On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking about unit functions. They are breaking it down and talking about the good, the bad and the ugly of unit functions. With both Jenna and Candace having a lot of combined years experience in the military they have been to and experienced a lot of unit functions. They want to talk about why unit functions exist, why they are beneficial to go to, why they also suck at the same time and everything in between. Be sure to tune in to find out all about unit functions!

On our last episode, we promised we would do an episode all about ball etiquette and here we are! With the Marine Corps Ball season quickly approaching Jenna is seeing more and more spouses looking for advice and guidance when it comes to the ball. Jenna and Candace wanted to put a general guideline out there regarding what will get people talking at the ball and not in a good way, you won't want to miss this!

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are taking a newly released article from MilitarySpouse.com and discussing those topics amongst themselves. The article has 5 different topics that are relatively debatable in the military community and Jenna and Candace thought it would be fun to review those topics and give their opinions on each one. Be sure to tune in to find out which side of these topics each of them are on! Link to the article is here: https://www.militaryspouse.com/military-life/5-things-modern-military-spouses-will-never-agree-on/

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking all about B-Billets and special duty assignments. Last episode Jenna shared her experiences on recruiting duty and gave the best advice she could on surviving such a hard duty assignment and today Candace is sharing their experiences of drill instructor life. From the highs to the lows and the good and the bad she's sharing it all. We are also offering any and all advice we can to make any B-Billet or special duty assignment as good as possible!

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are taking a listener request and talking all about recruiting duty. Jenna and her husband were on recruiting duty for 3 years in St. Louis, MO and she has a lot to say about it and probably not in the context you would think. Be sure to tune in to hear all about the good, the bad and the ugly of recruiting duty as Jenna shares her recruiting duty experience and how she managed to survive the 3 years of what most call hell.

Even though it's June, Jenna and Candace are still promoting Mental Health May. They have each taken turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. This week they are talking about the grieving process. They are talking about things they have learned while grieving, things they have observed others do to help grieve and giving helpful pieces of advice for anyone that is experiencing grief.

For the entire month of May, Jenna and Candace are promoting Mental Health May. They are each taking their turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. Candace is sharing her story this week. She's talking about the loss of her twins and her mom and how she coped with those losses and how it has affected her. She is also sharing very valuable information for those who have a loved one dealing with a loss or trauma.

For the entire month of May, Jenna and Candace are promoting Mental Health May. They are each taking their turns to talk about their mental health struggles with you and what they have found to be effective in coping with those struggles. Jenna is sharing her story first with PMDD. She's talking about what PMDD is, how there isn't much help from traditional doctors out there and what she has found to be effective and helpful (and also not so helpful) in managing her PMDD.

On this episode, Jenna and Candace are talking all about marriage enrichment. The thought was prompted questioning what is marriage enrichment and what does it mean to you after seeing a post about a CREDO event. They stumble their way through about what CREDO actually stands for but provide some very informational points about enriching your marriage. They discuss things from date nights to full on trips and everything in between.

On this episode, Jenna and Candace will be talking about how the word no, is a complete sentence. You may be wondering what exactly that means and how it can be a whole sentence but Jenna and Candace break it down. It took them years to figure it out and of course they're not perfect but they've definitely got a good start. Candace also shares her chilling experience from when she visited the Marine Corps museum and medal of honor wall.