So, you’re moving to Hawaii! This is both an exciting and anxious time trying to coordinate for your OCONUS move with all its moving parts, but if you’re a nurse as well, you may be stressing about switching your license. Here’s some basic information to get you started if you are applying for license by [...]
Managing a long distance relationship while attending college can be very tricky, especially if your significant other is in the military. As someone who has done school together and a part, each scenario presents its own challenges. Currently I am a student at the University of Minnesota studying Communications and Family Social Science. I attended [...]
As military spouses we are constantly on the move with orders every few years. And given our unknown timelines, short-stints and resume gaps, many of us have sacrificed our careers all together. But with recent legislation and acceptance of remote work from the pandemic, there is a promising future for working military spouses. Are you [...]
As we come to the end of “PCS Season”, many spouses are currently changing gears from settling in to job hunting. If you are like me, you might need an occupational license to practice your chosen profession. This process can be expensive and even cost-prohibitive for some. Because I am involved in a few military [...]
In recent years podcasts have exploded. Podcast listeners have increased 10% year-over-year to more than 117 million. And in this year it's estimated more than 60% of US adults ages 18 to 34 will listen to podcasts monthly. Even as an avid podcaster myself, it didn't occur to me until recently to check out military [...]
While my spouse was reporting for Officer Candidate School (OCS), I was gearing up to enter graduate school. We spent the first 1.5 years following college with my spouse geobaching--first in South Carolina, then in New York--so that I could work on my PhD. When my spouse received orders to Hawaii, I left my program [...]
Adulting is hard to start out with, then add the complexities of military life and they become even more difficult. Thanks to Military OneSource ,taxes don't have to be as confusing or difficult. The first year my husband and I filed taxes together it was beyond confusing. In one year we had gotten married, I had [...]
I have discovered that maintaining a career when you are married to a submariner comes with some extraordinary challenges, but it is possible. But let’s start at the beginning. When my husband and I met back in 2015, I was in the process of applying to graduate schools. I decided I wanted to teach nursing [...]
