Your Healthy Eating Guide During a PCS or Deployment

Your Healthy Eating Guide During a PCS or Deployment

Healthy eating should be a lifestyle, but with "boat life" it can be easier to reach for cereal or frozen nuggets for dinner then thinking about meal prep. We recently have PC'S'd, lived with family members and currently reside in a hotel while we wait for house. All my hopes for total clean eating have [...]

I Just PCS’d For the First Time in Years – Here’s 6 Lessons I Learned

I Just PCS’d For the First Time in Years – Here’s 6 Lessons I Learned

Do an inventory of your pantry... months in advance I was so focused on purging clothes and other household items, I completely overlooked our pantry. If I could go back in time, I would have done an inventory three, maybe even six months in advance. Also limit your Costco, Sam's Club or BJ runs. Do [...]

FSA: What Is It and When Are You Entitled To It?

FSA: What Is It and When Are You Entitled To It?

Did you know the Navy offers FSA, or better known as family separation allowance?  Your family is entitled to this benefit of $250 per month whenever the Navy separates you for more than 30 days. This can be if your spouse is sent on a TAD (temporary duty), long underway or deployment. There are three [...]