Leslie Drinkwine, wife of a Brigade Commander, has been banned from her FRG due to an investigations into her actions…Have you ever encountered a spouse who has “pulled her husband’s rank”? How did you handle it? How can the military overhaul the FRG structure to make it more professional?

Past posts suggest other wives may not want to move b/c of a career decision-in my case it’s the opposite. I have been laid off now for almost a year so my job isn’t an issue. The only issue I am having is that our daughter will be in the 10th grade this September and my assumption w/ the Army is that you move from place to place & don’t know how that would affect her (she doesn’t know he is going to enlist yet) My biggest fear is that we won’t be allowed to go w/ him & that we will be apart. Can you please give me some idea of what could happen to newly enlisted private who has a wife and child…

Normally I don’t post video of my kids but when my daughter started singing this song a few weeks ago I just had to share.

She was born while her Daddy was deployed to Iraq…

Today is not just any Monday.

Today is a day we remember.

We remember the sacrifice of the warriors who serve.

Welcome to the TENTH Military Mondays Carnival on Army Wives’ Lives!

I missed a week of the Military Monday carnival…and hopefully haven’t completely lost the momentum we were building!

I’m sure you will forgive me once you hear about the drill gremlins, kissing cousins of the deployment gremlins.

I didn’t know…or I would have baked us a cake!

Or, rather, bought us a cake from the ice cream parlor down the street.

So, do you feel appreciated now?

Welcome to the SIXTH Military Mondays Carnival on Army Wives’ Lives!

AND…we have a PRIZE for the next two carnivals, courtesy of Susan Wiggs, author of The Ocean Between Us!

We’ve looked at military family life from the active duty and National Guard perspectives. And there are definitely pros and cons to each…

Welcome to the FIFTH Military Mondays Carnival on Army Wives’ Lives!

AND…we have a PRIZE for the next two carnivals, courtesy of Susan Wiggs, author of The Ocean Between Us!

A reader who has received two civilian honors for her service to her husband’s units asked a question about wearing her awards.

I was stumped! So, I wrote to the Field Artillery Association and received this response…