Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform - Softcover

Leyva, Meredith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743255542 ISBN 13: 9780743255547

Publisher: Fireside, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"For someone new to military life, adjusting can sometimes be overwhelming. Married to the Military provides great information and a commonsense approach that will help military wives and significant others make the best of their experiences." -- Sylvia Kidd, director of family programs for the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) and spouse of the Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.)

-For someone new to military life, adjusting can sometimes be overwhelming. Married to the Military provides great information and a commonsense approach that will help military wives and significant others make the best of their experiences.- -- Sylvia Kidd, director of family programs for the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) and spouse of the Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.)

About the Author:

Meredith Leyva is the founder of CinCHouse.com. She has worked as a public relations consultant and lobbyist for Fortune 500 companies and was named Congressional Staffer of the Year by the Retired Enlisted Association for her work with the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She lives in Panama City Beach, Florida, with her husband, a Navy diver and physician, and their son.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fireside
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0743255542
• ISBN 13: 9780743255547
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200