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If you have recently moved, or will be moving in the near future, let me encourage your heart. From one who has traveled the road of relocating 14 times, I know the emotional journey ahead of you. I also know that both the moving and the stress of it will affect every area of your life.
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Summer is a hot time in the job market, and you don’t want to let a great position slip past you. Instead, here are six quick tips about staying active in the job search amid a crazy, busy summer:
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Spring means many things to many people. Warmer weather. Flowers blooming. Allergies attacking. For military families, though, there’s a totally different meaning: it’s permanent change of station time, that time every April and May when we receive orders for our next duty station.
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Moving. PCSing. Relocating. Whatever you want to call it, the event (no matter how routine for some of us) is really not a singular activity. The whole process comes with much more than a pile of boxes containing everything you own.
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Located in the heart of beautiful Bavaria, U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach hosts forces from both the United States and other NATO countries, with Katterbach Kaserne just ten minutes away. Bavaria’s capital, Munich, has long been home to a flourishing art scene as well as the birthplace of Oktoberfest. Ansbach’s location within Bavaria also equates to a shorter distance to both the Czech Republic and Austria.
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Join Sarah for this week’s Milspouse Empowerment Moment about PCS planning in prep. Getting orders to PCS can feel like a relief, you can answer some of those questions. However, you also think – we’re PCSing, now what? Sarah shares her PCS starter kit that is a 5 item list that can get you started for your next PCS.
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If you’re selling a home near a military installation, you may think that, in light of the continued sellers’ market, all you need to do is clean your home, get it on the market, and voilà!… you’ll be signing closing paperwork. But there’s so much more when it comes to home selling and setting your home listing apart from others! The key is to think like a home buyer and provide the information they’re looking for when home shopping. We took a poll on social media and are sharing a few features military home buyers say they want to see in a property for sale, beyond the basic info like number of bedrooms, baths, garage size, and storage space.
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As we near the PCS season, it brings a lot of emotions in relation to the future, and sometimes, that includes a little lamenting:
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As I write this, tears are welling in my eyes. You, my military child, are 4. Where did my little guy go?
You are none the wiser. You fell asleep a couple hours ago, the words, “I love you, too” barely out before dreamland summoned you.
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