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Site Description:
This blog is written by those “living the military life”. It exists to share our stories, learn from each other, to laugh and to connect military spouses, girlfriends, family members, active duty, reservist, veterans and our fellow Navy mil-spouses through the bond we all share. We have also created an internet radio / podcast talk show. Our site and show mission is to motivate and encourage military spouses to do what they love. We want to be apart of building resilient military families. We ask you please join us by contacting us today, so that we can update you on our website and upcoming show. 
About the Bloggers:
Alecia:
Alecia has been married to her Sailor for seven years and is currently stationed in Hawaii. The mom of a young son, Alecia runs her own retail online business. read more
Cristin: NEW!
I grew up in a small town in Georgia. Shortly after graduating from college, I married my high school sweetheart. Two months later, my husband received his Army commission and our military adventures began! In addition to living in Georgia, the Army has sent us to Ft Sill, Oklahoma and Baumholder, Germany. I am currently living back in Georgia with our baby girl and dog, while my husband is on his second deployment.
I have previously worked as a Department of the Army civilian employee but now enjoy staying home with my daughter. I am passionate about sports and fitness and am grateful to have had the opportunity to become certified as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor. I am excited about this career path since it will allow me to help others and also have the flexibility to spend plenty of time with my family. We all know too well how precious that time is!
The military life is sometimes very hard but overall we enjoy it. I am so proud of my husband and his fellow service members. I feel blessed to be able to call myself a military wife!
Hillary (Hillycsp): NEW!
I was born and raised in South Georgia, lived there all 20 years until my life took a sudden and unexpected turn towards marriage. After just three months of dating my best friend from high school, I moved to California and married him. I am the first member of my family to be involved with the military. The short time I have been a Navy wife I have come to appreciate my independence and my faith more than ever. I spend my newly-found free time reading Marry Higgins Clark books and surfing the net, chatting with fellow military spouses. I am a budding, but not very astute, chef. I am really enjoying this new life I have been blessed with and look forward to facing and overcoming the challenges it will bring with it
Jessica:
Hello, I am Jessica. My husband and I have been married for 6 years now. We have known each other for 17 years and have been in love for 10 years. I was there with him all the way from the beginning of his Naval Career and wrote him everyday during Boot Camp. He is what the Navy would call, an Airdale and is currently working with the F-18 Super Hornet Jets. He just hit his10 year mark and has since then committed to being a “Lifer”. We have two Children a Boy-5 and a Girl-3. They are both really good-natured kids and I am so grateful for them. Before becoming a Navy Spouse I worked & lived in Downtown Chicago (and many other wonderful places). I dabbled in the financial world (financial advisory to be specific) and also dabbled in the Marketing world. Both of which I had the wonderful opportunity of being an Executive Assistant to some amazing and very influential people in my life. I tend to make a good Assistant. It is in my nature to help and assist others. That is why
I enjoy being a Navy wife and writing to encourage others. I wouldn’t trade this lifestyle with anyone. I enjoy my faith, writing, reading, photography, philanthropy, laughing, last minute Starbucks coffee runs, making people smile, dancing to great music, horseback riding, the occasional glass of wine, keeping a good spirit despite the circumstances, scrap-booking and being the occasional couch potato! Although difficult at times, I find the time I do spend apart from my husband as a chance to mold and shape who I am as an individual. The many challenges we face as a military spouse are faced alone. As sad as it may be to some on a brighter note it can also be something that is very empowering! I am so thankful for this opportunity in my life to be able to learn to spread my wings not only as an individual & mother but also as a Navy Spouse and for that I couldn’t be more Proud!
Jewls:
Julie Negron is the creator of JennySpouse.com. A cartoon comic strip about being a Military Spouse. You’ll love her humor. Julie is currently in Japan and occasionally writes here on the blog. You can read her latest comic at www.jennyspouse.com
Jennifer “JustaGirlinaPort”:
Jennifer is the wife of an active duty Coast Guardsman who has over 10 years of service. A former Marine, this mother of three just completed her Masters degree and is now working toward the development of a CG spouse organization. Her passions include writing, reading and theatrical dance. You can reach her at: military_author (at) yahoo (dot) com
Katee:
I am a young military spouse and have been associated with the Navy for about five years, three of which has been as a spouse. I’ve gone through several underways that lasted anywhere between a week to three months and a six month deployment. I’ve only been connected to one boat, a fast attack, but am getting ready to go to another within the next year. We are expecting our first child, a boy, this September so we are in for the adventure of a lifetime! I am currently working towards my college degree of speech pathology and hope to eventually earn a doctorates degree. I enjoy playing tennis, reading, writing and scrapbooking (even though I’m really not very good).
“leausmc”:
I’ve been married for five and a half years to a wonderful man who happens to be an amazing Marine. We live a little bit of a unique lifestyle compared to the rest of the corps. We’ve weathered some of the more typical types of long deployments but because he’s a flyer we deal with constant comings and goings and a schedule that is at the mercy of the Marine Corps. We are blessed with two very active, very rough and tumble little boys, Dash-1 who is three and Dash-2 who is 16 mths.
Marie:
I’m a 20 something Milspouse that believes life it what you make of it. I have been happily married to my husband Nick for 7 years now. Which is also how long “The Husband” has been in the Navy.
We have five amazing children that take up most of our time. . .ok, so we don’t have five….three of them are our dogs, but we never really told them they were dogs. . . so, they are a little confused! 
Our son is 9 and our daughter is 5. Where does the time go!?
I am originally from St. Louis, MO, but we are currently stationed on the East Coast. I enjoy sketching, writing, photography, painting, and anything having to do with the out doors and water. I’m a Tom Boy at heart and would rather play on the guys baseball team, than to attend a spouse group meeting. ; )
I am currently writing a weekly spouse column titled “Anything But Dependent” for the Periscope Newspsper. I co-host our radio show every Tuesday night at 9PM eastern with my girlfriend and fellow Navy Wife Wendy.
Make sure you take life one day at a time and laugh each and every day!
contact me at: marie(at)navywiferadio.com
“JustaSubWife”:
My name is Megan; Im a military dependent of 24 years. Both of my parents were in the Marines and my husband, who Ive been with for just over four years, is a Navy Submariner. I have 3 kids, a 4 year old boy (who bounces off walls), a 21 month old girl (who starts fights with the 4 year old, and has an attitude 3 times her size), and a 6 month old boy (who has no clue what he is in for). Hubby and I just recently started our shore duty tour coming from the fast attack community, and what a change Ill tell you a secret, I miss boat life.
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Tammy:
Tammy is a Surface Navy Wife who has been happily married to her sailor for 16 years. They have 4 children ages 19, 15, 13 & 12. She is an Army brat, Navy Wife & a Navy Mom now too! So she has many years of experience under her belt. She works in the DoD community, volunteers her time as an Ombudsman for their current command and is also a full time college student. In any free time she enjoys bowling, movies, the gym and family time.
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Wendy:
Wendy has a passion for writing, traveling and design. She has a background that includes working as DoD civilian for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. She decided to follow her dream of working for herself and opened her own media studio back in 2001. She does freelance work for Military Spouse Magazine and The Navy Times. Wendy’s husband is a Navy Submariner who recently returned from an IA to Afghanistan. She has two boys (11 and 19) and two beagles. You can reach Wendy at wendy(AT)navywiferadio.com.
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