MilSpouse Life
One of my most vivid memories of military life was during a time when I was a military girlfriend. Nearing our thirties, my boyfriend and I had been together for several years already. In the beginning we were long distance, and after almost two years together, I moved from the Midwest to Coastal North Carolina to be with him. It was [...]
Military Girlfriend
15+ Crazy Things Military Spouses Did to See Their Service Member
I hung up the phone and all I felt was complete and utter panic. There I was working the day shift as an ICU nurse scouring the internet for a plane ticket. I was supposed to be taking care of patients, but all I could think about was my long-distance boyfriend who just announced he was leaving on a deployment in less than [...]
5 Best Ways to Support Your Service Member at Basic Training
When my fiance left for basic training, the days afterward were incredibly hard. But as I learned how to cope and take better care of myself, I realized that the hardest part wasn't him being gone, the hardest part was learning how to support my service member through basic. I knew that his physical, as well as his mental strength, [...]
Your Service Member Went to Basic, Now What?
After dating for about three years, my boyfriend, Jon finally proposed to me. He had decided to go into the military and join the Air Force and he wanted to propose before he left for basic training. I was officially a military significant other. After being engaged for just one month, my boyfriend turned fiance left for basic [...]
7 Problems Only a Military Girlfriend Would Understand
Being a military girlfriend is a difficult role for many young women in today’s military community. And I do mean, girlfriends. This short series of posts is written directly for my readers, who email me each and every week, sharing their struggles. This amazing group of young women always refer to themselves as a military girlfriend. [...]
The Best Advice for the Military Girlfriend
There is rarely a week that passes where I don't hear from a military girlfriend. She is seeking support, friendship and acceptance into the military community. Researching this post, I found much of the advice for military girlfriends discouraging. She needs to know "her place." She is "just a girlfriend." She is "not entitled to [...]
