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5 Things to Consider When Deciding to Rent or Buy
The decision to rent a house at a new duty station or to buy a home is one that military families should not make lightly. With the uncertainty in our lives we can be very eager to purchase a home and...
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Tricare Basics for Summer Travel
Summertime is the season of PCSing and experiencing the family vacation. But everyone knows that when military families are away from home or in transition to a new home, all hell will break loose and...
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Keeping Your Sanity During Your First PCS
You have a lot to learn as a brand-new military spouse. Being separated from my husband was the first military challenge I faced, but the next challenge came immediately after… the inevitable PCS. As...
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The 10 Stages of Counting Down to Moving Day Illustrated in GIFs
Purging. Packing. Praying. These are the 3 Ps of PCSing. As I sit here silently weeping about the amount of crap we’ve amassed over the past 10+ years of my spouse’s Air Force career while staring down...
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10 Tricks to Max Your Overseas Assignment
by Brittany P. Bolin, Guest Contributor So you’ve received the news that you’re headed overseas, making you the envy of your friends, family and fellow milspouses or quite possibly scaring you to...
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PCS Reality: How to Know if Your Civilian Neighborhood Is Safe
Before my husband received orders, we were set on finding a home off-post for this time around. Our new duty station had great on-post options, but since it would just be my husband and I, it seemed...
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7 Ways to Make Your Military Family’s Next PCS a Lean and Green Move...
This NextGen MilSpouse piece is proudly sponsored by Operation In Touch. Visit Operation In Touch for great savings, recipes and more from your favorite Unilever brands! Each time I unpack from a PCS,...
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PCS Time Crunch? 5 Essential Tips You Shouldn’t Skip
It’s practically common knowledge that a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is time consuming and not to mention involved…very involved. That’s why our spouses warn us early on in our relationships that...
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Moving with the Military: Your PCS Binder
School’s ending soon and summer is following behind, which means most Americans are in the process of planning vacations and spending time off with family. For the military community, summer is also a...
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10 Things They Don’t Tell You When You Get Overseas Orders
PCS season isn’t around the corner any more–it’s on the same block. Here are 10 things your local transportation office won’t let you know (but you need to know) when your service member receives...
View Article9 Useful Resources for Finding Your Next Rental Home
In the last 7 years, I’ve lived in 3 different rentals that I found by searching online. It’s the easiest way to research neighborhoods and to also know what’s available from wherever you are located....
View Article20 Inspirational Quotes for When You or Your Best Friend Is Moving
Let me set the scene. The military has gone and done it. They cut orders for your spouse and your family is going to move. To make matters worse, you LOVE your current duty station or are so over with...
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How to Survive the Holidays Without Your Stuff
The orders came through and there it is — you’re moving during the holidays. This can mean a lot of things but the first that comes to mind is how will I get through the holiday season without all of...
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When You’re Saying Goodbye to Your Favorite Military Base
You may not know what is awaiting you when you move to a new duty station but over time you often come to love that place, no matter how long you’re there for, where it is or how far away you are from...
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Military Community Resource Spotlight: PCSgrades
Editor’s Note: Our monthly Military Community Resource Spotlight is an Q&A that provides information about organizations who serve military spouses and their families. The purpose is to connect...
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The 23 Worst Things Our Movers Have Ever Packed
Moving. Almost never a pleasant or fun task. Lucky for us military spouses, the military movers are sure to pack up some delightful items and create hilarious stories to share with our friends later....
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What Happens to My Netflix When We Move Overseas?
After hearing the news about Netflix cracking down on users accessing their service via VPNs (read: virtual private networks…the tech work-around many overseas families use to access their U.S. Netflix...
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Should You Search for a Job When You’re Facing a PCS?
Moving has been reported as one of the most stressful occurrences during a person’s lifetime. There is a fear that forms when you have to pack your belongings in boxes and sending it off somewhere new....
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How to Find Out What Life Is Really Like at Your New Duty Station
When you PCS, finding a new home is half the battle. Yes, the neighborhood, schools and distance to your workplace for you and your spouse are all critical details, but that doesn’t really give you a...
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3 Things You May Not Be Doing for Your Career During a PCS
There are arguably few acronyms in the military vernacular that strike more fear into the heart of a career-minded military spouse than PCS. I mean, the constant moving is why military spouse...
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