On this episode I give you the most important acronyms that any military significant other or spouse should know. I say there are 25 but in reality there are closer to 35 acronyms in this episode because some that I placed under one number are actually multiple acronyms depending on the branch or where you are located. Anyway, here I am just going to give you the top 10 acronyms you should know and you will have to listen to the episode to get all 35! 

1. DOD - Department of Defense. The executive branch department of the federal government in charge of the military and national security. So all service members are employees of the DOD. 
2. MOS - Military Occupational Specialty. The job that the solider has. In the Navy they call them ratings.  
3. PCS - Permanent Change of Station.
4. CONUS - Continental United States (the 48 states) 
5. OCONUS - Outside the Continental United States so everything overseas and Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam. 
6. BAH- Basic Housing Allowance. The money you are allotted to pay for housing if you live off base. 
7. DEERS - Defense Enrollment Eligibly Reporting System. You need to be enrolled in this system to get any benefits, have TriCare insurance, etc. 
8. OPSEC - Operational Security 
9. FRG- Family Readiness Group. A group to help support the family members of the soldiers. 
10. TLA/TLE - Temporary Lodging Allowance or Expense. The allowance you get or expenses you accumulate when you are PCSing. 

Listen to the full episode to get all 25 acronyms. Which is closer to 35 since some acronyms had multiple variations. 

The cool thing I am sharing with you this week is the children’s book My Letter to Daddy by Renee Walker. 

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