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OCS in a Nutshell
If you’re reading this you’re either: a) a girlfriend/boyfriend, fiancé, spouse or family member who’s significant other (or son/daughter) is interested in or is pursuing OCS *I’ll be referring to the military person in your life as ‘your person’ because it’s too difficult to try and say spouse, bf/gf, son/daughter and respect everyone’s differences while being inclusive b) one of the aforementioned people who’s been through it, but still loves a good OCS reminder c) someone just interested in reading about this wonderful military experience called OCS. For the newbies here, OCS stands for Officer Candidate School. This post will focus primarily on the United States Marine Corps OCS, but…
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Our Military Journey (Thus Far)
As I’ve mentioned in About Me, and The Wing It Life, my husband is in the United States Marine Corps. He’s a pilot and in the past year we’ve moved about 4 times. It’s been quite fun. Each time we’ve moved we’ve encountered a hurricane too, so that’s made it really interesting. I’ll talk more on that in a later post. When I met him he was just a guy with a dream of being a pilot and here we are some 5 years later and that dream has come true. I feel so lucky to have been part of his journey through it all. His USMC journey started in Harrisonburg, VA and…
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Welcome
Welcome to the winging it lifestyle! I want to open up a space where hopefully some of my experiences can help others who are trying to navigate the military and various adulthood topics. I don’t like to take life too seriously, so I want this to be a fun space for me and for you! How to Navigate: The Military Topics tab is pretty self explanatory. I’ll have topics on Marine Corps life, being a military spouse, making friends, pilot wife life, etc. If there are any topics you ever want me to discuss, please comment and let me know! The Things I Googled tab is also self explanatory, but I’ll post…
