Today's Military Wife: Meeting the Challenges of Service Life (Today's Military Wife)

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Summary: Very Helpful!
Review: As one who is marrying a military man, I found this book to be full of helpful advice and hints. I feel so much more prepared to enter the military lifestyle after reading this book.

There are TONS of resources listed in this book, and they too, are very helpful! Lots of research was done in writing this book and it shows!

Two thumbs up!

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Summary: Must Have!
Review: Being a military wife for almost 10 years, I make an effort to assist new military spouses adjust to and learn about military life. I decided to read this book so I could recommend it to others and I even learned a few things! It gives practical information for not only new military spouses, but for everyone wanting to find out more about military life. I wish I had this book when I first got married! The tips, resources, and bibliographies are extremely useful and the anecdotes add a personal touch. Well done!

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Summary: Start Here
Review: Being a military wife for almost 10 years, I make an effort to assist new military spouses adjust to and learn about military life. I decided to read this book so I could recommend it to others and I even learned a few things! It gives practical information for not only new military spouses, but for everyone wanting to find out more about military life. I wish I had this book when I first got married! The tips, resources, and bibliographies are extremely useful and the anecdotes add a personal touch. Well done!

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Summary: Very informative, but not very much info on Basic Training
Review: I bought this book when my husband first decided to join the military. I had no prior experience in the military at all, and found it to be a great resource. I really enjoyed the tips and hints it had for all matters, such as getting a job yourself, how to work with a military budget, moving, and dealing with deployments. The anecdots by other military wives were great and one of the best features of the book in my opinion.

The only real flaw I find with this book is there is not any information for spouses who are already married when their husbands go to basic training. This was a difficult time for me, and I had no idea what to expect.

Otherwise, this is great book and very helpful.

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Summary: My Second Review
Review: I once gave this book a one star review. In fact, I was inspired to write my own book (Solo-Ops) after becoming infuriated while reading this book. After reading some of the other drivel and junk out there for military wives, I now believe that this one is one of the best (besides mine, of course:). It provides accurate information (which is more than a lot of similar titles) and plenty of it. It is boring because it is all about facts. It is an awesome reference and you can use it to look up about anything you need to know.

Of course, I still believe that spouses need support and an honest explanation in addition to facts and information. That is the niche I feel Solo-Ops (the book I authored) fills. While it does not focus on facts, it does focus more on military life itself and explaining things the way I experienced them. I felt military wives needed to be prepared for the EMOTIONAL rigors of military life. I now realize that informational needs have to be filled in addition to emotional needs-- and not everyone starts out with the facts.

I give credit to Mrs. Cline for providing a non-biased, well researched and accurate resource to the military community. I thank her for providing an informational book rather than one based on thoughts and opinions of military proceedure, rules, and regs. If you are looking for a good source of information, buy this book first. While others claim to provide information, they provide little more than lip service and opinions-- and most of the opinions are from Officers Wives who have no idea what an enlisted wife faces. Mrs. Cline is one officers wife who was able to leave her "Officer Wife" Dynamic out of her book. While I still do not believe this book is a complete resource or source of support, I think it is a great start.

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Summary: This book should be issued to all new spouses.
Review: The author has done a wonderful job of imparting up to date information, as well as interjecting personal thoughts about military life. The book has excellent references throughout for further reading, addresses to obtain information, as well as listings of websites. I will continue to use my copy for a reference book for the remainder of my husband-to-be's career. Of particular help are the chapters on etiquette, and dealing with deployments. Mrs. Sloane has been of great help in authoring this book!

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Summary: Invaluable Tool for Newbies
Review: The author has done a wonderful job of imparting up to date information, as well as interjecting personal thoughts about military life. The book has excellent references throughout for further reading, addresses to obtain information, as well as listings of websites. I will continue to use my copy for a reference book for the remainder of my husband-to-be's career. Of particular help are the chapters on etiquette, and dealing with deployments. Mrs. Sloane has been of great help in authoring this book!

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Summary: I thought it was dreadful!
Review: This is a book to buy if you are interested in learning about military benefits. It does not go into any of the emotions involved, etc. Nothing but technical stuff about dealing with deployments, no wife to wife tips and absolutely nothing about military sub-culture and what it is really like. The "Protocol" chapter was utterly insulting. Complete waste of paper. It pretty much copied all the military issued guidebooks for moving, etc, that you can get for free. As someone who already knew about life in the Army when I bought it, I was braindead after a couple chapters. The author makes no attempts at interesting-ness and there is not the slightest bit of humor. BORING. You could get this info from any recruiter. As a military wife, I am disappointed that a veteran wife like myself has chosen to share this information instead of sharing the lessons and comfort that a new wife really needs.