Military Spouse Appreciation Day is May 7th! Join us for Sue Hoppin as we highlight the launch of the National Military Spouse Network. We’ll also be talking about Military Spouse Magazine’s Military Spouse of the Year Awards Luncheon on May 6th. Join the conversation! Appreciate a Military Spouse today!

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Original Show Date: May 4th, 2010
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For more information on Sue  Hoppin, the National Military Spouse Network and to register for the May 7th Launch Party please visit:

http://nationalmilitaryspousenetwork.org/

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Find Military Spouse Appreciate Day events in your area by checking out your installation MWR.  The list referenced in today’s show is from Military Avenue.

Check out the list here.

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Appreciate a Military Spouse today!

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Original Show Air Date: 20 April 2010, 9pm CT

Fresh off our trip the 2010 Milbloggies in DC, we had the amazing opportunity to meet filmmaker Jake Rademacher and journalist Tom Sileo. We are thrilled to welcome them both to the show, join us for Jake Rademacher, director of the film ‘Brothers at War’ (interview begins at min 45) and Tom Sileo who writes UnknownSoldersblog.com, winner of the US Reporter category. Plus, we’ll be answering your questions – so join us!!

Post update:

Special Offer: Jake has extended a special offer for our listeners!! Use coupon code:  MyMilitaryLife in the check out screen when ordering the DVD and save $2!!  Plus, a $2 donation to Soldiers Angels will made!!

Support this movie and a great cause by ordering your DVD today!!  It makes a wonderful Father’s Day present or the perfect item to send off in a care package.  Thanks for support Jake, Brothers at War and Soldiers Angels!

Enter to win a FREE copy of DVD by leaving a comment on our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/mymilitarylife

Contest has been extended to 4 May 2010 10pmET.

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Also joining us, June Walbert from USAA drops in during our “Five Minute Fix” to share money saving tips when it comes to navigating deployments on the homefront.

Meet June Walbert

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Military Spouse employment can be the key to a military family’s quality of life.

On today’s episode we got you covered if your on the job hunt!

You’ll want to join us as we welcome back federal resume expert, Kathryn Troutman. Kathryn is the author of several Federal job strategy books to include *10 Steps to a Federal Job*. Vist Kathryn’s website www.resume-place.com for more information and to sign up for her free 1 hour webinar.

Check out your local Fleet and Family Support Center (or equivalent for your branch) for resume help and to sign up for the “10 Steps to a Federal Job” class – free to you as a military spouse!

Federal Job Search sites:

http://www.usajobs.com – The Federal Government’s Official Job Site

https://chart.donhr.navy.mil/ – Department of the Navy Jobs

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Also joining us, John Dipiero from USAA’s Military Talent Recruitment (interview plays at appx. 46:00). As the #1 Ranked Top 10 Military Spouse employer by Military Spouse Magazine, USAA is committed to recruiting the best and the brightest. Listen in as we learn what you should know when it comes to pursuing a career with USAA.

Meet John DiPiero

John is a 29-year veteran of the Air Force and Texas resident for many years. During his Air Force career, he spent most of his time in the training and education business. He was a pilot and amassed over 3,500 hours in both helicopter and fixed wing jet aircraft, and retired in the rank of colonel. Upon retirement in 2000, he spent two years as the commandant at a military academy in Virginia, Randolph-Macon Academy. He moved back to San Antonio in 2002 and began his career at USAA in military marketing. John is now a military recruiting and talent management specialist, responsible for reaching out to the military community (and spouses) ensuring they know USAA is a military friendly employer for both veterans and actively serving Guard and Reserve members. John received his BS from Southwest Texas State University and an MA in Communication and Management from the University of Oklahoma. He also attended numerous military schools, including Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, Air War College and numerous flying training programs in a number of different aircraft.

To search for jobs at USAA visit http://www.usaa.apply2jobs.com

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day delivery, Debora from WireACake.com also stops by to talk about how we can send a homemade cake to our loved ones deployed or at home.

