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PR Spotlight…Showcase Your Business Or Product on Army Wife 101
Military spouses are joining the ranks of entrepreneurs with everything from Candle businesses to creating Customs Bags from ACU uniforms. Army Wife 101 will showcase you to the military community worldwide in at your military installation through the latest addition to Army Wife 101 called ” The PR Spotlight. This section of the site gives spouses an opportunity to showcase their service or business to the specific niche they are catering to at an affordable rate. If … Read entire article »
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Part 2:Hawaii…Why I Hate Living Here…Bugs Mac Salad & Rice…
If you read Part One of my Why I Hate Living In Hawaii Saga in completion, then you know I ended off informing you that part 2 would discuss the food and the bugs here. Before I get to that I must first clarify some things from Part 1. I want to thank everyone who read my post in completion. I never expected so much feedback here or on the Fb Fan Page. I will say that … Read entire article »
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Hawaii…One Army Wife’s Thoughts on Why She Hates Living Here!
I get asked the million dollar question frequently ” So what’s it like to live in Hawaii”? “Ahh how do I answer that” is what I ponder in my head awkwardly as I debate whether or not to give them the vacation version or the real deal. My persona of being “Army Wife 101″ makes it hard for me to tell PCSing spouses moving here, that my personal opinion of Hawaii is that it sucks … Read entire article »
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Mostly Everything You Need to Know About Onpost Housing…
I titled this mostly because everyone knows in the military life rules and regulations change on the regular and exceptions sometimes happen as well. Below is a list of most of the important answers to questions that I see asked frequently in regards to military housing: * The title says mostly for a reason this post is mainly geared towards CONUS MOVES. Everything You Need To Know About Onpost Housing To be quite frank their is not much … Read entire article »
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Emotionally Prepping For Deployment
Much needs to be done before the start of a deployment. One thing we sometimes fail to do is emotionally prep join me and “The Army Dad” as we share how we emotionally prepped for our last deployment. We also share tips on how to support your soldier before and during the deployment in this interview. … Read entire article »
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How To Read An LES and Understand Pay
Over a year ago I did a video on understanding Military pay and reading an LES. At the time I was a newbie to the video and blog world so my editing was off and I didn’t realize how stupid it was of me to do a video like this 11pm at night when I was dirt tired. In any event the video has helped many according to the comments and feedback I have received on it and I am hoping it will continue to help others. I am reposting it below because I am sure many of the spouses new to Army Wife 101 have not seen it. If you have any feedback or see any outdated or incorrect information , feel free to share your comments below. … Read entire article »
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Did You Really Think Electric in Housing Was Gonna Stay Free???
When I lived on Hunter Army Airfield almost 2 years ago they began the implementing of the Mock Billing Process. For those of you unfamiliar with this process it is when, housing monitors your electricity usage and essentially creates a baseline that will be your monthly average . When housing decides to actually began billing, you pretty much can go up to that amount without charge . If you go over you pay the difference. For … Read entire article »
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Army Wife 101 Life in A Month!
Hello Army Wifers it’s the infamous Army Wife 101 back at ya again with more entertaining news from the Army Wife Home front. Okay maybe not that entertaining, but I have received so many emails and questions I don’t even know where to begin. So rather then go into every detail of my life and make a long drawn boring paragraph, I’ll just sum things up in a few pics and sentences. 1. Hubby came back and is … Read entire article »
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New Site and Clinics Onpost
Please excuse my drug induced looking state! I had just come home from the doctor’s office after suffering horrible neck and back pain throughout the night. This is my first time on muscle relaxers and boy did they do a number on me: … Read entire article »
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