husband and I. We both grew up as military brats.
Shad has now changed his mind about staying in,
because of his recent passing of the test for
Staff Sergeant. He is going to make it a career.
The military has changed quite a bit and so have
we. I hope that this page helps with separations and
finding some military links.
Shad has been gone for a long period of time
twice since he's been in the military. He was gone
to Saudi for 3 months back in 1995, but also went
to Korea for a year from 1996 to 1997. It was
hard having him gone, but I tried to stay busy
as he did as well. He got a part-time
job at the golf course over in Korea and that
helped with money and his game. Kaycee was only 10
months when he left, so he missed a lot. I
videotaped her a lot and also got a lot of
pics to send him. We wrote a lot and called.
I got involved with volunteering for Family Services
on base and got active in my church. It made the
time seem to fly by most of the time. Working
at Family Services I got to find out all kinds of
things that were available to me that I never knew
about. For one, I found out that I could call
him twice a month for free. I had to sign
up for it at Family Support. Also, the childcare center
had several nights a month that were free for people
in my position. I was head of the Solos group
that was for spouses whose husbands were deployed,
which we got together once a month. If you need
household items like pots, dishes, crib, bed or the
like, you can get them from the Loan Closet. They will
loan it to you for a month, I think it
is. The Airman's Attic gives E-4s and below things
within a limit like clothes and many other items.
Ten Commandments for Military Wives
I. Thou shalt not write in ink in the address book.
II. Thou shalt not covet choice assignments of other
uniformed branches of service.
III. Love thy neighbor.
IV. Honor thy Commissary and Exchange for as long as
they both shall live.
V. Thou shalt not ridicule a local politician, for
might senators from them grow.
VI. Thou shalt look for the best in every assignment,
even though the best may be "Worlds biggest
cockroaches" or "Record snow in one month's time" or
"Most childhood diseases experienced in one year".
VII. Thou shalt remember all thy friends from all thy
assignments with greetings at Christmas, for thou
never knowest when thou might like to spendeth the
night with them while en route to a new base.
VIII. Be kind and gentle to retired, white-haired
Exchange and commissary customers, because thou too
will be a retiree someday.
IX. Thou shalt not curse thy husband when he's off
TDY on moving day.
X. Thou must never arrive at a new base and
constantly brag about how everything was much
better at thy last base.
Here are some great military sites:
Military Spouses Career Network
Military Brats
Military Spouse Support Network
Military Spouse Net
Sgt. Mom's
Armed Forces Wives
Here is a great way to help others that are deployed. Go
to this site to write those who are deployed.
