Military Spouse
Careers
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Robert Fay
Allied Schools, Marketing Dept.
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Email: rfay@alliedschools.com
Preparing For the Year He isn’t There
You said goodbye just last week. It was a dusty parking lot, well past
midnight, at Camp Pendleton or maybe even Fort Irwin. Your husband kissed
you and then climbed onto the olive-drab school bus that took him straight
to the airport and then right to the war in Iraq.
You miss him, of course, but it’s only been a week; what you feel, if the
truth be told, is a kind of numbness. The last thing he said to you at the
base, sarcastically, was “only 14-months and a wake-up honey—no problem!”
And so with his absence you embarked on your own tour as a single mom, the
person your kids will look to for everything until Daddy comes back over a
year later.
If you read a lot of civilian newspapers, then you know how this everyday
military experience is spun for readers: the helpless military wife is left
with the children, where she either becomes cruelly self-sufficient or has a
breakdown. Those in the military community, however, know it’s usually less
dramatic than that: wives and children have their bad days, but families
pull through. Wives have the support of other military families, as well as
the ability to work, volunteer or take classes at a local college or online
as part of distance learning programs.
Like their husbands in the service, military wives have learned how to
make the best of a tough situation. And one of the best ways to handles
stress and loneliness, of course, is to keep busy. Military wives in World
War II were trained to work in shipyards and factories while their husbands
were at war, but modern military wives can simply boot up the computer, get
online and receive vocational training in everything from small business
administration to medical transcription.
A useful website with information about military spouse career training
and benefits is www.milspouse.org which offers a great “one-stop shopping”
venue for career information, including resources on 100% online courses.
The site is a joint venture between the Department of Defense and the
Department of Labor.
Online vocational courses allows military spouses to take care of the
children, mind the house, and prepare for a future career while the kids are
napping or at school. Many courses, such as those in the medical office
field or even real estate courses, take just months or even weeks to
complete. A few distance learning schools who work with Military personnel
and Federal Tuition Assistance on a daily basis, such as Allied Schools,
even offer course discounts to the spouses of active-duty military
personnel.
There are no easy fixes to quell the uneasy feeling a wife has while her
husband is overseas and possibly in harm’s way. You could work three jobs,
get a PhD and then remodel the house while he’s deployed, yet there’d always
be those dark nights filled with worry. But it’s nice to know that while
waiting, a military wife can take care of her family, and still prepare for
a future career. And after all, wouldn’t it be a treat after you’ve looked
over all his new service ribbons and snapshots to proudly show him a
certificate of your own?
This article was contributed by Allied Schools, which is a Distance
Education & Training Council (DETC) accredited school offering 100% online
courses in real estate, the medical field and business. For more information
about distance education, check out www.education4military.com or call (888)
501-5221 to speak with a Military Admissions Representative.
About Allied Schools
Allied Schools, Inc., established in 1992, is the nation’s largest
vocational distance education school. It is nationally accredited by the
Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), which is listed by the U.S.
Department of Education as a nationally-recognized accrediting agency.
Allied Schools has provided quality instruction to more than 750,000
students in the last 15 years. Students can choose from 25+ career training
courses in the areas of real estate, medical and business or enroll in a
high school diploma program. Online and traditional home study courses offer
students a quick and convenient way to learn. Allied Schools is based in
Laguna Hills, Ca.
To learn more about Allied Schools, please visit
www.education4military.com or call (888) 501-5221 to speak with a Military
Admissions Representative.
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