one of you. And even after I was, I wasn’t really. I was a Midwestern kid who spent every day of her life in the same brick ranch on Bloomfield Lane. My life was stable...