Guard up with a guide
It is no news that the uncertainties of the job and it's demands, turn to be a thief of time, happiness and memories. Rather than enjoy your honeymoon, you may likely be helping out with packing to return back to unit, course, deployment or posting. You may as well be lucky and enjoy your new marital life for a good amount of time before your solo marital life kicks off. Whenever the separation between you and your service spouse happens, and however distraught you get, remember to get a photocopy of his identity card, a good number of his passport photographs, memorize his service number and maybe write it out somewhere. It's your responsibility to know your spouse's corp, unit and where he's currently serving. It would be a plus, if you obtain your gate pass and Part Two Order of your marriage before your service spouse departs, especially as a new couple, in a new barracks. No two military separations are the same, but the similarities are many, and it's easy to relate to each experience. Some separations are more dramatic and quicker than others. You are thus ushered into your full military spouse life; naive, sad, unprepared and somewhat confused and clearly tasked with the responsibility of keeping the home front. Be kind to yourself, as you are sure going to make mistakes, fall into the wrong company of new friends and maybe second guess your decision of marrying a service personnel. The good news is this; things stabilize slowly, and surely get better.