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**Mission: Milspouse Podcast**

Mission: Milspouse Podcast is carrying on the 18-year legacy of Army Wife Talk Radio. We have rebranded and expanded, now ready to empower ALL military spouses of ALL branches and ALL components. We are so grateful you are here, and hope you find our content empowering for your military life journey. Please subscribe, share, and leave us a review. If you have questions about our podcast or would like to be a guest, email us at podcast@missionmilspouse.org

Latest Episodes:

MMP Show #951: The Day After Jan 26, 2023

What happens the day after those tear jerking home coming videos? In this Minicast, Annie and Amie discuss their personal experiences with reintegrations from their spouses’ multiple deployments. Each person is different and each deployment is different. So it’s best to set each other’s expectations leading up to reintegration.

Don’t forget to have grace with each other – because nothing about this military life is easy. To hear more of Annie and Amie’s tips for a smoother reintegration, listen below.

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MMP Show #950: Every Memory Deserves Respect Jan 23, 2023

You or someone you care about has undoubtedly experienced some kind of significant trauma. Untreated trauma can lead to long lasting effects such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and difficulties maintaining intimate relationships. However, every memory from that trauma doesn’t have to continue to traumatize you.

The good news is that you can heal—and it doesn’t have to take a lifetime. That’s where EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) comes in. This is a unique type of psychotherapy proven to help people recover from trauma and improve the quality of their lives. Dr. Deborah Korn talks with us about trauma, EMDR therapy, and the process of recovery as discussed in her new book, Every Memory Deserves Respect.

Deborah Korn, PsyD, is an internationally renowned pioneer and expert in EMDR Therapy. She devoted the early years of her career as a clinical psychologist to working with traumatized veterans and their families. As an active and respected member of the EMDR International Association, she presents and consults internationally on Complex PTSD recovery with a specialization in the treatment of adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect.

Listeners, if you would like to learn more about Dr. Korn or her book Every Memory Deserves Respect, you can find our more by clicking here. You can also find her book at every major book retailer.

Moxie Minute with Amie

I recently read in a Brene Brown quote that “Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage. It takes a lot of courage to show up and be all in when we can’t control the outcome.” If that doesn’t sound like our lives as military spouses then I don’t know what does. *

We often must face situations that are out of our control. And while we are married to people who rush into gunfire, jump out of airplanes, and other terrifying things, those of us maintaining the home front might fear that worrying, or even talking about those struggles can be seen as weakness, but it isn’t. We all understand the unique demands of life and the importance of having a strong support system.

And who better understands this life than our fellow Milspouse? So let’s muster up our moxie by having the courage to share as well as listen, and support each other along the way.

News 6 with Emma

Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of January 23, 2023, straight from M:M News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

Army Corps of Engineers is Feeling Feline in 2023

The Army Corps of Engineers located in Portland Oregon are getting hairy with their 2023 calendar! Each month’s shows a Godzilla size cat hanging out on pieces of the Corps infrastructure projects. Funny and catchy captions also adorn the dam’s bridges and buildings under the siege of these King Kong hairballs.

Public Affairs specialist has said that this’ pet project’ of his had been a dream for three years and has finally come to life in a big way. You can find and nab your own calendar at USACE.com and can learn more at militarytimes.com

JROTC Cadet Honored for Heroism

A JROTC cadet from the Military Academy of Philadelphia was honored for heroic actions during a shooting in August. Cadet 2nd Lt. Kaheem Bailey-Taylor was leaving his cousins birthday party in Philadelphia when he heard shots ring out. Instead of running away from danger he turned back. He ran back into the house and found four people shot, three were relatives and another was a fellow cadet and classmate.

His quick actions saved his classmate’s life. He is back in school and on track to graduate this spring. Bailey-Taylor was awarded the medal of heroism, which is the highest honor a cadet can receive. Learn more at army.mil

New Air Force Helicopter Makes its Debut with a Save

The brand new HH-60W Jolly Green II saved two foreign soldiers off the Horn of Africa in December. The helicopter, which had only been deemed combat ready for two months, safely removed the two injured soldiers from harm’s way without incident and with great precision.

The Jolly Green II is named after a combat helicopter used in Vietnam. We know its predecessor would be proud! Find out more at militarytimes.com

You can check out more of this week’s top stories here.