Debora George is a hard working mother of three who started her own telecake nationwide cake delivery service,WireACake/HB Bakery Connection in 1987 after an unsuccessful attempt to have a cake delivered to her father for his birthday. In 2008 she found an opportunity to ship birthday and all occasion cakes {complete with personal inscription on the cake!} to soldiers overseas from her hometown of Huntington Beach, CA. For more information and to order a cake log onto www.WireACake.com

Testimonial:
“Hi Debora- My husband Chris received his cake today and he absolutely LOVED it! I think he was really surprised to have received an actual birthday cake in Iraq. He shared it with his buddies and they all loved it too, they said it tasted great! Thank you so much for providing this service to us and for helping me make his birthday away from home a little more bearable. Thanks again!
~ Ashley 01/28/10″

Show Date: 24 Nov 09, 9pm CT

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USAA Ranks No. 1 on Military Spouse Magazine’s List

Posted on Sep 09, 2009 from USAA.com

Experience, loyalty, work ethic cited as top reasons for recruiting military spouses

Military Spouse magazine has ranked USAA No. 1 on its 2009 list of America’s “Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly Employers.” The third annual list, which is the magazine’s October cover story, recognizes a variety of major corporations for demonstrating a significant commitment to hiring spouses of military personnel.

“USAA was named No. 1 because of its sustained and effective efforts to recruit military spouses,” said Military Spouse managing editor Josie Cellone. “And once the spouses are hired, USAA has the programs in place to support them and their unique lifestyle.”

USAA was chosen from among 2,500 companies achieving $1 billion in annual revenues. Companies were evaluated on their efforts to recruit military spouses, results in recruiting from them and policies affecting them.

“We know that military spouses sometimes feel corporate America prefers not to hire them because of their transient lifestyle. Well, we’re different,” said USAA CEO Maj. Gen. Joe Robles, USA (Ret.). USAA was founded by military personnel who were experiencing the same discrimination from insurance companies that thought their transient lifestyles made for a bad risk. That kind of corporate thinking was wrong in 1922 and it’s wrong today, because military servicemembers and spouses are great employees as well as great customers.”

USAA’s military spouse program ranges from hiring to employee benefits. Highlights include:

• Military spouses make up 40% of USAA’s 2009 new hires with military experience.
• Benefits programs assist military spouses with childcare during deployment by providing a “Life Referral” counselor who helps identify alternative childcare options.
• Company-sponsored intranet sites guide spouses with financial, legal and benefit-related information.
• USAA’s Employee Assistance Program provides mental health and well-being services to help address deployment-related challenges that military spouses may experience.

“Military spouses bring a very specific set of skills to the company, such as flexibility, loyalty and adaptability,” said USAA employee Maggie Hahn, wife of a retired U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel. “As a military spouse, we spend our lives living the mission of the armed forces right along with our soldier. Working at a company that embraces those core values makes being a USAA employee a perfect fit.”

To search for jobs at USAA visit http://www.usaa.apply2jobs.com

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Listen in to our interviews with Sally Pressman and Drew Fuller as they stop in to chat about ARMY WIVES, the hit Lifetime TV series.

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Show Date: 8 Dec 09, 9pm CT

Click to order Season 2 DVD of Hey, Shipwreck

Join us for JOIN THE NAVY and HEY, SHIPWRECK creator Pat Hrabe. Pat’s just released the season 2 DVD of Hey, Shipwreck. He’ll be taking your questions, you don’t want to miss this LIVE show. Also, are you spending the holidays without your spouse or overseas? Terri Barnes joins us from Germany. She writes SPOUSE CALLS, a blog for the Stars and Stripes. Join the conversation!

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8 Dec 2009, 9pm CT – We’ll have the chat room open. Join us LIVE!

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Also joining us, Terri Barnes. Find her blog “Spouse Calls” on http://blogs.stripes.com/blogs/spousecalls

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Update: 8:23CT – UPDATED Showtime of 10pmCT. We had a scheduling mix up, hope you are still able to listen!

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Tuesday- Dec 9th – Is your spouse currently on an IA? Contact us today at wendy(at)navywiferadio.com and be on the show. We are talking creative communication, everything from care packages to skype. We want to hear the good, bad and the ugly of your IA experience. Plus, we are continuing our Holiday Favorites series and welcome back the creator of the hit web series, “Hey, Shipwreck” Pat Hrabe! Sheree from Beedwork by Sheree stops in to talk about her Deployment bracelets, another one of our favorites! Join the fun!

We invite you to join the conversation!

