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“‘Join the military,’ they said. ‘Have a guaranteed paycheck,’ they said.” This was a text I received from my frustrated husband — a soldier — regarding the recent government shutdown and potential resulting impacts. Presently, the military is still getting paid, but there is a great deal of uncertainty happening at the federal government level. […] Read more…
Updated as of 2:38 pm EST on 1/20/18. With less than 10 hours left their maybe a government shutdown imminent. We don’t talk politics here at Army Wife 101, but simply put a government shutdown for the military means they will go to work without receiving pay as of Feb 1st along with other government […] Read more…
Update from Sam’s Club: Sam’s Club locations near military bases are absolutely waiving membership requirements to military personnel, spouses, retirees and their families. Other clubs may be participating, but it’s an opt-in. Military personnel and dependents interested outside the scope of military base locations can call their local club or visit http://www.samsclub.com/clublocator to learn more. This is […] Read more…
The morning of October 1st I made my way to my local Food Lion grocery store as I do many early morning week days after I got the kids on the bus. I walked in to one cash register open and maybe 5 people in the whole store. I enjoyed my walk down almost every […] Read more…
As you know the nit wits in Washington couldn’t be grownups and come to a resolution last night therefore officially shutting down the government as of yesterday morning. While Active Duty were fortunate enough to keep their pay , the commissaries where they shop for groceries here in the US will not remain open. They […] Read more…
I refuse to go into the government shutdown and how it is going to affect military . I did that about three years ago and had my chance to talk about it here on MSNBC. I can’t even bother indulging in the politics of how we military families have become pawns in this little game […] Read more…