Official Lifestyle Blog For Today's Army Wife
As a military spouse, you’re likely aware of the various allowances and benefits that your family receives while your service member is on active duty. One of these benefits is the overseas cost-of-living allowance (OCOLA), which provides financial support to service members who are stationed outside the continental United States. Recently, the Defense Department announced […] Read more…
This post is sponsored by IHG® Army Hotels, all thoughts and opinions are our own. Military life is full of changes, surprises, and unknowns. It can also be full of adventure, excitement, and is the stuff that lifelong memories are made of. Although moving every three years can be trying and exhausting, the associated possibilities […] Read more…
Know what’s great? Parents who love you forever and always. And not so great? Living with them for about six weeks while you wait for your house to be ready and that OCONUS shipment to maybe, eventually arrive in the US. Oh, did I mention that my two little kids, husband and dog are along […] Read more…
Y’all, I loved my time OCONUS. A bowl of ramen in the US won’t ever hold a candle to the seriously fresh stuff I devoured in a small shop in Japan. Yeah, I watched the owner/chef whip it up right in front of my eyes. But now that we’re back stateside, I’m realizing just how […] Read more…
I’m writing this from my Adirondack chair, sipping a cup of coffee and watching my kids play. No, I’m not lounging on the porch somewhere, enjoying the fresh morning air. Actually, I’m sitting in my very sparsely furnished house. Because, thanks to an OCONUS PCS and a crazy moving season generally, our stuff is still […] Read more…
Moving is tough. Military moves are next-level. You might even call them insane… or perhaps that’s just how they make us feel? Every day, military families across the globe endure the stress of a PCS move, whether OCONUS, CONUS, DITY or relying on the (hopeful) TLC and accuracy of professional movers. (Yikes!) Wouldn’t it be […] Read more…