I'm engaged to a student naval aviator and I know NOTHING about military life. I'll be moving to Pensacola in mid-april and I feel like I should know a bit more and be prepared. Any suggestions??
Back on topic...a few things i've observed in my own marriage over the last 5 years...
1) My wife has been involved heavily with the spouse's clubs since we were engaged in San Diego. Get involved with the "Wives club" unless it becomes a "Knives club" in which case, RUN.
2) FFSC (Fleet and Family Service Center) Military 101 class...helped her with some of the day to day stuff.
3) Our squadron has a "Spouse FAM-0" introduction to your spouse's flight training class. I'm sure that they have something like that in PCola too...
4) Don't get frustrated when you fight and he can roll over and go to bed without solving things...it's called "Compartmentalization" and by the time that flight school is done, he's going to be a champ at it.
5) Enjoy it. Moving is a blast - after the 3rd or 4th time you do it.
6) Get a job/hobby/education. There's no 9-5 job for him anymore...so it'll keep your mind off of the separation.
7) Wait to have kids until after he's done with flight training (about 2 years).
Any others, besides MB encouraging a prenup and Brett talking her out of it?
~D