NOVEMBER PODCAST SCHEDULE

Here is the podcast schedule for November:
Thursday, November 12th at 1800 PST/2000CST/2100EST

This is a BIG show! This show is in honor of Military Family Month! We will be talking about all sorts of things Military Family related and programs and organizations that are out there and support the families. November is a busy month, not [...]

your worst pcs story contest

Here it is – in honor of my two babies with the stomach bug and everything else that has gone wrong this pcs – a contest. Let’s see who has the worst PCS story out there. I will pick the top 5 and one by one post them on my blog, and then we’ll let [...]

it’s 5pm and we haven’t left yet

Well – it’s about 5pm and we still haven’t left to start driving to California. The girls have gotten some type of stomach bug, and after being thrown up on I am reconsidering starting the trip tonight. So – I have two sick babies and we have to start the trek to California. Oh – [...]

driving cross country

Well – we’re leaving today (hopefully in a couple of hours) to start our cross country drive from Florida (where we went for our 2wks of leave) all the way to sunny California! Wooo Hooo! It’s going to be so much fun! Anyways, I will have sporadic internet access – so long as my laptop [...]

pcs entitlements

This is the mother-of-all sites to get information on PCSing entitlements: http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/
Individual PCS situations may vary from soldier to soldier, but here is a brief description of some of the basic entitlements that you are entitled to. As with anything, if you are not sure or have more questions, contact your finance office for more [...]

recruiting referral bonus programs

Here is some great information for those who are not recruiting yet to utilize as well as those who are recruiting to pass on to their future soldiers. The Army has two referral bonus programs in order to help recruiters meet their monthly goals in recruiting. Unfortunately, if you are already a recruiter, you are [...]

counter-recruiting

I will be adding a page to my site giving more details to this subject and adding more info on it as I research it and learn more.
I am approaching this subject with much caution. It’s touchy, but at the same time it’s something I think as a recruiter and recruiter’s spouse, you should be aware [...]

this and that about pcsing

Well, we moved out of our house and are en route to our recruiting duty assignment. Goodness – so much has happened in the past two weeks and there is so much to plan for a look forward to (whether I want to or not). Currently, we’re in Florida for two weeks or leave before [...]

back online

I’m back online – for a little while anyways. The past week has literally been a whirlwind. You could literally take everything that happened the past week and have tons of writing material – even do a few Lifetime movies for the Lifetime Movie Network. Here’s a BRIEF recap of the weeks events:
Monday: Got ready [...]

hurricane preparedness

In all seriousness folks – a hurricane is not something to take lightly – especially if you live in a coastal area affected by them. Preparing for one AND being at the point of PCSing where you belongings may have left, or are about to leave your possession can cause a lot of stress and [...]