Military Life
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The Day the Air Force FAILED My Family
I have three specific reasons in sharing my story with you. First, to prevent this from happening to other military families that may read it before they PCS overseas. Second, to bring this issue to light, because it IS a major issue that is continuing to happen to families, and it needs to be actually DEALT with. Third, at the time of my publishing this post (six months after our move) we STILL have not been re-imbursed the $5,352.40 for our airline tickets.
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PCSing with your Dog to the UK
It can be quite overwhelming the amount of info and requirements to bring your dog to the United Kingdom with you. We are a military family in the United States that brought our dog with us to England, and listed below is our experience and links for more info.
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Operation Deploy Your Dress
Did you know that as a military spouse there is a place where you can get two FREE dresses and an accessory each year? Operation Deploy Your Dress (ODYD) was founded on Fort Bliss in 2015 when some spouses decided to organize a dress swap. It has now grown into over 12 locations across the world.
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Family Travel Maps by Thunder Bunny Labs
As you may have noticed, we LOVE to travel. Not only traveling for pleasure but we are a military family that has lived in four different states and counting. Thunder Bunny labs have not only created an amazing piece of art for us to hang in home but it also offers us the opportunity to reminisce on our travels as a family.
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Military Themed Elf on the Shelf Ideas
We do Elf on the Shelf each year and with military life comes deployments. Travis has been deployed during Christmas so I decided to incorporate our Elf. Here are some ideas for military themed Elf on the Shelf.
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How to Mail and Tons of Ideas for Military Care Packages
Deployments are hard, one of the hardest things you'll go through in life. Military life most of the time calls for multiple deployments but I wanted to share one of my ways of coping with this difficult time. Care packages are what I look forward to during deployments.
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Raw Thoughts of a Military Spouse
Our life is like a revolving door. The large glass circular ones like in the fancy hotels, except there's nothing fancy about it. The door is constantly moving, whether you want it to or not.
