You meet at a unit event, a play date or at the bus stop. You think she’s pretty cool and that she may actually be friendship material. What you need is something casual so you can truly talk, laugh and let down your hair. You need a wine night. Some of my favorite milspouse bonding moments […] Read more…
Diary of a Deployment 3: Telling the Kids
My name is Jackie and I am an Army wife. My husband has served for five years and has been fortunate enough (in my eyes, not so much his), to be assigned to non-deploying units. Everything changed the day he informed me that he had to deploy. I invite you to join us as I […] Read more…
5 Beauty Solutions for the Busy Milspouse
There are numerous reasons why you’re short on time. Perhaps your spouse is TDY or deployed, you work, are a student, have children, are working out, or all of the above. You may be too busy to even read this introductory paragraph, and simply skip to the list — don’t worry, we aren’t judging, we’ve […] Read more…
4 Reasons To Donate Blood On Base
Long before I ever considered getting married, never mind getting married to a soldier, I started donating blood. I followed my dad to the local blood drive whenever possible. After 9/11 I went to donate blood and was turned away due to the large outpouring of support. Throughout college I donated blood through the Red […] Read more…
What We Want in a Milspouse Bestie
Sometimes it’s a love match and sometimes it’s not. No, we’re not talking about dating, we’re talking about finding milspouse friends! Funny enough, the friendship search often echoes dating — we put our best foot forward, ask lots of questions, and see how well we fit. We recently asked Army Wife 101 readers what traits […] Read more…
ArmyWife101 Military Spouse Spotlight: Sarah Beasley
If you haven’t heard the name Sarah Beasley at all in 2016 you may have been living under a rock, or perhaps like me, just don’t pay much attention to TV. However, there’s a good chance you’ve seen her smiling face on the cover of People Magazine as you sat in the waiting room of […] Read more…