Making it in the MilLife

As Twitter explodes it’s hard to tell the difference between a spammer and someone with good info. Besides @MilitaryOfficer and @MOAA_MilLife (of course), here are our favorite MilTweeps.
@AskJune_USAA
She’s smart, funny and works for our affinity partner USAA. Follow June Walbert for easy-to-understand info on everything from life insurance to 401(k)s. Be sure to catch her at a SpouseBUZZ Live event near you!

@Voices4Troops
This is MOAA’s newest Tweep on the block. Great for anyone who wants to support legislation that benefits our military and their families.

@PaulRieckhoff 
He’s got an opinion and the experience to back it up. The founder of IAVA gets news and pics from events that we wish we could see live and keeps us focused on veterans – always.

@fortblissspouse
One of the most active and largest installation-based online communities, I follow (and fan) Fort Bliss Spouses because it’s a group of guys and gals that get it! I’m in Virginia, but I love their community. From deployment comfort to local resources, you’ll find it @fortblissspouse

@armywifenetwork
These ladies know how to collaborate and have a good time doing it! From their radio show ArmyWifeTalk Radio to their Facebook page, this group of 30,000 plus is more than army and more than wives – it’s a community of spouses who can connect you with just about anything you need to feel like you have a lot of voices on your side.
Have a favorite MilTweep we missed? Tell us here or at www.facebook.com/moaaspouse

One of the most fascinating aspects of military life is the tradition. Receiving lines and hemlines. Tea and social cards. Those rituals and customs are a throwback to when most families lived on base and a spouse could make or break a service member’s career. Some of that sentiment is lost today, and perhaps that is for the best. But military traditions bonds us, and a little of that connection has gone away with those rituals as well. So, out of curiosity, I took a seminar at the National Guard volunteer conference last week called Customs and Courtesies. I learned something new. Now, let’s see what you recall about good ole fashioned military traditions.

In a receiving line the woman precedes the man except when the:
a) woman is the officer
b) event is at the White House
c) woman outranks the man
d) woman is late

A social call is over is when:
a) the senior officer stands
b) the visiting service member stands
c) the spouse of the visiting service member stands
d) the tea pot is empty

If you are driving and you hear reveille and retreat:
a) you keep driving
b) pull over but do not get out
c) pull over and pray
d) exit the car and render a salute
e) what’s reveille and retreat?

Answers will be in next week’s MOAA Spouse E-news. Not a subscriber? Sign up today.