Resource Recon with Lindsey and Sarah

This week’s Resource Recon is all about Embrace Your Base!

Embrace Your Base which is beautifully featured on our new Mission Milspouse website! One of the most challenging aspects of the military spouse life is preparing for an upcoming PCS, or if you get the chance, potentially picking a new duty station. There is a lot of information out there, and it can be almost overwhelming. We here at Mission: Milspouse want to take the some of the guesswork out of the need-to-knows about duty stations around the globe. Hence, our Embrace Your Base series.

Empowerment Patrol Report with Amanda

Today we are showcasing our Everyday Empowerment recipient, Giselle Curnutt. Nominated by our very own Jolene McNutt, who shares with us a little about Giselle and how she empowers others:

Jolene states, “Gisselle is a delight. In her day-to-day job she empowers her Fort Bragg area students who attend Grand Canyon University. She supports them as they pursue their academic goals. She is also a community builder. She seems to know everyone and is always willing to help! She also volunteers with ACP which offers a mentoring program for service members and their spouses. Gisselle is a milspouse I admire.”

On behalf of Mission: Milspouse, thank you so much to Giselle Curnutt for doing your part to empower families around the world.

Thank You

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode. Please leave a five-star rating and review on Apple podcasts, then send us a screenshot of your review to hello@missionmilspouse.org or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @missionmilspouse to receive a special in-real-life gift as a thank you on behalf of MM. We appreciate your engagement and support.

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MMP Show #949: Is it Gonna Be One Day or Day One? Jan 19, 2023

Is it gonna be one day or day one? In this week’s Minicast, Kathleen motivates us to go from being a one day person to a day one person. We have all had the thoughts, one day we will get that duty station, one day we will not share a wall, one day it will be my turn for a career, or one day we will get our forever home. But let’s get back control of the things that we can.

Write down one thing you always say you are going to do and start working on that one thing today. To hear more of Kathleen’s motivation for taking back control, listen below.

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MMP Show #948: Welcome to Mission: Milspouse! Jan 16, 2023

Continuing our 18 year legacy of Army Wife Talk Radio, welcome to our very first Mission: Milspouse podcast! We’re now serving all military spouses, of all branches and all components, and we couldn’t be more excited! We’re here to globally empower military spouses with resources and support so they can conquer adversity, foster confidence, and thrive in this military life.

A lot can happen in two years. Families grow. Duty station assignments end and we begin packing for that next PCS (Didn’t we just get pictures hung on the walls?) We anticipate, weather, and recover from deployments.

For the last 12 years online, we’ve been known as Army Wife Network. Our podcast, Army Wife Talk Radio, just completed its 17th season. And now, after two years (yes, two years!) of work, planning, dreaming, hoping, pivoting, learning, and growing, WE DID IT. (Are you crying? I might be crying. But don’t worry. They are happy tears.)

We have officially rebranded and expanded. Army Wife Network is now Mission: Milspouse, serving ALL military spouses, of ALL branches, and ALL components. Sharita joins us this week to talk us through some of the wonderful changes!

Sharita has been married to her beloved infantryman husband Brandon for over 12 years. Sharita is a Tiny Human mama of two kiddos, a 9-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. She is also a smallish dog owner, aspiring runner, writer, speaker, and spiritual leadership coach.

Sharita has been volunteering with AWN since February 2014, when she published her very first blog post. Since then, she has served on the Command Team as Blog Editor, Deputy Commander, and in October 2019, she transitioned into the role as AWN Owner and Commander. Now, with our new 501(c)3 status as a non-profit, she is overjoyed to serve milspouses and their families as Mission: Milspouse Executive Director.

Listeners, if you would like to learn more about Mission: Milspouse, you can find our more about us here, or connect with us on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Resource Recon with Chrissy and Jolene

This week’s Resource Recon is all about our the SITREP!

In case you’re not familiar with typical military terms, SITREP stands for Situation Report and it’s our bi-weekly newsletter. Each issue highlights upcoming podcasts, new blogs from our website, helpful resources, and more. The SITREP is fun and a snapshot of our most recent resources – you can see who is on the podcast, what we’ve been blogging about, and there’s always something special that you can’t get anywhere else.

