LEADER 02951nam 22005053u 450 001 9910162691203321 005 20230725054204.0 010 $a1-283-31123-2 010 $a9786613311238 010 $a1-933909-11-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000069540 035 $a(EBL)793751 035 $a(OCoLC)761645521 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632457 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12262448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632457 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10609077 035 $a(PQKB)10570574 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000069540 100 $a20151005d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeating the G.I. Blues$b[electronic resource] $eThe Military Spouse's Guide to Living Well with Uncle Sam 210 $cHistory Publishing Company, LLC$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-933909-10-2 327 $a""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: Basic Training for Spouses""; ""Chapter 1: First Things First""; ""Chapter 2: Military Manners""; ""Chapter 3: Housing""; ""Chapter 4: Cleaning Out of Housing""; ""Chapter 5: Tips on Moving with the Military""; ""Part 2: Advanced Training: When Being Military Becomes Reality""; ""Chapter 6: Military Medicine""; ""Chapter 7: Managing Finances""; ""Chapter 8: Why They Call Them a???Bratsa???""; ""Chapter 9: Duffle Bag Jobs""; ""Part 3: When Hard Times Come""; ""Chapter 10: Answering Legal Questions"" 327 $a""Chapter 11: Combating Loneliness""""Chapter 12: Abusive Spouses""; ""Chapter 13: Soldiering on When the Unthinkable Happens""; ""Part 4: Military Life Can Be Wonderful!""; ""Chapter 14: Seeing the World with Uncle Sam""; ""Chapter 15: Life After the Military""; ""Appendix""; ""Index"" 330 $aThis book pulls no punches. It covers the negatives in this time of multiple wars and details what the enlisted spouse needs to know and how to get it in the vast superstructure of the American military. Seemingly impersonal, but on the personal level not always so, the military, a subset of the Federal Government, is a myriad of departments and personnel with designations and descriptions not always evident to the spouse coping with a host of sudden concerns. Step by step the basics of government moves, housing, legal matters, managing money, military medicine, child care, discounted travel, 517 $aBeating the G.I. Blues 606 $aFamilies of military personnel -- United States 615 4$aFamilies of military personnel -- United States. 676 $a355.1 700 $aStone$b Bonnie$01372268 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162691203321 996 $aBeating the G.I. Blues$93402476 997 $aUNINA