Duty Station

Although it's March, for many of you, it still feels like winter. Most of my friends are posting pictures of snowy landscapes and adorable knit hats. I'm a sucker for an adorable hat, so I admit I feel a...

We’ve been at our new duty station for a little over seven months now, so we have passed the “adjustment period” of a typical permanent change of station. When you talk to other military spouses who have PCS’ed for...

  When my husband received orders to San Antonio, Texas, we knew it was only temporary. It happened to be one stop of many for his training. But because it required nine to twelve months of training, the Air Force allowed...

Pensacola, Florida, is known for its white sand beaches and emerald waters. It also is the home to multiple Naval Air Stations and specific training schools that will land many in the area for weeks or years at a...

OK – first of all, if you didn’t just read that title and then immediately sing a Boston song in your head, then who even are you?? Go ahead and click the link. I’ll wait. It’s funny how we do...

Helping Kids Prosper Through PCS Season: 1 Her life was changing, cardboard boxes or not. And for military kids who are so often asked to deal with monumental life changes, maybe it’s the little things that can throw them off...

The Winter Games are taking place in PyeongChang, a county in South Korea. This is the closest I have ever lived to any Olympic Games (currently stationed in Japan), but I feel so far away since I haven't seen...

The MilMB Real Estate Guide is a resource we have carefully curated with the distinct needs of military families in mind.  Military families tend to be experts at moving, but that doesn't make a permanent change of station any less...

With Valentine's Day approaching, many of us may be brainstorming ways to spend it with that special someone. Maybe you’re thinking a trip to the movies followed by dinner at a fancy restaurant? Ya know? The usual.  Well forget it!...

Years ago, I attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, but, I didn't see much beyond Lackland's gates. Then, I was stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, and while there, my friends...

To my many beautiful friends I have met along the way: You know who you are. We held tight to one another through a season. You were my neighbor, we sat next to each other in church, we played games on...

We've all been there. It's PCS time, and we miss the things we left behind. We miss the familiarity of knowing where all our favorite ingredients are at the grocery store. There's missing knowing how to get around. We...