Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “This really helped me to prepare myself to be a military wife. The ins and outs of most things and how to be a suppportive spouse to my servicemember. There is also a group forum that goes along with this book for military wives...www.cinchouse.com I think - its been a while since I have been there.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 1 stars “I don't think Meredith wrote anything spectacular here. It's all pretty common-sense.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This really helped me to prepare myself to be a military wife. The ins and outs of most things and how to be a suppportive spouse to my servicemember. There is also a group forum that goes along with this book for military wives...www.cinchouse.com I think - its been a while since I have been there.”

  CrAzY Beautiful Disaster wrote this review Wednesday, September 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Lots of good info presented with out being boring!! It was really funny and ohh so true!”

  Cindy B wrote this review Wednesday, May 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Meredith Leyva's book is decent guide for military spouses. Her book uniquely includes girlfriends and women in uniform in her target audience. It's easy to read with personal stories everything from kids to clothing etiquette and shopping.
  
  There are some errors in her research (i.e. listing The Citadel as one of the United States service academies), and the book shouldn't really have been titled `Married to the Military' since most of her "advice" and "information" is geared toward the Navy/Marine wife (such as myself), not much to the Army or Air Force wives.... I will admit it is has a lot of Navy lingo and there is an excellent glossary in the back that clears things up. It is worth the thumbing to the end of the book to not have to read through yet negative book about the military lifestyle.
  
  I would NOT recommend this book to a spouse who is new to the military. It is clear and evident that Leyva herself does not have the experience and personal knowledge of lending advice to those who marry into this complicated way of life. Her book seems to be more self-promoting than informational. Leyva provides information that is unrealistic, inaccurate and outdated. Rather, I would strongly advise 'newbies' to use more accurate and updated resources by visiting their family service centers on base and attending command seminars. Get involved in a spouse club and find out who are the REAL seasoned spouses are and feel free to ask as many questions as you need.
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  Jenny I wrote this review Saturday, February 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Even though I grew up an Army brat, there were still things that I needed help with when my husband joined the Air Force. I can only imagine what a great book this would be for a real newbie. ”

  betonyrose wrote this review Friday, December 14 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “While a lot of it is common sense, there is some very helpful info in here about health care and other misc, that a new military wife or g/f might not know, but should.”

  Carrie wrote this review Tuesday, June 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 1 stars

  “I don't think Meredith wrote anything spectacular here. It's all pretty common-sense. ”

  Carla wrote this review Tuesday, September 12 2006. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No