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The Wife on the Roller Coaster has done it again ... read this account of a lunch date that turned into something much more eye opening!

Our trusty Wife on the Roller Coaster once again reminds us why being a Military Spouse is an adventure!  Read on ...

Check out an uber-cool new Facebook application that connects military folks through shared service experiences.  Now there's an APP for that!

Ann Marie Detavernier writes about the Baumholder Military Commuity Garden. Read about her genius idea and why more gardens should begin copping up in military communities. 

Bianca Strzalkowski, the Military Spouse of the Year, gives us some food for thought.  Read on ladies and then get ready! 

We've all been through a PCS or two (or three or 17) and sharing PCS stories is a favorite military past time.  Here's one that will really hit home!  Read on ...

Kathy Roth-Douquet's children want to go back to the Met and she's not about to turn them down!  Thanks to Blue Star Museums, she and countless other military folks can visit the Met and thousands of other museums, exhibits, art and science centers and more for free.  We've been waiting patiently all year and it's finally here! 

You will need a tissue for this one ... Zachary, our Military Child Essay Contest Second Place Winner for grades 4-5, tells us about the lonely nights without his dad.  We have been at war for more than a decade and military children, like Zachary, are experiencing these emotional roller coasters all over the globe.  We are thankful for their service too.  Zachary - thank you!

Nadia is our second place winner for grades 2-3 and you can see by her beaming smile that she has got a lot to say!  We want to hear it Nadia. Thanks for your blog post and a big ol round of applause from the folks at BSF!  Can I get a whoop whoop!

Over the last few days we asked our Facebook Fans to tell us the best thing about being a part of a military family, and the worst thing. 

Here's what you said: