http://deploymentlessons.org Deployment: Sharing Lessons Learned from the Homefront Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=278 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=278#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:29:30 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=278 I have learned just how much of all the little stuff I took for granted while my husband was here and life surely doesn’t stop while he is gone.  I never knew just how long 24 hours felt day after day.   Ft. Carson, Colorado

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=278 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=215 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=215#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:27:06 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=215 I’ve learned that as soon as you find out your husband’s leave dates, time seems to stop completely.

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=215 0 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=213 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=213#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:42:03 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=213 I have learned that no matter the branch, no matter the length, a deployment is a deployment…and a military spouse still needs support and understanding.

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=213 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=210 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=210#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:54:30 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=210 I have learned that browsing websites like these are the perfect cure for lonely nights.  Ft Campbell

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=210 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=203 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=203#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:16:13 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=203 I have learned that…it’s best to choose your battles wisely.  Baby powder will come out of the comforter, carpet and my son’s hair!!!!

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=203 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=200 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=200#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:47:14 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=200 I have learned that you should not depend on your man so much when he’s here, because when he is away, everything will be so much harder to do!  Scotland

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=200 3 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=198 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=198#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:45:41 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=198 I have learned that the last week of deployment is the longest!  Scotland

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=198 2 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=196 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=196#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:43:32 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=196 I learned that the phrase “How are you doing?” caused instantaneous tears no matter how good my day was going, but I also discovered the meaning of true friendship, and pride.

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=196 1 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=194 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=194#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:39:57 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=194 I have learned that during deployments the brakes on the car go; I do get to shop alone; my kids are resilient as hell; that when I go grocery shopping, its for two areas of the world; my friends become my family around me; the house is easier to clean without his army stuff being on my floor daily; and that I AM A PROUD SURVIVING DEPLOYMENT ARMY WIFE!

]]> http://deploymentlessons.org/?feed=rss2&p=194 0 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=192 http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=192#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:35:29 +0000 admin http://deploymentlessons.org/?p=192 I have learned that you do need the Emergency Manual from the Ombudsman because wildfires can start 4 days after deployment and you will have to evacuate.  San Diego

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