Empowerment Patrol Report with Amanda

Do you know a milspouse, service member, family member, community member, or non-profit organization who goes above and beyond to empower the military lives of others? Nominate a stand out champion for Mission: Milspouse’s Everyday Empowerment Award. This could be a relative, spouse, non-profit, or a battle buddy you met along the way.

Everyday Empowerment winners will receive a digital certificate, a token of our appreciation IRL (that’s in real life), on air recognition via our podcast, and be included in a social media reel each month with their fellow winners. Non-profits that are selected will receive $100 donation from Mission: Milspouse to support their continued work within the military community. We would love to give praise and recognition to spouses and organizations who are helping you throughout your military life journey.

Moxie Minute with Amie

Empowerment Minute is now known as Moxie Minute. Moxie is defined as energy, pep, courage, determination, and know-how. Moxie sums up what Mission: Milspouse hopes to help every military spouse achieve: energy and pep to approach each day with a can do attitude, courage and determination when faced with any situation that military life throws their way, guidance and resources so that milspouses have the know how to navigate that ever changing military lifestyle. Our desire is to empower military spouses so that we might each have moxie.

Basically each week, we will explore a different term for Moxie and how it applies to us.

News 6 with Emma

Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of January 16, 2023, straight from M:M News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

More Downtime for New Military Parents

Non-Primary Caregiver leave for military service members has now doubled, going from 6 weeks to 12. This memorandum includes birthing and non birthing parents, which means that all service members who become parents through adoption or surrogacy are included in this increase of leave. And they can divide it in 7 day increments throughout the year, as long as they use it before your kiddo turns one.

Learn more at nytimes.com

Scholarships on Aisle 12!

The Defense Commissary Agency, or DECA, has now opened its scholarship application for the 2023-2024 season. 500 scholarships will be awarded with at least one from each Commissary. The scholarship sings to the tune of 2,000 dollars each…and if you’ve seen egg prices lately, 2,000 dollars is a happy reprieve for youngsters looking towards college.

Find out more at fisherhouse.org

Military Spouses are On the Go! And So Are Their Careers

Individual states must now recognize out of state job licenses of military spouses if they moved due to military orders. This provision was part of a bigger act called The Veterans Auto and Education Improvement which was signed into law by president Biden on January 5th.

“In the midst of one of the most challenging times for our military in terms of recruitment and retention, what this bill does is allow military spouses to cross-deck their professional licenses — if they’re a realtor, a nurse, a teacher, a beautician, a cosmetologist, whatever their profession is — across state lines,” Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif. who sponsored the provision.

Learn more at military.com

You can check out more of this week’s top stories here.

Thank You

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AWTR 947: The Power of Mindfulness in Everything You Do Dec 15, 2022

Today on Army Wife Talk Radio, our Director of Podcast Production, Jade, shares her experience with mindfulness. Jade has found mindfulness to be the act of teaching yourself the skill of paying attention to the present by noticing when your mind wanders off.

Jade started her mindfulness journey in a class at Rutger’s. The professor required her students to practice mindfulness for 10 minutes at the end of class. Even though she and many of the students were skeptical, it was the beginning of the mindfulness journey for Jade. Now, nine years later, Jade’s twice-a-day meditation practice has transformed her life. She shares how it is still sometimes hard for her, but she is continuing to practice her mindfulness to navigate the stresses of milspouse life.

Jade shares some examples to develop mindfulness like taking deep breaths, journaling, going for walks, reading affirmations, positive self-talk, and recording daily gratitudes. You can mix and match and use any combination of these mindfulness practices.

One of Jade’s favorite activities is to end or begin her day by writing five to ten things she is grateful for. She especially likes this practice during a PCS when life can feel isolating and difficult.

Mindfulness comes in all shapes and sizes. Remember, it’s a practice, no perfection is needed. So, take a deep breath, you’ve got this, milspouse!

Thanks for all your mindfulness tips, Jade.

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AWTR Show #946: Holiday Special: Where Military Service & Country Music Intersect Dec 12, 2022

Welcome to our Holiday Special on Army Wife Talk Radio! We’ve made our list and checked it twice, and today’s podcast guest is an absolute gift! Sharita Knobloch, your Army Wife Network Executive Director, meets with one of Rolling Stone’s 10 Artists You Need to Know and CMT’s Next Women of Country – the soulful – Jo Smith.

