Being a milspouse and keeping up with a career can feel impossible. That’s where Milspouse entrepreneurship comes in. If you create your own company, then you could potentially keep the same job throughout your spouse’s military career. And remember, there will always be a version 2.0, so it’s more important to get started than to be perfect.

Military spouses are an incredible group of individuals – educated, experienced, resilient, and creative – with a deep understanding of what a warm and tight-knit community can mean. So often, we marry into the military without a true understanding of the sacrifices we will make in our professional lives as our heads spin with every PCS. But harnessing our creativity and all we have to offer and explore an entrepreneurial path, can provide fulfillment, success, and fun.

Karen Hetz is the founder and CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of Kids’ Cake Boxes. She is an Army veteran spouse and mom to three young children and she and her family have lived all of the United States throughout her husband’s 20-year career in the Army. It was her experience as a military spouse that deepened Karen’s dedication to spending family time together and drove a passion for creating more quality time for all children and their families. With its lovingly-created cake baking kits dedicated to bringing creativity, together time, education, and delicious happiness, Karen invites you to bake memories with Kids’ Cake Boxes.

Listeners, if you would like to learn more about Kids’ Cake Boxes, check out their website here or connect with them on social media via Facebook or Instagram. Also, if you are interested in starting your own company, check out the Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs.

News 6 with Jolene

Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of July 11, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:

Commissary Savings May Not Be Accurate

The Military Officers Association of America reported that “the Defense Commissary Agency used unreliable and inconsistent methodologies to calculate the annual savings realized by commissary shoppers, resulting in inflated savings figures.” This is according to a Government Accountability Office report that was released in June. The report found that CONUS savings were fairly accurate. However, OCONUS savings were muddled and it offered three recommendations to improve the data collection. 

DoD Reveals New Website for MWR Libraries

The Department of Defense MWR program has launched a brand new library website! The new site, DoDMWRLibraries.org, offers a massive selection of free resources for children, teens and adults. A snapshot of what you can find includes: e-books and audiobooks, movies and music, DIY activities and projects, and more.

NASA Reveals Spectacular Images from Webb Telescope

NASA has released the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope and the results are wilder than I could have imagined! When I first saw the images, they looked like graphic designs – not photographs. One of my favorite images is nicknamed “Cosmic Cliffs” because it looks like an brownish-orange mountain range at night,