Darla Vieyra has experienced over 20 years of deployments with her submariner. But it was her husband's first deployment after having children that sparked her inspiration. Darla realized there was a lack of positive, encouraging deployment-based items for military families. So she launched Homefront Heroes, LLC! Her small business sells an original Deployment Journal and [...]
In this week's edition of Sub Spouse Small Business, meet Tara Pate! Like so many others, the pandemic posed a unique opportunity for her channel her passion for marketing and leave the corporate world behind. She saw a gap in the market and recently launched Daysie, a unique coffee syrup product. While her husband left [...]
In honor of President's Day, this week's edition of "Sub Spouse Small Business" features Katie Scarlett Faile, stationed in Guam. You may recognize some of Katie's illustrations from various submarine swag, artwork and online graphics. Read more below how Katie got started as an illustrator and her latest project with a presidential tie-in, illustrating a [...]
Story submitted by Amanda D. Once we received orders to Guam, I quickly became anxious and unenthused about our upcoming duty station. Mostly due to the negative things I was hearing from other spouses. When I would mention we were moving to Guam I would hear “oh no, I’m so sorry”, or “there’s no way [...]
Story submitted by Kristin February marks National "Time to Talk Day." This day brings our attention to mental health and the importance of reaching out to others, helping people open up and be honest about their mental health, without the fear and stigma often attached to the topic. It can be daunting to express [...]
Refreshing your email every three minutes? The mind tends to wander when there has been a lack of communication from your sailor at sea. I have experienced this many times. Each person has a different response - you may have begun to feel anxious, sad, mad, etc. Here are a few ways to combat these [...]
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 [...]
Military spouses are so resilient. From enduring deployments and PCS'ing to making new friends, we can survive and thrive through it all. But what do you do when you are stationed somewhere you just don’t love? How do you get out of your funk and make the most of it? When I was newly married, [...]
As we close out this year, we want to thank the 30,000 of you who have visited our site! In 12 months we published around 150 blog posts, ranging from deployment resources and PCS tips to duty station round-ups and crowd-sourcing ideas. We hope you found some value in our content as we continue to [...]