Today, they discuss Jo’s highs and lows of being a mother, a country singer, and a Navy Reservist. Jo Smith’s journey through life has been an unconventional one, but one encompassing the theme of living life to the fullest. From spending a year living on a shipping container in Somalia to learning how to balance the struggles of being a new mom, Jo Smith has seen it all. She has remarkably gone from record deals to independently releasing the title track of her first full-length album “Wyoming” featuring the one and only Vince Gill. Check out today’s episode to hear more about her story and some bonus Christmas chat for our holiday special.

Check out Jo Smith: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

And get her debut album Wyoming – Out Now!

Thank you to Jo Smith for a wonderful Christmas episode.

News 6

This Week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of November 28th, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

“Be all You Can Be’s Back….All Right!

90s Fans rejoice! Army recruiting is going back to the tried and true motto….Be All You Can Be.

While all the 90s babies love a good throwback to the best decade ever, the army is emphatic that this is not the reason the motto is here again….. baby one more time.

“We’re not returning to ‘Be All You Can Be’ for nostalgia or old times’ sake or because we think retro is trendy and cool,” Maj. Gen. Alex Fink, chief of Army enterprise marketing, told Stars and Stripes. “We’re really reinventing it to reposition the Army and to inspire the next generation of soldiers.”

Find out more at Stripes.com

U.S. Airmen Honored for Rescue in Japan

In Kadena, Japan, a local fisherman lost his footing and fell into the sea on September 24th. He spent 30 minutes drifting out to sea when he was rescued by LTC Matthew Schlittler and Senior Airman Shane Pentkowski from Kadena air base. The two men were there for training when they spotted the fisherman out in the water.

He was wearing a life vest and was very cold but unharmed by the ordeal.

They handed the man over to local Japanese first responders who in turn honored the two men in a ceremony on December 1st at the Kadena firehouse.

Thank You

Thank you to Jo Smith and the whole AWN Team! Have a Happy Holidays everyone!

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AWTR Show # 945: A Surprising Way to Make AND Keep Milspouse Friends Dec 08, 2022

On today’s episode, Lindsey makes her debut podcast appearance to talk about milspouse friendships. For many of us making milspouse friends is a new and unique experience. In the civilian world, most people make friends based on shared interests. One of the most beautiful aspects of milspouse life is making friends with people who have different interests than you. Lindsey offers some tips to unlock the secret to making and keeping milspouse friends.

The secret: It starts and ends with you. Lindsey walks us through three tips to make and keep friends in the milspouse world.

1. Be you. Know your self-worth. Be at peace with yourself. Know you have something to offer.
2. Be at peace with your closest relationships. Work on your relationships with the family and friends you have in your lives now. When everything else may be chaotic in our lives, you need your closest interpersonal relationships to be stable and balanced.
3. Be graceful. Be intentional about not being easily offended. We all have bad days or awkward moments but try to lean into your ability to have grace for others.

People are drawn to you when you have a peace about you. When you shine your best light and genuinely want to see those in your lives succeed and support them.

Lindsey challenges you to go out and be a healthier you to make new relationships or mend old relationships. You can make and keep milspouse friends! Thanks for another great episode, Lindsey!

Sponsor

Thank you again to today’s sponsor, First Command Financial Services. With four out of five of financial coaches coming from the ranks of military spouses or veterans, they’re uniquely qualified to help you pursue financial security. Visit www.firstcommand.com to learn more and find a financial coach near you.

Thank You

Thank you for tuning into this empowering episode!

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AWTR Show #944: A New Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD: dTMS Dec 05, 2022

Today on Army Wife Talk Radio we learn about dTMS – a cutting-edge treatment with the potential to transform the lives of soldiers and families. Sharita interviews Dr. Brian Earthman to learn more about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) – a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

Dr. Earthman, is a 12-year Army Reservist, a psychiatrist, and a board-certified addiction medicine specialist. His company, Katie’s Way, is the first company dedicated to focusing TMS treatment efforts solely on the military community. Katie’s Way initiated its program at Fort Riley using the FDA-approved TMS method to treat soldiers. Because of its amazing success, they have also expanded to Fort Bliss and are hoping to offer this treatment to military communities throughout the country.

