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SPOUSE & FAMILY
RESOURCES
January 2011 featured link:
VFW National Home for Children; if you're not already
familiar with this organization, you might be amazed to
discover the resources available to military families in
need!
Due to the number of military families living
overseas, a separate set of
European Links has been added to this site. As you continue to
share information about Europe and other overseas installations with
the
webmaster, additional
pages/links will be added.
Since this is an "all spouses, all branches" website,
let's start with the generic resources available to all
military spouses. After those, you will find resources dedicated to
your specific branch, or locale. The list of online chat rooms, web
rings, discussion boards and forums dedicated to the support of U.S.
military families is a long and impressive list that warrants its
own dedicated page ~ please click on "networking". Please visit
often to see what's new.
Links for
all branches
100 Essential Resources for Military Spouses
(Excellent and often unusual resources for military families)
Army Wounded Warrior Program - official U.S. Army program that
assists and advocates for severely wounded, ill, and injured
Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families, wherever they are located,
for as long as it takes.
Care.com/military
-Founded
in 2006, Care.com is the largest and fastest growing service used by
families to find high-quality caregivers, providing a trusted place
to easily connect. The company addresses the lifecycle of care needs
that families go through—child care, special needs care, tutoring &
lessons, senior care, pet care, housekeeping and more. In April
2011—in celebration of Month of the Military Child—Care.com proudly
launched a site dedicated to the needs of military families.
Care.com for Military Families offers discounted access for all who
serve, Military family care stories, dedicated content, community
tools and more.
Checklist for New
Military Spouses (Brought to you by Military One Source)
CinCHouse.com
(Operation homefront's community of military wives and women in
uniform)
Gifts From Within - A non-profit organization
dedicated to those who
suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD,
and those who care for traumatized individuals
Give An Hour (A
network of civilian mental health professionals volunteer to provide
one hour of free counseling per week, outside the military system)
Date Hookup; Freedom isn't free (relates to dating soldiers at
war)
Department of Defense (news, press releases, reports, and
valuable links)
Esposas Militares Hispanas USA
Supports Hispanic Military wives of all branches Healing Our Wounded Heroes
This non-profit organization reaches out to
active and retired, combat wounded, military personnel with emphasis
on the EOD community (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and amputees,
injured firefighters, police officers and their families across the
nation
Gold Star Wives of America (A
military survivors website)
JobApplicationsOnline.com
Apply to armed forces jobs online; provides online applications for
military jobs for each branch of military
Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (The DOD Dictionary and the
Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations)
Military.com: Pretty much EVERYTHING you ever need to know about
military life and benefits
Military Compensation (Military pay and benefits)
Military Connection ~ Job Source
Military Family Network
(Making the world a home for military families)
Military Forms provided by
Military.com (including SpaceA and many other forms)
Military Front For Families
(Their
goal is to help military families help
themselves-offers artilces and links to other valuable sites)
Military Homefront(Support for troops and their families)
Military K-12 Partners (Family resources for children's
education)
Military Kids Website (Self explanatory - fun for the kids)
Military Loans
(Self explanatory)
Military Money
(exploring
such personal finance issues as money management, home/family life
for military families, etc.)
MilitaryPortico (a
great resource for anyone PCSing!! "Resources for anyone locating
from one military installation to another, as well as those living
near an installation") -
Military Officers Association of America (A powerful voice in
the military environment. See their ad on the left for information
about their scholarship program.)
Military One Source
(Answering your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, plus much
more!))
Military Spouse Job Search (Self explanatory)
Military Spouse Career Center
(Self explanatory)
Military Spouse Career Network
(Self Explanatory)
Military Spouse Corporate Career Network (MSCCN)
(Self Explanatory)
Military Spouse Channel (Excellent source for websites of interest to military spouses;
many more links than those listed on this site!!!)
Military Spouse Magazine(Addresses the unique needs and interests of over 1.1 million
spouses of active duty and reserve troops; use this link to
subscribe)
Military Spouse Help (Workshops, articles, books and links to
additional resources)
Military Spouse Talk Radio
(An online radio program dedicated to military spouses &
their needs)
MilSpouse.com Guides, articles, support and inspiration in
addition to forums
MilSpouse.org
A Web portal for military spouse employment, education and
relocation information.
MilTrader An online classified and auction site for
military families)
Military Taxes Assistance for tax preparation taking all types
of pay and benefits into account
MTOM Kids MTOM for Kids was developed by military kids
NMFA National Military Family Association
O-MAMA.com
(Bringing America?s most opinionated moms together: Opinionated MAMA
combines the two things that most people, especially moms, are most
opinionated about - social/political issues and parenting.
