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Being with Someone in the Military
Sometimes you love someone so much that no matter what happens in life you just keep putting up with things you shouldn’t because you don’t want to give up on them. You put up with the distance between you. You cry at night because you are unsure of what will happen in your relationship, you don’t know if the next fight will end your relationship because the distance is just too much. You love the person you are with so much that you don’t look at anyone else and you surely don’t talk to anyone else, even if your partner just keeps doing it over and over again and then denying it, even after promising you they will tell you the truth, after promising you that they have stopped talking to them. After promising you that they deleted all the dating apps off of their phone. They no longer text you as much as they did before, and they don’t call you like they used to. You’re more like a friend to them now, than you are their partner, yet you still stay loyal to them because you love them with all your heart, and you would do anything in the entire world to keep them in your life. You would move across the world just to be with them, you would end friendships for them, move far away from your family, pack your stuff in the matter of days, and move just to be with them because you love and care about them. You would do anything for them, you would die for them, you would lie for them, and you sure as hell would kill for
Hidden secretsPublished 3 years ago in ServeThe soldier's heart
My adopted father served in the 29th Brigade, 47th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, in World War II, and never spoke much about his six years in the army. Since his passing, I have done much research at the Australian War Memorial, to get a better understanding of his history and his service. There is a memorial plaque, at the AWM, for the 29th Brigade, and I wept when I saw it. My adopted father had actually told me quite a lot about his war; I didn't realise it until I saw that memorial plaque, and the Brigade motto:
Lee-Anne FordPublished 4 years ago in ServeOnce a Military Wife, Always a Military Wife
I spent many years married to the military thru my husband at the time .I have held many jobs in one form or the other ..some I was paid for,, other's were volunteering for the unit my husband served in.
Marlena HallettPublished 4 years ago in ServeDeployment VS Wife: Part 2
You Chose This Life Correct me if I am wrong, but all military wives hate when people say, "You chose this life. You knew this was going to happen." A person saying that does not automatically make everything difficult about deployment disappear. Some of us wish that it would, but unfortunately that is not how it works.
Kyri MartinezPublished 4 years ago in ServeSingle Parent Life
How many of you are single parents? How do you handle raising a child(ren) and working a full/part-time job by yourself? Some or most people don’t realize how hard it is being a single parent raising 1 or 2 kids by yourself and working a full/part-time job. I’ll tell you my experience as a single mom raising a kid while being on active duty in the Army.
Salamasina MatavaoPublished 4 years ago in Serve- Top Story - October 2020
Travels of a War Bride
INTRODUCTION There were approximately 48,000 British women who fell in love with and married service men from around the world during and after World War II. All of them have their own deeply personal stories. Some were both happy and some tragic. None of those 48,000 stories could have been more deeply personal than the story of my own parents which, fortunately in my case, turned out very happy.
Alan RussellPublished 4 years ago in Serve Deployment VS Wife: Part 1
Saying Goodbye Saying goodbye to him was the hardest thing that I have ever done. We were newlyweds. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. We were supposed to pick a house together or at least make a house on base our home together. I didn't want to leave him. We were only together two weeks after we got married. I wanted to stay all the way up to him getting on the bus to leave. However, he was trying to look out for my best interest even if I couldn't see it at the time.
Kyri MartinezPublished 4 years ago in ServeOnce loved to death
There comes a time in marriage sometimes, like in life, where you ask yourself how much more you can take. You ask yourself if all the things wrong are real, or just in your head. You ask yourself if ending things is really the best option or if you just have not tried hard enough and you need to hang on just a little longer for things to get better.
Wynette RichardsonPublished 4 years ago in ServeWhat it's like dating someone in the army
Hello Everyone, For those who don’t know dating someone that’s either going into the army or already in the army is a lot. I wouldn’t say its difficult but it’s not easy. I should know My boyfriend in the army and sometimes I personal wish there was a handbook on what to expect and what not to expect, But because I was with him when he first joined ( we did break up and got back together) I see the difference from the boy who joined the united states army to the man he is today. And lets just say it’s a huge difference and a lot to learn. Not to fear that’s why I’m here to give you a list of how to handle if you significant other is either joining the beautiful army or is already in the army and this is new for you.
Imani NorwoodPublished 4 years ago in Serve- Top Story - May 2020
Truth
The sounds of summer are coalescing around me. They have always felt the same to me. Hot and oppressive, full of shouting and sorrow, fear.
Faye WildePublished 4 years ago in Serve Argenta Gap War Cemetery
When people think of the Second World War, most have images of Germany, France or Britain. Most people wanting to visit historical sites will go to the D-Day beaches or concentration camps which is understandable.
Tracilyn GeorgePublished 4 years ago in ServeThe hero behind the heroes who serve our country
Heroes. They can be men like King Leonidas of Sparta at the Battle of Thermopylae. They can be women like Katherine Johnson who intricately calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. They can champion seismic change like Martin Luther King Jr. or their contribution can go unnoticed for over a century like Ada Lovelace, who is said to have written the instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s even though her work went undiscovered until the 1950s.
Frank RacioppiPublished 4 years ago in Serve