On today’s episode, Sharita and Dr. Earthman share details about this Tricare-approved, game-changing treatment. Dr. Earthman walks us through the studies that have an encouraging success rate for treating depression, anxiety, and PTSD. He shares what a treatment session for dTMS looks like from the patient perspective. Then he and Sharita talk about Katie’s Way and the future of offering dTMS to military members everywhere.

Thank you to Dr. Earthman for sharing this empowering information with us.

Mentioned in the episode: Katie’s Way Website, Brain’s Way TMS Website

News 6

This Week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of November 28th, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

Marines Parade for a Cause in Hollywood

Hollywoo 90th annual Christmas Parade took place yesterday, December 4th, with 5,000 participants marching, including The Marine Corps Band. Actor Danny Trejo served as grand Marshall of the happy affair.

The parade started in 1928 and is used to bring attention to the marines toys for tots program and has become a much loved Hollywood tradition, only skipping years 1942-1944 due to WW2 and 2020 due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

To find out more about the program or to donate visit toysfortots.org

Female Navy Uniforms Get a Long Over Due Redo

This is no longer your grandma’s navy uniform! The Navy Exchange Service Command’s Navy Clothing & Textile Research Facility or (NCTRF) for short, gathered 100 female active duty Navy servicemembers to remeasure the decades-old standard uniform at Naval Air Station North Island, California.

“Over the past four years, we have been working with anthropometric data on current female body types/sizes and clothing industry experts to update the patterns to reflect an accuracy in the development of a new Navy fit type and sizing for women Sailors,” said Dr. Brianna Plummer, Supervisory Textile Technologist, Design & Testing Group told Navy.mil. “The ultimate goal of this effort is to update all uniform patterns to create better fit that require fewer alterations and resulting in the commonality of sizing across all uniform items.”

While it’s sometimes not a good idea to mess with the classics, in this case it is a welcome change for our navy servicewomen. Learn more at navy.mil

Devotion Delivers

New Movie Highlighting “The Forgotten War” and some forgotten heroes soars into theaters.

A heartbreaking but uplifting true story of friendship between the first black naval aviator, Jesse Brown, and navy academy graduate Thomas Hudner. The story is set in the first year of the Korean War and is based off of a book written about their friendship by Adam Makos.

This author hopes that his book being told on the silver screen will finally give the Korean War, often called the forgotten war, the attention it deserves.

Go watch it for yourself this holiday season and read more about it at militarytimes.com.

You can check out more of this week’s top stories here

Empowerment Patrol Report with Amanda B.

Today we are showcasing our Platoon Member of the Month, who is someone that is recognized for being a positive influence and supporting us on our social media accounts. This month’s winner is Jenny Manago

Jenny recently celebrated 25 years of marriage to her former Infantry, now MI soldier. As empty nesters, they are now able to enjoy traveling in their RV when the military allows. Living in Arizona, and working out of Ft. Huachuca, there is plenty of opportunity for site seeing and deciding how they want to spend their retirement years. She started her career when she met her husband while at Ft. Benning. They PCS’d to Ft. Sheridan, she changed careers to raising a family then later picked up her career as a Project Manager in the Fitness Industry. They then PCS’d to Ft. Devens then Ft. Belvoir then Ft. Devens again where she changed careers again as a full-time IT Project Manager and earned her PMP Certification.

After a recent PCS to Ft. Huachuca, she has become a Certified FASTERway to Fat Loss coach which is where her true passion lies. Many women are at a crossroads in life. We have followed our spouses across the country and globe and have often put our health and fitness on the back burner. We have encouraged them throughout their career and deployments while we take care of the house and kids but often not ourselves.” She is inspired to help coach other mil-spouses, like her, get on an earned path of improved energy and health with whole food nutrition, intermittent fasting and strategic workouts that can be done at home (or the gym).

She is excited to build a community of mil-spouses who can connect via the FASTERway to support each other while we build our resilience and readiness for ourselves and our families. She can be found on Instagram at or Facebook at Jenny Manago.

