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Thanks for reminding us of the sacrifices of military wives. Both my mom and my mil were career military wives. Yes, "they also serve who stand and wait". Although I didn't see my mom doing much standing around. On top of the loneliness of separation and constant worry over their husband's safe return, military wives have a tough job holding down the fort while their military man is away.

(Psssst, Dave.....thanks again for alerting me to the spelling error in my pledge graphic. How embarrassing! Spelling and punctuation has never been my strong suit. Oh well, I guess we can chalk it up to our grate public school system. LOL!)

I had a distinct advantage in having been in the Marine Corps before I became a military wife.
Already a self-sufficient sort, it strengthened a sense of "I can survive this, too - with God's help!"

I was Marine Corps - then part of the Navy - after that, the Air Force. One son went into the Army to get FAA training to become an Air Traffic Controller.

After he got out, he finished the 13 hours to complete his college degree, and walked into ATC when the strikers were dumped.
At 32 he was already the GS equivalent of a Lt. Colonel, and can retire in fewer than 8 years at age 55.

We left military life after 12 years, and went to retailing, etc., so continued to move around a lot until retirement.