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One of the best parts about milspouse life is the traveling! We likely get to see places that we would have never experienced otherwise. Click the image below to learn more about Space A travel, or keep reading for our latest travel features from our blog.
Most of us have probably felt a hate for the current place we call home—at least a time or two. It could be the housing, the neighbors, the weather, the unit, the constant deployment or TDY cycles, or one of a hundred other things that make it bad. I’ve had that hate, but just like going through basic training, often times it takes moving on from that installation to realize it wasn’t really that bad or that there was actually some good things about that “home.”
As every military family knows, serving one’s country often comes at a personal cost. Our family members may return home with serious injuries from overseas combat or peacekeeping operations. Arduous training may leave them susceptible to strength-sapping illnesses like pneumonia or the flu, while bugs they contract abroad can require extensive medication and recovery.
Fortunately, there are a variety of resources to assist military families facing precisely these kinds of issues. From airline mile donations to complementary hotel rooms, these programs can help ensure that the financial burden of helping heal a wounded warrior doesn’t fall entirely upon his or her family’s shoulders.
The entire month of March, to say the least, was a journey for me. As much as I hate to use that word (most likely thanks to its glaring overuse on ABC’s The Bachelor), it has been.
With gas prices on the rise, you might think a summer trip will cost more than you can afford this year. But if you’re willing to do a little homework and planning, you’ll find that most any trip can be affordable.
The kids are out of school, and the sun is blazing. Yep, it is summer vacation!
Like a majority of others, summer is the time for family trips, and I have been busy trying to figure out all the typical stuff, where to go, how much to spend, how are we going to get there, you know how the story goes.
For many of us, we need a vacation from planning the vacation. For those folks, I wanted to share some tips on how to plan your summer vacation stress free!
It’s that time – time to start planning your summer vacations. With the current economy, there are so many doubts and question. Can I afford it? Should I use that money for something else? Is there any way to make a vacation more affordable? Should I just stay home?