So very happy to recognize you, Jenny, and we truly appreciate your support on our network. Also, we thank you again for doing your part to empower military families across the globe.

Thank You

Thank you for tuning into this week’s empowering episode and thank you to Dr. Brian Earthman for sharing this game-changing treatment with our community!

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AWTR Show #943: Women’s Health Update Nov 28, 2022

Today on Army Wife Talk Radio it’s a Military Women’s Health Update. We have the rare opportunity to get a glimpse into the inner workings of the Department of Health Affairs with the current Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Ms. Seileen Mullen.

Her auspicious 30-year career has been in or around military health – serving both in the public and private sectors. Notably, Ms. Mullen served on the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002. More recently, she has served as a member of the Virginia Medical Reserve Corps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Mullen is also a recipient of the Department of Defense Outstanding Public Service Award.

On today’s episode, Ms. Mullen shares the latest about military women’s health and contraception (for both military members and milspouses), mental health services, and how to prepare for the winter flu, RSV, and COVID season. Check out tricare.mil and health.mil for the latest information about viruses and vaccines.

It’s clear Ms. Mullen has got our six. Her passion for advocating for women’s health and autonomy is truly empowering! A big thanks to Ms. Seileen Mullen.

Mentioned in the episode: Tricare Reproductive Health, Readiness Education App, Decide + Be Ready App, Military Women’s Health

News 6

This Week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of November 28th, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Emma Tighe:

Move Over Amazon! Drones Could Soon Deliver More Than Just Packages

A new army undertaking called Project Crimson is being tested in the deserts of Fort Irwin, California as Medical supply drones are busy practicing blood deliveries to wounded warriors and their combat medics.

“Project Crimson is a project to take a common unmanned air system and adapt it to support a medical mission,” said Nathan Fisher, Medical Robotics and Autonomous Systems division chief at the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center.

Learn more at army.mil

Midshipman Football Uniform for Army-Navy is Out of This World

The Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, recently released their design for this year’s football uniform ahead of the much anticipated annual Army-Navy showdown against West Point.

And let’s just say they blew out of the water.

Maybe even this atmosphere.

The academy chose Nasa themed uniforms to wear as they attempt to defend their coveted army navy trophy.

The Navy has provided more astronauts than any other branch of the military, boasting 54 in all.

Learn more at cbs.com

Nurse Who Delivered Baby on C17 Receives Prestigious Award

Captain Leslie Green and other crewmen of the C17 transport jet will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross. They are being awarded not only for successfully carrying 456 Afghan refugees out of the country successfully, but also for successfully landing with 457.

You can check out more of this week’s top stories here

Empowerment Patrol Report with Amanda B.

Today we are showcasing one of our volunteers who is an MRE winner, which by the way, that stands for Motivated and Ready to Empower. A huge congratulations to Army Wife Network Command Team Member, our Director of Administration, Sarah Robichaud.

Sarah is a Maryland native who married her husband, Andrew, in 2012. Since then, she has had the opportunity to live in Georgia (twice), Germany, Texas, Virginia, and now Michigan. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Salisbury University and a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from Liberty University.

The majority of Sarah’s time is spent rocking the stay-at-home-mom life with her two amazing children, Emily (7) and Logan (5). She also has two small dogs and an out-of-control vegetable garden. During her free time, you can probably find Sarah out for a jog or playing at the beach.

We are so thankful to have Sarah as a member of our command team. Thank you for all you do, Sarah!

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AWTR Show #942: Finding Your Footing in a Joint Service Nov 17, 2022

As milspouses, we often learn that each assignment brings new circumstances and helps us expand our knowledge of the military. Joint Service Installations (bases of the armed forces of the United States utilized by multiple military services) can sometimes seem overwhelming as a new assignment. In today’s Milspouse Empowerment Moment, KateLynn helps us find our footing in a joint service world.

She offers insight into navigating:

Uniform differences
Terminology
Finding information
Helpful trainings to attend (Newcomer’s Brief)
Opportunities to get involved

KateLynn reminds us, at the end of the day, every base is what you make it. Being in a joint base can give you so many opportunities to grow, you just have to dive into the chaos and something truly beautiful can come out of it

Whether or not you are on a Joint Service Installation now or may be PCSing to one in the future, tune in for our empowering and informative message.

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