Show Details:

9 Dec 08 – Tuesday 10pm ET
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Deployment Bracelets by Sheree

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Update:  30 Nov 08 – To order The Green Plate or for more information contact Jill at amy.connett(at)us.army.mil

LIVE Tuesday at 10pmET join us for a new episode of Navy Wife Radio!

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Tuesday- Nov 25th – Thanksgiving Show - Today’s show is all about entertaining and preparing for the holidays. We’ll share our Thanksgiving traditions and welcome Jill Connett, author of *The Green Plate*.

Also USAA’s, J.J. Montanaro stops by to give us some tips on budgeting for the Holidays. Join us!

We invite you to join the conversation!

Show Details:

25 Nov 08 – Tuesday 10pm ET

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More on *The Green Plate”:

The Green Plate
by Jill Connett

“Moving is hard. Saying goodbye to friends is hard. Starting over is hard. In Jill Connett’s The Green Plate, discover how a simple plastic plate begins a friendship, helps friends say farewell, and reminds a family that time should not be wasted to know people and enjoy special times with friends and family. A simple act of hospitality, presenting new neighbors with brownies on a green plate, begins a journey of friendship. That same green plate becomes the farewell gift as friends must separate, a symbol of memories as death comes unexpectedly and encouragement to move on in the life of a military family. The Green Plate offers smiles, tears, and inspiration to begin again wherever and whenever the need arises to start over. Enjoy this tribute to hospitality, the military lifestyle, sacrifices, friendships past, and those to come. Jill Connett is from Talladega, Alabama. She teaches school and supports her husband’s military career wherever she and her family live at the time. She truly loves being a military wife and mother. She has loved traveling to new places and meeting new people among the hardships that come with always starting over. She writes, “Thank you to all of my family and friends who have supported us as we’ve moved from place to place. I’m proud of my husband and what he does, and I’m very blessed to be surrounded with people who share and support our adventurous lifestyle. May we have many more adventures to come.” The Green Plate story helps capture the enormous personal burden American military families are bearing today. Meeting US servicemen and servicewomen in the field and their families back home, I’ve always been humbled by their commitment and strength in the face of very real dangers. Jill Connett gives a revealing window into the joys and sadness of life on the homefront. -Jim Sciutto, Senior Foreign Correspondent, ABC News”

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More on J.J. Montanaro

Joseph “J.J.” Montanaro is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. He is a native of Kansas City and earned his bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He holds Series 7, 63, and 65 licenses with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Montanaro has 14 years of experience in the financial services industry as a financial planner. Prior to joining USAA in December of 2002, Joseph owned and operated an office as a financial planner. Before entering the financial services industry, Joseph served in the U.S. Army for six years on active duty and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.

Outside of work, Joseph enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids. His other interests include running, golf and reading.

For more info on J.J.’s webinar’s visit his webpage.

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Hillary and I are back with a NEW LIVE edition of Navy Wife Radio at 10pmET.  We’d love for you to join us as we will be talking about our week, the election of course, deployments (of course again) and much more.

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Tuesday- Sept. 30th – Expect the Unexpected! – On tonights show I’m dishing about my trip to NYC for the world premier of Nights in Rodanthe, my star sightings (Richard Gere and Diane Lane), touring the Big Apple, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys. Plus, I’m giving details about my interview with the best-selling author Nicholas Sparks. Today marks the release of his latest novel *The Lucky One*, whose central character is a United States Marine.

Have you ever experienced something unexpected? We want to hear from you! Join the conversation!

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Sept. 30th – Tuesday 10pm ET

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Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to share some exciting news. NWR will be on the campus of the University of Mississippi for the Presidential Debate tonight. Fresh from my recent trip to NYC for the World Premier of Nights in Rodanthe (more on that later), I’m so excited for this new opportunity.

I will be picking up my press pack in the next couple of hours. The plan is to broadcast LIVE at 6pm CT!!

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Friday – Sept. 26th – NWR goes to the Presidential Debate – Join us for a show from Ole Miss, the site of 1st Presidential Debate. Call in with your thoughts on John McCain, Barack Obama, the election, issues, …whatever is on your mind. Join the conversation!

Show Details:

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You don’t want to miss this show LIVE! Our call in # is 646-652-4629.

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Show Details:

Sept. 26th – Friday
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