Olympus Online High School:
Designed
to meet your needs while working toward your goals; Frequent
travelers? Busy moms? You can still get your diploma!
OneTimeFax.com - Need to send a fax? Don's have a fax
machine? You can scan your documents and upload them to this
company. They will send your fax FOR YOU!!! Very affordable; very
reliable!! No need to pay a monthly membership fee; you can pay only
as you need them!
OSMMilitary Spouse Support
Operation Homefront Online (Military life, home and family,
money and finance, etc.)
Operation We Care To
create an awareness of the challenges of families/loved ones of
deployed military personnel Pendleton Mom's Blog Spot:
Full of helpful information, tips and tricks, free stuff for
military wives, how to strengthen relationships, and how to become
the best possible YOU! Rank
Insignias-Enlisted Rank
Insignias-Officers
Real Warriors Strengthen your family with marital counseling
Recruit Military (a
veteran-owned and operated firm that matches military veterans and
military spouses with the vast opportunities America has to offer)
Sarah Smiley (Syndicated Columnist, Author and military spouse)
~ Spouse Club Success Tips & much more!
SaveAndInvest.org:
A Financial Education Program for Military Personnel
and Their Families; Click on the Money Mobility section for great
PCS tips!
SATO Vacations Travel resources for military families
SemperFinest.com: A
soldier care package can make a world of difference to those
deployed.
Silent WarriorsA Military Family Support Community
So FarFree
confidential counseling for military families, outside the
military... system
TAPS Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
SpouseReadi Assistance for spouses of service members who
have returned from Iraq or Afghanistan - Learn more about it at
the US Dept of Veteran Affiars.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness
(provides local support groups and peer recovery programs)
ThredUp:
Americas busiest families conveniently exchanging kids clothing!
Treats for Troops "Nothing makes a
soldier smile more than a package from home"
TriCare Healthcare
management and benefits
VA Loans Learn all about home financing, eligibility, lending
limits, credit issues, and more!
VFW National Home for ChildrenThe National Home is a non-profit
organization that serves military and veteran families (all
branches) through its National Home Helpline and on-campus programs
Warrior Care (serves as a
portal to these various resources for warriors and their family)
Below are branch-specific links that offer support.
If you know of a beneficial website (other than chat rooms, web
rings, discussion boards and forums) or if you know the links to the
counter-parts for Army Community Services (all branches have a
similar program) please
share them with the webmaster.
Thank you for your ongoing help.
Stationed Overseas? Click
here for helpful navigational
links!
Air Force Links:
Air Force Inns (Find Air Force Lodging
facilities)
AirforceWives.com(ariticles, publications, excellent
links to unique sites)
Army Links
Army Lodging (MWR Lodging, Camping and RV locations)
Army MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation)
ArmyWives.com (articles, publications, excellent links to
unique sites)
AUSA: Association of the United States Army
BlogTalkRadio/ArmuWifeRadio:
Great Interviews, Inspiring Conversation AWESOME!!Deployment
Link (Deployment preparation and family support)
Hooah.com (A network of military family and friends)
Married To The Army (Although I was
not planning to include "blog sites" because there are so many, this
one also has tons of other valuable information for Army spouses.
Much more than a blog!
My Army Life Too (Dedicated to the support of Army families;
site published by Army Community Service)
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Q&A's pertaining to deployment)
ACS (Army Community Service) links for every Army installation would
be far too numerous to include on this site, but they are a valuable
family resource (especially to spouses who are new to the military!)
and worthy of you finding them at your own installation. The
easiest way is to click on the link for your installation, find the
MWR link, and then find the "ACS link".
Coast Guard Links:
CoastGuardWives.com (Articles,
publications, excellent links to unique sites)
CoastieChicks.Net (An unofficial
U.S. Coast Guard Support Group for spouses)
Marine Links:
Marine Corp Lodging (Inns of the Corp)
MarineWives.com (Articles, publications, excellent links to
unique sites)
Marine Wives101 (Get answers and support from other
girlfriends, finances, and wives)
Naval Services Family Line (Empowering
our Sea Service families to meet the challenges of a military
lifestylewith information and resource assistance.
Navy Links:
BlogTalkRadio/NavyWifeRadio:
Great Interviews, Inspiring Conversation AWESOME!!
Navy Lodge (Find Navy Lodging facilities)
Naval Services Family LineThis is a new web address! (Empowering
our Sea Service families to meet the challenges of a military
lifestylewith information and resource assistance)
NavyWives.Com (articles,
publications, excellent links to unique sites)
Navy Wives Club of America (The
country's only National Federation of Sea Services Spouses.)
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