Podcast Ruckup Buttercup
Episode Military Spouse Appreciation
Ruck Up Buttercup is a podcast hosted by Sabrina Johannes and Ashley Brown in association with Deployed Love. Deployed Love is a non-profit organization that provides community for military families across the country, by hosting fun meet-ups, events, and photo sessions throughout the year. Ruck Up Buttercup is a podcast that brings military families stories, resources, and fun to make living the military life just a little bit more fun!
On this week’s episode, we had on 3 amazing guests to our show. Elizabeth Hennion Pierce, Deborah Golden, and Julie Mocabee. They represented Air Force, Navy and Marines. It was such a nice conversation to get to know how being a spouse in each branch is a little different, but we are all in the same military family together. As part of the fun, since of course when branches come together we had to have a little competition, we asked the ladies some really hard military trivia.
Here are the questions, how many of them did you know?
1. When is your branches b-day? (Army June 14, Navy October 13, Marine November 10, Airforce September 18)
2. Based on Population which base is the largest? (Fort Bragg)
3. How many US Presidents have served? (29)
4. Do you know your branch motto? (Army: This we’ll defend, Navy:NO OFFICIAL but unofficially Not Self, But country, Marines: Semper Fidelis: Always Faithful, Airforce: Aim High, Fly Fight Win)
5. How many times has the USA declared war? (5)
6. How many 5 star generals have there been? (5)
7. How many military branches does the USA have? (7 Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, Airforce, National Guard, and Space Force)
8. Can you translate the following acronyms:
SFRG-Solider and Family Readiness Group
PCS =Permanent Change of Station
NOK- Next of Kin
JAG- Judge Advocate General corps
MRE- Meal Ready to Eat
PX- Post Exchange
AAFES- Army and Air Force Exchange Service
ACS- Army Community Services
We had so much fun getting to know these amazing spouse with stories and backgrounds that were all very different. They all had some amazing advice for new or been around the blocks a few times spouses.
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Veteran’s Pen Pal Project: https://itsamilitarylife.com/veteran-pen-pal-project/?fbclid=IwAR296DF0mJjbgeMPGpbK8hbaGEqewmkTIaOsDP3jsJHPVMMPKI9oTvxeQEA
Co-Hosts:
Sabrina Johannes is the Executive Director of Deployed Love and a Veteran wife, has been stationed in Hawaii, Germany, Texas and now lives at Fort Bragg. Is a mother of 2, a fur baby owner, and currently homeschools her kids.
Ashley Brown is the Deployed Love Board Treasure and coordinator at Fort Bragg. She is our resident military brat and has been a military spouse for 10+ years. Ashley has 2 children and works full time for her family owned business located in NC as well as volunteers as the company SFRG leader for her husband’s unit.
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