A couple months ago, I left a dream job spearheading military spouse outreach initiatives for a wonderful military association. Many people thought I was crazy, but I wanted to create something out of whole cloth just for spouses. Looking around at all the talented military spouses I know who have professional careers and aspirations and [...]
Read More →DoD’s office of Military Community and Family Policy has come under some scrutiny over the past month or so due to the MyCAA accounts, but don’t let that single program cloud your entire judgment of a group of people who work tirelessly on behalf of military families. The folks at MCFP also “own” plenty of [...]
Read More →The excitement this week follows DoD’s highly anticipated release of their new social media policy. Amazingly enough, it is quite expansive and states that the default for DoD’s non-classified network is for open network, allowing DoD users access to use new media across the board. Inappropriate content and sites will continue to be banned (eg: [...]
Read More →The suspension of the MyCAA program continues to be the big news. As mentioned last week, spouses were appalled that they were not given any official notification of the unexpected turn of events. I think it’s fair to say that a high majority (if not nearly all) of the spouses found about the suspension through [...]
Read More →The big news of the week was the unexpected suspension of the wildly popular MyCAA accounts. For those who are unfamiliar with the program, MyCAA provides up to $6000 in educational benefits for eligible military spouses. According to a Navy Times article, over 133,000 milspouses have submitted applications since the program’s inception over a year [...]
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