If you’ve moved for/with the military, then you already know that sometimes the house you rent or buy at your new duty station isn’t always the house of your dreams—the one with the basement where you can set up your workout equipment or the spare bedroom for the craft room you fantasize about having in […]
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5 Social Media Hacks For Crushing Your Next PCS Move
Available technology makes it easier than ever for military families to learn about their duty station. But searching on Google alone won’t cut it. That’s where social media swoops in to save the day and can make you an expert on your new neighborhood before you even get there! Hack №1 — PinterestI’m sure I don’t need […]
Makeshift Holiday Celebrating When You Are Still Unpacking
Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa—almost everyone has a holiday to celebrate in the next couple of months. It’s a time of planning, shopping, and entertaining. A time of traditions and expectations. We want to do things the way they’ve always been done. Go to the same places. Eat the same treasured family favorites. But when […]
How to Use the MILLIE Relola Map to Learn About Your PCS
You’ve moved more times than you care to count. But you don’t stress out. You don’t stand there without a clue about how to get things done. You do what military families do exceptionally well: You put together resources to support your family, and you figure out how to connect with the people and places […]
5 Ways to Uncover the Secrets of Your Next Duty Station
PCS’ing to a new duty station can be scary, intimidating, and overwhelming all at the same time. And you have no choice but to buck up and move there. Even if you don’t have a network to rely on for insider information, that doesn’t mean you can’t get a firm grip on what the area […]
Navigating a Damage Claim
You prepared, researched like a BOSS, and have the perfect house lined up at your next duty station. Way to work it! Moving day arrives, and you entrust thousands of pounds of your life to a crew of packers and movers and hope/PRAY for the best! Now, listen friends — sometimes this goes smoothly and without any […]
5 Mistakes Military Homebuyers Make
Too often, military families feel like homeownership is out of reach. Maybe they’ve heard of friends being upside-down on a house in a bad market, desperate to sell. Or perhaps they struggle to find and keep renters in their home once they move away. Because of horror stories like this, many military families choose to […]