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The grass is always greener at Quarters B

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was walking back to our stairwell apartment … minding my own business with our labradoodle, Dinghy… when he spotted a hare …

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Things I found while losing my mind

“Mom, do we have any photos of me and Dad when he came home from deployment?” our daughter asked, unwittingly sending me on a harrowing, epic journey through the storage spaces of our home.

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“Insider Threat”: Don’t throw the honorable out with the bathwater

I’ve been disheartened that the idiocy of a few has damaged the reputation of 1.3 million active duty and 18 million veterans. As a Navy spouse whose husband served proudly for 28 years, I know that “guilt by association” affects the morale of military family members, too.

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Weird habits I picked up during pandemic monotony

“Honey,” my retired Navy husband woke me this morning with a steaming cup of coffee — a sweet routine he started since he began working from home last March — “I just transferred money into your account because you’re twenty bucks in the red. … please … just don’t buy any more stock, okay?”

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