"Spouse Experience" coming for Goodfellow spouses

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GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --  Military.com's popular series of spouse events, the Spouse Experience, is coming to the LeGrand Alumni and Visitors Center of Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, April 26 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, to bring their signature program to military spouses at Goodfellow Air Force Base.

The event is presented by USAA and led by Jacey Eckhart, SpouseBuzz.com editor and Military.com director of Spouse and Family Programs. It is an experience meant to celebrate the military lifestyle and allow military spouses to bond with one another outside of official command functions. It is a on-your-feet, no-PowerPoint workshop, with the Spouse Experience experts bringing their knowledge on the top four concerns of military spouses.

"We know our spouse readers are amazing at being connected online," said Eckhart. "Yet the number one thing that marks a good deployment for military spouses is the presence of a friend in the community. That's why our live events are focused on fun and friendship and figuring out how to make the most of our military lives."

"I loved that this was not about my husband and his rank," said an attendee of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar event last year. "Someone cared about who I am."

The program topics are:

The Honey Badger of Love
Eckhart reveals three ways you can zest up your military marriage. Using crowd games and demonstration, she will teach the way to claim the flame, be the queen of reframe and dump that pesky honey badger of blame.

Two and a Half Friends
As a military spouse, Facebook friends, moms and service members are not enough. You actually need two and a half friends. In this activity they will teach how to launch the kind of friendships that last forever.

Fix it and Forget it: How To Stop Worrying About Money
Scott Halliwell, USAA's financial expert, reveals the thirty-minute answer the top ten military financial questions. Bonus tips on how to manage retail therapy during deployment.

Top Tens--You Be The Expert
Experts on military life are the ones doing it right now. The working groups come up with tips on all aspects of military life--from kids to pets to what not to wear to a homecoming.

Eckhart is the author of the book, "The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family," and the voice behind the CD, "These Boots: A Spouse's Guide To Stepping Up and Standing Tall During Deployment."

(The information in this article was a Military.com news release)