The Unofficial Scoop on Military Life
Whether you're dating, engaged, or married to an active military servicemember or reservist-or you've just signed up yourself-you may feel as if you've somehow married the United States military! While there are plenty of orientation books for him, there are almost no handy, user-friendly resources for you. Meredith Leyva, a military wife and founder of CinCHouse.com, the Internet's largest community for military wives, girlfriends, and women in uniform, details everything you need to know to manage day-to-day issues and get on with the adventure of military life. From relocation to deployment, protocol to finances, and career to kids, Leyva offers time-tested advice about:
-Keeping your love life together during deployments
-Relocating yourself and your family around the world
-Maintaining your own career when you're expected to move every three years
-Understanding what pay and benefits you're entitled to-and how to maximize them
-Translating those odd acronyms and jargon
Written by a seasoned military wife, this smart and savvy guide will help you take control at every point of your servicemember's career-from filing marriage papers as newlyweds to choosing prenatal and child care when you start a family to figuring out his pension when he's ready to retire.
- ISBN10 1439150265
- ISBN13 9781439150269
- Publish Date 14 July 2009 (first published 30 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Fireside Books
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 208
- Language English