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 | | Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform by Meredith Leyva ISBN-10: 9780743255547 ISBN-10: 0-7432-5554-2 ISBN-13: 9780743255547 ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-5554-7 Paperback 2003-06-30 Fireside Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The Unofficial Scoop on Military Life
• Relocating yourself and your family around the world • Maintaining your own career when you're expected to move every three years • Understanding what pay and benefits you're entitled to -- and how to maximize them • Translating those odd acronyms and jargon
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ICKY POO YUCK and EWWWWW Sorry about the kindergarten dialogue but after reading this DISGUSTINGLY condescending book, that's all I'm capable of saying. First off, the title on the book really should have been, "Married to the Navy". I really found it no help to me as an Army spouse. Also, I was alarmed how inaccurate her information was-- in several different areas. Also, the book reeked of stereotypical female roles from another era. I could almost picture the author greeting her husband at the door wearing an apron over her dress with freshly baked cookies in hand. If you are an educated, modern woman with a life of your own, please do not buy this book. Last but not least, do not visit the website she shamelessly plugs in the book; it's full of the most ignorant racist women I've ever encountered. You have been warned, ladies. | ||
was not helpful this book was not helpful to me. and that is all i am going to say. | ||
Great intro book if you don't know much about military life! I work for USAA which has made me a tiny bit more familiar with military life and has opened my opinion of dating military guys. I've begun to date someone in the AF and am now considering going into that or my first choice, the Coast Guard. I LOVED THIS BOOK! I don't know how anyone of the other readers picked up a condescending tone because I don't see it; and, granted I know nothing yet, but the different branches of the military can't be THAT different, and I don't think this book was more representative of one branch or the other. Easy read, I was done in a few days, and have checked out her website and it looks really cool. | ||
Best intro to being a military wife! I bought this book and 2 others ("Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family" and "Today's Military Wife: Meeting the Challenges of Service Life") and this is by the far the best one. It only contains relevant data, unlike the others which for the most part contain common sense. This book has a lot of useful information like websites and names of organizations to contact for different things. I would definitely recommend this book to any military wife or fiance. | ||
I'm a military girlfriend and it didn't help much. I'm a military girlfriend who's boyfriend is currently deployed to Iraq. This book looked interesting and seemed like a helpful tool for me while he is away. I started reading it. I got to about the fourth page and decided it wasn't the best for me. It's more for a military spouse with children. The jargon available was helpful, but I was extremely disappointed in the overall quality of information provided. If you're looking for a good read, Separated by Duty, United in Love is an absolutely phenomenal read. THAT is a good book with a lot of advice-written so we civilians can understand the life and duties of servicemembers and it's written by a woman who's been there and seen all of it as a veteran AND as a spouse. | ||