Sex is such a powerful, beautiful, instinctive way for couples to express love and intimacy.  It tends to be the focal point of homecoming fantasies. 

Though mentorship is a professional model in the military community, there is no official, military-wide or formal mentorship program for spouses. But there are informal – and essential – networks within the community where women can develop relationship with a military spouse mentor.

I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to a certain uneasiness about the first time Danielle went to sea. Strange things can happen in far off places, when the rest of the world seems remote: the testosterone-heavy atmosphere of a Navy ship, the wilderness of a hunting camp, Las Vegas.

I married a grunt. But when you hear the things he told me to convince me to marry him, you would think he was into recruiting.