Hello Ya'll! From the Land of the Morning (Cold) Calm!! aka- Korea!!!
I have recently stumbled across a super cool blog, thanks to my real life and bloggy friend Megan over at peacock evolution; she is a super cool fellow MilSpouse friend of mine, with many talents including amature photography!! Go check her out, you won't be disappointed!!
Okay, so back on topic! THANKS to Megan, I ran across another fellow MilSpouse over at Wife of a Sailor, who has this wonderful Friday fill in for us spouses! So of course, I had to join! This is my first week and I hope you will continue checking back each week for answers to these fun questions! So here goes... Enjoy!!
1) What is your favorite MilSpouse blog (not including Wife of a Sailor who we all love, or your own)? Honestly, I really LoVe all of the blogs that I am following, but if you're making me choose just one I'd have to say I really enjoy Shay's blog over at The Nelson Diaries. She is a really energetic, fun loving gal who always has some great posts about life in general!
2) What are your favorite perks about your s/o being deployed (we all know there are perks)? I must be honest and say that I've never experienced a deployment...YET, that is! I'm sure our turn is coming soon! Although, I have experienced my fair share of field exercises for weeks on end while being here in Korea. So the perks to those would be the following: I get extra time to myself (and let's face it we all need a little bit more of that), I can deep clean the house without any interruptions, hit the gym as much as I want, watch what I want on TV, there's no obligation to cook dinner nightly, and the old trusty saying of "distance makes the heart grow fonder", well it really does in our case. During the time he is gone, I think we both get the opportunity to reflect on our marriage and how important we are too each other, because the reunions are just exciting and it's like our love for each other sparkes even more than before he left!!!
3) How long did you date your s/o before getting engaged? Married? We met during the summer between my sophmore and junior years of college. We dated and were engaged for a total of 2 1/2 years before we married, and as of this past December we have been married for 3 years!! WOW! Time is flying by!!
4) What do you think your s/o would do if s/he wasn’t in the military? I think B would be doing 1 of 3 things: still working at the sales job he had before returning to active duty from the Army reserves, in school full time working on his bachelor's degree or working in law enforcement.
5) If you could talk to the Secretary of (fill in your appropriate branch) what is one suggestion you would like to bring to their attention in order to improve the lives of military families? I would definately choose to speak with the Sect. of the Army, and I would want to bring awareness to the fact that I believe there should be mandatory trainings for MilSpouse's to take. These trainings should include some of the current courses offered by the Army including AFTB and Resiliency courses. I personally think that if spouses would equip themselves with the proper knowledge of how the military (Army) operates, it would make their day to day lives so much more fluid!
Till Next Time-
XOXO from Korea!!
-Mrs. GC
**You're Welcome, to those of you who I "shouted out" on my blog!!**
LOL! Thanks for the shout out!! :)
ReplyDeleteHi! I am following you via the Mil-Spouse friday fill in. The name of your blog is what caught my eye! I infact am a stilettos kinda gal myself. I work as an FRSA, Family Readiness Support Assistant, and I am known in my community for my shoes.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to following your blog.
If you would like to follow me back:
michelletherib.blogspot.com
Have a great weekend!
-M-
michelletherib.blogspot.com
Hi there, I'm also a Mil Spouse in Germany. :) I'm so not stilettos, have my own pair of dirty combat boots ;) but you go with your high heel self, I'd embarrass myself trying to watch in them. Love the intro here. Those classes are great - I'm afraid I went a little nuts though as I'm military myself having to take them as the FRL [Family Readiness Leader] for my Reserves unit. But they really SHOULD be taken by all...
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! This was my first time doing the friday fill-in too. I think taking the classes would help milspouses. Knowing how the Army operates has helped me (although I never knew there were classes until I read this. My hubby is good talking me through everything). I also have learned never to listen to the Army when it comes to deployment time frames and training times. They are always wrong!
ReplyDeleteGreat answers! New follower from Friday Fill in!! Look forward to reading your blog more!
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely times when I think it would be nice to have required training for military spouses, but I can also see some significant issues that would get in the way of implementing such things. For one thing, I am not in the military. Unless I raise my right hand and Uncle Sam starts signing my paychecks, I am not subject to military orders just because my spouse happens to have taken that oath.
ReplyDeleteI suppose there might be ways around it, like making training mandatory in order to gain base access, for instance. However, putting up barriers like that could negatively impact troop readiness in that they would worry that noncompliant family members would be unable to receive, say, the medical care to which they are entitled.
I absolutely agree that more should be done to encourage family members to take advantage of the training that is already available. Everything I've heard from the people who put those resources out there (like Fleet and Family Services on the Navy side) is that they wish more people knew the kind of help and information out there and free for the taking. We could all benefit from a Resiliency course, as you astutely point out.
Wow, sorry for writing a novel-length comment. You just had a great, thought-provoking answer to the fifth question!
I think you know Berrin...I used to work with her! She's the best!
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