1. How long have you been a military wife?
Girlfriend: close to 3 years
Fiance: a little over 3 months
Wife: it will be 3 months on March 29th :)
2. What branch of service is your husband?
Army!
3. Active/Reserve?
Active
4. What is his job?
Military Police (don't hate!) He's at BOLC right now and will probably be on a staff position initially but once a platoon leader spot opens he is going with them.
5. How many deployments have you gone through?
None yet, but we have been separated before. 2 summers ago he went to LDAC and to Germany for CTLT and now he's at BOLC...but thankfully I see him pretty frequently, either through Skype or monthly visits. I know it won't be like that whenever he deploys.
6. ACU's or Class A's on your man?
I LOVE both, but I would have say dress blues :)
7. What do you like about being a military wife?
I haven't had any homecomings yet because I haven't been through a deployment yet (except for when he came home from CTLT), but I would probably have to say after being separated for awhile and then finally being with your man - waiting months just so see him, for a hug or a kiss (among other things ;) haha!) makes that wait worth it and it is such an incredible feeling!
8. Do you live on base?
Not at the moment. I'm not sure if we're going to live on-post at Fort Hood or not. As of now E would rather live off-post, but it all depends on what we can find down there!
9. What is your favorite base so far?
I've only been to Fort Leonard Wood, and honestly it kind of sucks haha.
10. What's the hardest part of the military life?
Being separated. Deployments. Having to constantly worry if your husband is okay and sometimes having to wait weeks (or even months!) just to hear from him.
11. Do you go to the grocery store or commissary?
Both. if I'm buying a lot of stuff, then I'll go to the commissary.
12. Do you work or stay at home?
I work!
13. Do you have a lot of military wife friends?
Not really. I'm hoping to meet a lot of fellow wives when I go to Fort Hood, though.
14. Do you prefer Walmart or the PX/BX/MCX/NEX?
Other places, only because those other places generally have a better selection of things; however, if I'm buying something a little more expensive (such as a GPS or some high-end makeup or some high-end fragrance) then I'll just go to the PX for that because it's cheaper. Oh, and same with Coach purses, too!
15. How did your husband propose?
First we went to our favorite sushi restaurant and indulged. Then we were going to go get some ice cream from my favorite parlor by his house and then he wanted to go take a walk on the towpath. I was stuffed on sushi so I passed on the ice cream, but we still went for a walk. I was wondering why we were walking here because we've never just "randomly took a walk" on the towpath before. We went bike riding down there before but that's pretty much it. Anyway we were walking and talking and the towpath has a canal with a canal boat that comes by that is pulled by horses and you can take rides on it and stuff. My first thought as E was explaining this to me was, "is the water shallow enough for those horses?" LOL he always makes fun of me for that now. I'm smart, but sometimes I say the stupidest things. It made sense to me that those horses would be in the water pulling that boat, but they actually pull from the side. Whatever, I didn't know haha.
Anyway, we kept on walking and then he stopped, faced me, gave me a hug and a kiss and told me how much he loved me, got down on his knee and popped the question. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a guy riding his bike our way but then he stopped and turned around - he didn't want to ride by during our moment haha. OF COURSE I said yes and I jumped into his arms.
16. Did you marry him after he joined or before?
After.
17. How long have you been together?
This fall will make 4 years.
18. Any kids yet?
Not for at least another 5 years. I actually can't ever see myself having kids haha
19. Any kids yet to come?
No!
20. Is your husband one of those "I am a soldier hear me HOOAH" kind of guys?
Absolutely not.
21. Have you ever done combatives with your husband?
hahaha yes! he was teaching me ground fighting. we did the same stuff in this self defense class I took in college because I needed a PE credit. One of my friends said, "I'm pretty sure this is called sex in my house" haha.
22. How many bases have you lived at?
This will be my husband's 3rd (Fort Lewis for LDAC, he was somewhere in Heidelberg (can't remember the name) for CTLT in Germany, and now he's in Fort Leonard Wood)
23. If you could change one thing about the military?
Shorter deployments!
24. Do you like military balls?
I love them! There is one coming up in April just before E's MPBOLC graduation :)
25. Where does your family live?
Ohio & Connecticut.
26. What do you do for a job?
I'm a nurse tech...basically an intern. I will almost have that RN!
27. Have you ever gotten in a fight with an NCO's wife?
Nope.
28. Name one thing you do when your husband is gone?
I become a work-a-holic! I also might start to continue my education once he deploys by working on my master's to help keep me busy. It all depends on when that will be, though. I also spend more time with friends.
29. Do you think other wives do that too?
I know a lot of other wives do anything to keep themselves busy. It helps make the time go quicker. Your husband doesn't want to hear about how you lock yourself up in the house and don't do anything. He wants to hear about you doing things and having fun (within limits, of course).
These were so great to read. I especially love your engagement story and how he proposed and about the dude riding his bike. I laughed out loud. Love 'em!
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