Posted on October 9, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
One of the things you need to do when you arrive at your recruiting duty assignment is to make sure that your medical coverage carries over. If you are moving within the current tricare region you belong to you just need to make sure to update everything and see if you will be Tricare Prime [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
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 – [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
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 [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
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 [...]
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Posted on August 29, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
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 [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
Well, it’s been one of those weeks. It’s been slow as far as writing – but busy here in the house. I have cleaned sooo much and organized everything I could possibly organize.
Now, I get to prepare us for a hurricane too.
The movers are scheduled to come and pack us up on Wednesday and then [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
I found this online. It is a fuel cost calculator – because as we all know, even though the price of gas is going down a little – no one knows how long it’ll last. Whether you are doing a DITY, partial DITY, or just driving to your destination, it’s good to know an estimate [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
We have done the necessary paperwork to do a partial DITY move and found out this one very interesting piece of information that I thought would be helpful for anyone planning on a DITY or partial DITY move. I don’t know if it’s a recent change to the policy, or how it’s always done, or [...]
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Posted on August 23, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
One of the problems of being a military spouse – period – is being unemployed every time you move. Whether you went to college or not, have a trade or not, we all end up in the same boat. You have to quit your job because you are moving your husband, kids, and your whole [...]
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Posted on August 22, 2008 by thearmyrecruiterswife
Today my husband and I went to his company “family day” picnic. When we got to the picnic – I sat on a picnic table bench and just looked around and asked myself “Why did I come here?”. I scanned the different families and groups of couples sitting in the main area and realized I didn’t [...]
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