Revised and updated, this is the essential guide for servicemembers' wives and families.

• Covers all aspects, from marriage and living on base to moving and deployments
• Includes sections on benefits, resources, and sound advice for a quality life in the service
• Tips on how to survive and prosper, including coping with periodic separations, managing a separate career, pursuing further education, handling finances, living overseas, raising a family, and enjoying the social aspects of military life

Lydia Sloan Cline spent 20 years as an active-duty and Reserve military wife. Through multiple moves Stateside and overseas, she raised a family and maintained a career. She currently teaches at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.