Married to the Military

Please note that if your journal is brand new, has no information in your user info at all, or has never been updated we WILL deny your membership unless someone can vouch that you are not a troll.

Welcome! We hope this is a place that people feel safe posting their thoughts, questions, concerns, and stories relating to military life and marriage. However, because of the topics covered, there are some ground rules that need to be set.

This group is for any military wife or fianceé. We require members to be at least 18 years old. (If you're under 18 but married or engaged with a marriage date quickly approaching, we may take you into consideration.) If the mods find out you provided false information in order to join the community (i.e. lying about your age or status) you will be removed and banned, no questions asked.

If you don't feel comfortable making an actual introduction post, just use this survey. Feel free to omit or add information as you see fit.

Your names:
Your ages:
Relationship status:
How long have you been together?:
Hometowns:
Military Branch* (if you feel comfortable sharing):
Anything else you want us to know, or any questions you may have:
Pictures: (please place under a cut)


Your mods are:
jay_m_elle (awayabouther@livejournal.com)
lovetokate (kate_is_great212@yahoo.com)

Useful links:
Tricare
United Concordia
United States Navy Official Site
United States Army Official Site
United States Air Force Official Site
United States Marine Corps Official Site
United States Coast Guard Official Site
MyPay
DoD Links



Other Sites/Communities of Interest:
mil_wives (For spouses only)
militarylove



If you have a website or community and would like to be an affiliate, drop one of us a comment or e-mail. Also, feel free to email us with any questions or concerns. You can reach us by e-mailing an individual mod.



DISCLAIMER
*Topics may arise that bring out opinions that are different from your own. Do not delete comments or posts before a moderator has a chance to review them. If you are having a problem with another member or a certain thread, please bring it to the attention of the mods so we can handle it diplomatically. Telling it like it is is fine, but being downright rude or mean is not.


*Please keep OPSEC in mind! I am sure that due to current events, we all know the importance of keeping information under wraps, but click here to read an excellent article on the subject if you have any questions.



*Please try to keep posts on topic! If you decide to make a post that is off-topic (i.e. not related to the military or marriage) please say so in the subject line. Do not post unsolicited spam (i.e. "I made $1,000 in 3 weeks!" types of posts or comments.) It will get your post deleted and marked as spam, and you will be removed from the community- same thing goes for unsolicited community or website promotion posts or comments. If you do have a community or forum you would like to promote, please send one of the mods a message first and we will clear it. We would also appreciate if Myspace bulletins and forwards were kept where they belong: on Myspace or in e-mail. This is not the place for them.

*Last but not least, please type properly and use normal font color and size to make it easier on people's layouts. Random capitalization and "text message" slang are unacceptable.




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