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Being a military spouse is exciting

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and frustrating and really

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challenging at times. But it's really

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rewarding. It is a huge privilege to

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be able to travel around the world, be

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educated in many different ways. Meet

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so many people, have my Children grow

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up in so many different diverse

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cultures where they're gonna be able to

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see and really appreciate other people

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and have seen the world before

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they're even teenagers . I definitely

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think there are stigmas that come with

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being a military spouse. I had some of

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them myself when I was brand new into

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it. I had my own ideas of what a

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military spouse was, what they should

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be, how I did or did not fit into that.

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A lot of people think that readiness is

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just about putting the uniform on and

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getting the training when you're active

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duty. But military spouses support

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their service members at home .

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That's the ultimate wing person or

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wingman. And they also support the

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community as a whole. I can't do

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this without my other military spouses.

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I can't be a lone military spouse, I

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need everybody else. And it's a

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great , wonderful community that I'm

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honored and proud to be considered a

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military spouse. Our

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military spouse is the mom, dad,

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coach, the nurse, and everything else

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there needs to be while their spouses

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protecting our nation. So for this

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very reason is why the military

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spouse is being recognized.